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Here are some interesting signals. I wonder if the top red goes to solid red then it flashes simultaneously or alternating with the other red light or they just both go to solid red.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.2268295 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.2250416 ... 312!8i6656

ToledoRailfan wrote:Here are some interesting signals. I wonder if the top red goes to solid red then it flashes simultaneously or alternating with the other red light or they just both go to solid red.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.2268295 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.2250416 ... 312!8i6656

Likely double-solid red, which is standard all throughout Quebec.

Here's some old traffic signals I noticed while my father was driving to the city on Boxing Day. I'm guessing some of them are Eagle Traffic signals or something.

The first set I noticed was on North Road in Ormond (This is for a pedestrian crossing in the main shopping district in Ormond).
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.904 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.904 ... 312!8i6656

Ironically, this wasn't too far from where this relic used to be.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.903 ... 312!8i6656

Further up North Road.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.903 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.903 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.903 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.903 ... 312!8i6656

More oldies at the intersection of North Road and the Nepean Highway.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.899 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.899 ... 312!8i6656

Here's a few Eagle Traffic Signals that were still in use in 2014! These are for a school crossing in Kew.
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.812 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.812 ... 312!8i6656

Yea, a couple of those are Eagles. Like this one:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-37.904 ... 312!8i6656

Pretty neat to see US signals abroad!

ZachL wrote:Pretty neat to see US signals abroad!

While it was an American company, I believe the Eagle signals in Australia were manufactured by the Australian division. While the signals did use some of the same molds (especially for the bodies for the Eagle Flat-backs), things did start to break away between the American and Australian divisions. In the 1970s when Gulf & Western bought Eagle, they split the American part into two companies: Durasig (which manufactured polycarbonate (plastic) traffic lights) and Alusig (which manufactured Aluminum traffic lights). However, the Australian part was just rebranded as Durasig and started producing polycarbonate signals, but instead of using the 8 inch molds that were used by Durasig here, the Australian Durasig used Alusig's 8 inch molds (with the badging changed to say "Durasig" instead). Sometime after this (probably around the time Eagle (as Alusig & Durasig) merged with LFE), the Australian Durasig rebranded themselves as Aldridge, fully separating themselves from the rest of Eagle (which would later be bought by Siemens and then sold off to a distributer named Brown Traffic Products, now called "Mobotrex"). However, I'm not sure how accurate this is, as it's from what I can recall from what little I know about Australian traffic light manufacturers.

However, Eagle Flat-backs have been spotted in service in Vietnam, and a lot of Canada's and northern Mexico's (near the border) signals come from American companies. The American company Peek also manufactures traffic lights for the UK, but they don't look anything like the American Peek signals.

I know 9/10 signals in Canada (except for those found in Quebec) are American signals.

ZachL wrote:I know 9/10 signals in Canada (except for those found in Quebec) are American signals.

Actually, a number of them are made by Canada GE and Fortran, both are Canadian companies.

Here are some cool fire signals.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8070918 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8070831 ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0084671 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.008262, ... 6656?hl=en