Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

Only in Polska!
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.8784373 ... 6656?hl=en

ToledoRailfan wrote:Only in Polska!
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.8784373 ... 6656?hl=en

Hey now, I've seen some where a bunch of kids have mooned the camera.

It appears that Google caught these signals right as they were changing from red to green!
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3205566 ... 6656?hl=en

Posted this already, but it's freaky enough already.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Belle ... !1e1?hl=en

This is just weird.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0408411 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.04072,- ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0407751 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0407751 ... 6656?hl=en
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Some really cool incandescent lights.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0241978 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.023893, ... 6656?hl=en

And worded pedestrian signals!
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0240975 ... 6656?hl=en

ToledoRailfan wrote:This is just weird.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0408411 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.04072,- ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0407751 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0407751 ... 6656?hl=en

To my knowledge, no 8" turning beacons exist anywhere in the country; they're all 12".

ZachL wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:This is just weird.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0408411 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.04072,- ... 6656?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0407751 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0407751 ... 6656?hl=en

To my knowledge, no 8" turning beacons exist anywhere in the country; they're all 12".

8 inch arrows do exist, but they are extremely rare. The standard for 12 inch arrows to be used was created back in the 1950s or 1960s and most of the 8 inch arrows in service are/were incandescent.
Here's a few that I've seen though:
This one is in Nashville, TN:
8 inch McCain Traffic Light by freebrickproductions, on Flickr


And these two are in Gardendale, AL (and are LED!):
8 inch Durasig Traffic Lights by freebrickproductions, on Flickr
8 inch Durasig Traffic Light by freebrickproductions, on Flickr
8 inch Arrow LED by freebrickproductions, on Flickr
8 inch Durasig Traffic Lights by freebrickproductions, on Flickr
8 inch Durasig Traffic Light by freebrickproductions, on Flickr
8 inch Arrow LED by freebrickproductions, on Flickr



You also have 8 inch doghouse traffic lights that exist too, such as this one in the broke town of Prichard, AL:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.7526392 ... authuser=0

Likely the reason why the signal in ToledoRailfan's post was installed was that the city wanted a doghouse signal with 8 inch indications, but also wanted to be at least somewhat MUTCD compliant.

Holy cow, I have NEVER seen or even heard of 8-inch turn signal beacons until now!

ZachL wrote:Holy cow, I have NEVER seen or even heard of 8-inch turn signal beacons until now!

Yea, they're rather rare here in the US. I know Canada uses them though, at least in some provinces where they're required in certain applications.

freebrickproductions wrote:

ZachL wrote:Holy cow, I have NEVER seen or even heard of 8-inch turn signal beacons until now!

Yea, they're rather rare here in the US. I know Canada uses them though, at least in some provinces where they're required in certain applications.

I dunno why, but it wouldn't surprise me if they're imports or something like that.