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Strange placement of the signal's lights

Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:23 pm
by ToledoRailfan
This signal is in Fostoria Ohio, (a place where I railfan sometime and a popular railfanning spot ) and there is this strange signal there. Here are some of the pictures I took of it.
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Here it is on google street view: https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=U ... 2,,1,-0.55

Re: Strange placement of the signal's lights

Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:31 pm
by freebrickproductions
They did that because of the utility pole that would block the lights in they were in their normal placement.

Re: Strange placement of the signal's lights

Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:56 pm
by ToledoRailfan
freebrickproductions wrote:They did that because of the utility pole that would block the lights in they were in their normal placement.
yep

They also should have done the same thing with the crossbuck and the 4 tracks sign

Re: Strange placement of the signal's lights

Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 7:43 pm
by cabman701
In my opinion... they should have just used the mast shown for the gate and rear facing lights. There should be a separate mast (or cantilever :Roll: ) on the other side of the pole.

Re: Strange placement of the signal's lights

Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 12:12 pm
by ToledoRailfan
cabman701 wrote:In my opinion... they should have just used the mast shown for the gate and rear facing lights. There should be a separate mast (or cantilever :Roll: ) on the other side of the pole.
I agree.