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A little over a week ago, I found this pair of G.R.S. LEX-C 12'' lights in Williamsburg, Michigan. There is only one pair at the crossing,they are the rear overhead lights on the cantilever signal. The front overhead lights are Safetran L.E.D lights. Here are some pictures I took of them.

ToledoRailfan wrote:A little over a week ago, I found this pair of G.R.S. LEX-C 12'' lights in Williamsburg, Michigan. There is only one pair at the crossing,they are the rear overhead lights on the cantilever signal. The front overhead lights are Safetran L.E.D lights. Here are some pictures I took of them.

Very nice... it would be neat to know if those Lex-C's have LED's in them as well? Assuming that's possible that is...

cabman701 wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:A little over a week ago, I found this pair of G.R.S. LEX-C 12'' lights in Williamsburg, Michigan. There is only one pair at the crossing,they are the rear overhead lights on the cantilever signal. The front overhead lights are Safetran L.E.D lights. Here are some pictures I took of them.

Very nice... it would be neat to know if those Lex-C's have LED's in them as well? Assuming that's possible that is...

It is possible, but there's no way to tell unless you see them flashing.
Crawford Street in Fairfield, AL has a 12 inch Lex-C light with an LED in it. This video actually shows the LED in action the best:

The LED is show at 1:30 in the video.

freebrickproductions wrote:

cabman701 wrote:

ToledoRailfan wrote:A little over a week ago, I found this pair of G.R.S. LEX-C 12'' lights in Williamsburg, Michigan. There is only one pair at the crossing,they are the rear overhead lights on the cantilever signal. The front overhead lights are Safetran L.E.D lights. Here are some pictures I took of them.

Very nice... it would be neat to know if those Lex-C's have LED's in them as well? Assuming that's possible that is...

It is possible, but there's no way to tell unless you see them flashing.
Crawford Street in Fairfield, AL has a 12 inch Lex-C light with an LED in it. This video actually shows the LED in action the best:

The LED is show at 1:30 in the video.

Wow, talk about an amazing retrofit there!

I remember watching that video a few weeks ago. Didn't pay close enough attention to see that the one light was an LED. Very cool!

The only issue I see is that you have to be looking at the light almost straight on to see it clearly. A traditional light (with a visor) is much easier to see even from an angle. That has always seem to be an issue with Lex-C's though, especially during daylight.

cabman701 wrote: The only issue I see is that you have to be looking at the light almost straight on to see it clearly. A traditional light (with a visor) is much easier to see even from an angle. That has always seem to be an issue with Lex-C's though, especially during daylight.

I think LEX-Cs are designed to only be visible from straight on. It's useful at intersections where the roads come in at an odd angle so people don't accidentally mistake the traffic light for an opposing direction for theirs. I see them in turn lanes a lot for this reason, where the rest of the signals at the intersection are "normal." Kind of pointless for crossing signals which need to be visible from any approach angle, so I can see why they never really caught on for that application.