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American crossing signals (o)-(o) copied all over the world?
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:37 pm
by Robert_Gift
Seems that Americans are copied everywhere.
Does anyone have their own original designs?
Or did we copy Britain?
Re: American crossing signals (o)-(o) copied all over the world?
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:37 pm
by TrainmanKight
Robert_Gift wrote:Seems that Americans are copied everywhere.
Does anyone have their own original designs?
Or did we copy Britain?
no Britain has really big ASS gates and stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMydaNVRO3A
oh yah Argentina has its own design its call A PILE OF CRAP
(half broken gates lights ect they have no standers over there
)
Re: American crossing signals (o)-(o) copied all over the world?
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 8:36 am
by luke
There's all the crossings in the Netherlands that are so similar to ours.
Re: American crossing signals (o)-(o) copied all over the world?
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:39 pm
by gedunk
Robert_Gift wrote:Seems that Americans are copied everywhere.
Does anyone have their own original designs?
No real surprise on this one. Immediately after World War 2, only the U.S. had a manufacturing base that wasn't bankrupt or bombed to rubble. For the next decade pretty much everything that was manufactured came from this country. If the design was solid and sensible - as crossing signals appear to be, there's no reason to change it.
Re: American crossing signals (o)-(o) copied all over the world?
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:18 pm
by Robert_Gift
gedunk wrote:Robert_Gift wrote:Seems that Americans are copied everywhere.
Does anyone have their own original designs?
No real surprise on this one. Immediately after World War 2, only the U.S. had a manufacturing base that wasn't bankrupt or bombed to rubble. For the next decade pretty much everything that was manufactured came from this country. If the design was solid and sensible - as crossing signals appear to be, there's no reason to change it.
Who invented the design?
Design based somewhat after Dolly Parton?
Re: American crossing signals (o)-(o) copied all over the world?
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:27 pm
by AndyWS
Robert_Gift wrote:
Design based somewhat after Dolly Parton?
Although, I think that standard light arrangement began to appear alongside wigwags (like the early Griswolds with the rotating stop signs) a decade or two before her time.
Re: American crossing signals (o)-(o) copied all over the world?
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:32 pm
by cabman701
Who says that Dolly Parton wasn't modeled after a crossing signal??
Re: American crossing signals (o)-(o) copied all over the world?
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:30 pm
by gedunk
Robert_Gift wrote:
Who invented the design? Design based somewhat after Dolly Parton?
I don't know who gets credit for the design, but I know it predates Dolly by a bit. There's a mental picture for you: Dolly flashing alternately... Holy Cow!
Re: American crossing signals (o)-(o) copied all over the world?
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:26 am
by Smjh1979
Maybe that's where the 12"x24" came from?