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color blind
by gwdoc on Sat Feb 09, 2013 5:54 pm
Forgive me if this question(s) seems elementary, (and long) but I'm trying to learn as I go along.I'm having a little trouble researching what color any particular traffic signal was originally, green? Yellow? Any other colors? Ive seen very nice examples of the same model of traffic signal in both colors> What determines the color? Manufacturer? Date? Did manufacturers produce signals in both colors depending on the order from municipalities? O I'm so confused!! I have a CH that is green but have seen the same model in original yellow. I need some veteran help!!!!
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Re: color blind
by notMUTCDcompliant on Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:05 pm
It all depends on where they were installed. Paint color was, and still is, dependent on the order, not on the signal.
Washington DC: Gray
NYC: Depends on the day, but a majority are yellow
Maryland: Yellow back, black front
and so on
Washington DC: Gray
NYC: Depends on the day, but a majority are yellow
Maryland: Yellow back, black front
and so on
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Re: color blind
by gwdoc on Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:13 pm
ok thats starting to clear up my vision already! Thanks so much for the help!
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Re: color blind
by vaughnsimon on Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:30 pm
One way to research these types of questions is to look in the appropriate catalog to see what the mfg. offered. The group keeps a document archive at http://signal-archive.d-domains.net/ where you will find some of those catalogs, as well as lots of other neat stuff.
If you ever get your hands on a document that isn't in the archive, a scan would be appreciated by all!
If you ever get your hands on a document that isn't in the archive, a scan would be appreciated by all!
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Re: color blind
by 3Mfanatic on Sun Feb 10, 2013 11:29 pm
Nowadays especially there are a wide variety of colors. I was in Kansas not too long ago and they spec'd their signals with yellow bodies, black doors and yellow visors where as Pennsylvania (where I went to school) was all-yellow. Oregon is increasingly all-black but was dark green for the longest time.
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Re: color blind
by TAFeltman on Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:54 pm
Old MoDOT was Black Doors & Visors, Yellow body and Glass lenses,
Posts and Cabinets were Silver or Galvinized (Think Guardrail
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Now is all Black, with most new installs going with the powdercoat black mastarms
Posts and Cabinets were Silver or Galvinized (Think Guardrail
)Now is all Black, with most new installs going with the powdercoat black mastarms
Tim in St Louis 
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