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YouTube · by **signal-in-the-box** on Sat Aug 17, 2013 10:21 am

That was Baltimore Ghosts (monumentalcity.net). However, I did not see that picture... :grin:

So, lets see... square 9" green section, both solid colors and arrows, have been heard of in use.
My guess would be they were used to make the indication a little bit larger, for better visibility... ( I don't how a 9" square lens compares in size to a 12" circle lens, though)

EDIT: the ones in baltimore are not square lenses, just square visors. Here's where they are.
https://www.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... ,,2,-35.86

by **traffic-light-man** on Sat Aug 17, 2013 10:34 am

From what I remember, there was a reasonable explanation for the Baltimore examples - something to do with distance limiting comes to mind, but I might just be getting that from 3Ms being square!

by **BigTbird1974** on Sat Aug 17, 2013 1:09 pm

Those square green -> arrows remind me of tollbooth/lane marker signals, where they'd show either the arrow or a red X.

It is interesting to see them combined with 'normal' signal sections though, no matter what lenses or where they were used! :cool:

by **coyttl** on Sat Aug 17, 2013 7:08 pm

signal-in-the-box wrote:EDIT: the ones in baltimore are not square lenses, just square visors. Here's where they are.
https://www.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... ,,2,-35.86

I have a closeup of on the the Baltimore ones, yeah. Round lenses, with ped visors on them. Go figure. I can post a pic if anyone wants.

by **steven1981** on Sat Aug 17, 2013 10:00 pm

coyttl wrote:
signal-in-the-box wrote:EDIT: the ones in baltimore are not square lenses, just square visors. Here's where they are.
https://www.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... ,,2,-35.86

I have a closeup of on the the Baltimore ones, yeah. Round lenses, with ped visors on them. Go figure. I can post a pic if anyone wants.

Yep. Those are what I originally saw on that Baltimore website. I'm surprised they are still in existence.

Too bad they are not what I once thought they were, since I couldn't remember that far back. Anyway, thanks for finding those.

YouTube · by **signal-in-the-box** on Thu Oct 10, 2013 4:01 pm

I did visit these along with many other GREAT old signals in Martinsville :thumbsup:

The ones first posted are actually long-grooves, but they are the only 2 that are. There are 8 others, all CH type R. The arrow lenses all looked the same, so I believe the lenses in the long groove signals are not original (I wonder what was?...). Anyway, I'll keep you posted when I get all my pictures sorted.

by **Econo101** on Fri Oct 11, 2013 4:31 pm

pyth wrote:Has anyone ever seen or made a sig made of 3 ped sections with red/yellow/green flat lenses?

I have a set of lenses for that, haven't built the signal yet though.

Quebec used to do that all the time. Fortran used to make the signals

by **LarryC39** on Fri Oct 11, 2013 9:24 pm

Are yours truly flat or are they square balls? I've seen red lenses like the old GE hand/man lenses, square but with a ball pushed out in the middle.

by **dkendr** on Tue Oct 15, 2013 1:12 pm

pyth wrote:Has anyone ever seen or made a sig made of 3 ped sections with red/yellow/green flat lenses?

I've seen them as reversible-lane markers...?

by **Kilted_Econolite_Nut** on Tue Oct 15, 2013 1:56 pm

I-90 in the Seattle area used to have lane control signals like the ones on the Econolite brochure image posted on page 1. The section of I-90 between Bellevue and Seattle used to have reversible lanes. In the morning, three lanes westbound, one lane eastbound. In the afternoon, the opposite.

Anyway, interesting pix.

-J

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