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by **curtdjdj** on Wed Aug 07, 2013 11:10 pm

So I came home from Ottawa (a city), and during the drive, I saw a new pair of LED searchlight signals. I saw they weren't up and online, but I saw their pixelated LED fixtures. While I was out to some comic stores, I saw them again but on another road. I've been finding them near the GO Train Stations. East Gwillimbury, and Bradford. I do find these interesting, because the track has been there for a long time, while CN was running, but i'm thinking they would have older incandescent bracket masts. Perhaps they took them down, because I've taken the train twice and I've not seen them out the window. I'll get some photos up or vids from Youtube once I've come home from camp.

by **returntosender** on Fri Aug 09, 2013 7:37 pm

I would like to see pics of this !
Safetran makes a signal that looks like a searchlight but its a type IW-20
GO is also Retro-fitting the old signals with the LED modules instead of paying 3700$ on a bran new vertical signal.

http://wrsa.com.au/DEPT/Marketing/commo ... 01A-13.pdf

by **traffictechgreg** on Sun Aug 11, 2013 4:01 pm

Some of the railroads seem slow at adopting LEDs for their signals, not as quickly as we have for traffic signals. Around here many old PRR incandescent position lights remain, but I've seen some retrofitted to LED color-position lights. SEPTA changed the subways and el to LEDs not that long ago

by **returntosender** on Sun Aug 11, 2013 10:16 pm

But you gotta remember intersection upgrades are funded by us the taxpayers,
Railroad signal upgrades are funded by the rail company and there profits. They dont have nearly the funding that a city or town would (especially small privately owned railroads)
So many places are slow to implement them.
It comes down to if it aint broke dont fix it lol

by **3Mfanatic** on Sun Aug 11, 2013 10:19 pm

I've yet to see any rail block signals here retrofitted to LED although when a 17-mile stretch of the Portland & Western was upgraded to accommodate commuter rail, block signals were added and they are LED. The P&W is finally upgrading their crossing signals to LED with the only straggler being BNSF. Most of their crossings are still incandescent.

by **Macsignals** on Mon Aug 12, 2013 3:45 am

traffictechgreg wrote:Some of the railroads seem slow at adopting LEDs for their signals, not as quickly as we have for traffic signals. Around here many old PRR incandescent position lights remain, but I've seen some retrofitted to LED color-position lights. SEPTA changed the subways and el to LEDs not that long ago

Septa seems to be doing the regional rail side whenever they feel like it, the main line is all LED and some of the crossing signals are. Some of the branch's signals are still incandescent (which from what I hear is fun when a bulb burns out at the start of a single track).

by **notMUTCDcompliant** on Mon Aug 12, 2013 1:10 pm

Remember Incandescent create heat and help prevent snow build up in winter.... that could be the logic

by **coyttl** on Mon Aug 12, 2013 1:15 pm

Depending on the railroad, it's also because current detectors (to detect burnt-out bulbs) don't work on LEDs. :grin:

by **curtdjdj** on Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:46 pm

returntosender wrote:I would like to see pics of this !
Safetran makes a signal that looks like a searchlight but its a type IW-20
GO is also Retro-fitting the old signals with the LED modules instead of paying 3700$ on a bran new vertical signal.

http://wrsa.com.au/DEPT/Marketing/commo ... 01A-13.pdf

Are you talking about signals like these? Below:

by **returntosender** on Sun Aug 25, 2013 4:58 pm

No..
I thought we were talking LED searchlight signals LOL
In the pic is a set of crossing lights,
Now i'm confused :rotfl:

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