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Here is my next project folks - A 4-way Marbelite cluster from McDougall and Ferry E. in Detroit. The signals are second-generation flattops with alumnum reflectors an no.77 sawtooths. The cluster has all ball-cross hardware with 16 INTACT finials.

For reference regarding "generations" of Marb flattops, see Jay's wonderful documentation here: http://forums.signaltraffic.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=5891

The reflector frames are resonably clean and sockets are in excellent shape. The original color of these signals was black. They were painted olive green and then eventually yellow. I only ended up with 7 good glass lenses (actually good for a Detroit signal). I will be ordering new visors from Steve and having everything blasted and powdercoated safety yellow.

Here are a few pictures - disassembly started today:

Safety yellow or Corvette yellow?

Safety. It has to match the other cluster.

Very nice. I like the finials

That hardware looks so cool! I'm sure that cluster is HUGE! I wish I had the room for something of that scale. I would love to have one of these though.

That's awesome. I think adjustable 4-ways look every bit as good as their fixed face counterparts. Case in point: this one.

JVC8230 wrote:Safety. It has to match the other cluster.

So redo the other cluster!

Awesome Joe! I love the old Detroit clusters!

What happened to the Eaglelux being next!

EPAC-EPIC-MARC wrote:Awesome Joe! I love the old Detroit clusters!

What happened to the Eaglelux being next!

I will be giving it a "facelift" next year, but only back to the point where it looked when it was up in the air.