Unknown Light at estate sale - possible Plessey Tin Lantern?

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Re: Unknown Light at estate sale

Postby LarryC39 on Fri Sep 06, 2013 1:46 pm

vaughn wrote:I'm under the impression the lens are of a different size in the tin pleasy.


NO
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Re: Unknown Light at estate sale

Postby RunsWithCrouse-Hinds on Fri Sep 06, 2013 2:02 pm

LarryC39 wrote:
vaughn wrote:I'm under the impression the lens are of a different size in the tin pleasy.


NO


http://www.boreme.com/posting.php?id=13205

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Re: Unknown Light at estate sale

Postby somuchtoseeanddo on Fri Sep 06, 2013 4:08 pm

RunsWithCrouse-Hinds wrote:
LarryC39 wrote:
vaughn wrote:I'm under the impression the lens are of a different size in the tin pleasy.


NO


http://www.boreme.com/posting.php?id=13205

:rotfl: :rotfl:


The rims on the Plessey lenses are a bit wider than most lenses here in the former colonies. This may be due to all that creamed corn and plum pudding the Limeys put away. I believe this has shifted over the years, though, as Americans have become a bit more plump than our friends across the pond.
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Re: Unknown Light at estate sale

Postby khardy on Sat Sep 07, 2013 9:25 am

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khardy wrote:Ok Guys... we went to look at the light.



That boardwalk and purple mounting flange look a lot like your backyard. I think you did more than "look" at it. :silly:


Hmmm.... guess it was a little too obvious this light found it's was to our "backyard!" Well, if you are wondering, we are still looking at this light and now trying to figure out what to do with it. Any suggestions on what to do with this weird looking signal?

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Re: Unknown Light at estate sale

Postby signal-in-the-box on Sat Sep 07, 2013 12:31 pm

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khardy wrote:Image


Is that reversible?? What's the point? :Phil:
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Re: Unknown Light at estate sale

Postby techtiques on Sat Sep 07, 2013 12:56 pm

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khardy wrote:Image


Is that reversible?? What's the point? :Phil:


Would think option would be more like
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Re: Unknown Light at estate sale

Postby LarryC39 on Sat Sep 07, 2013 1:36 pm

signal-in-the-box wrote:
BigTbird1974 wrote:
khardy wrote:Image


Is that reversible?? What's the point? :Phil:



It was cast as a double arrow but could be factory painted to be only a single arrow (as shown here.)

I have one that's a horizontal arrow. The coloured lenses, at least, were notched at the 12 o'clock position, and if this lense wasn't double notched (I don't think they were) then it is not reversible.
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Re: Unknown Light at estate sale - possible Plessey Tin Lant

Postby traffic-light-man on Sat Sep 07, 2013 1:49 pm

That's a brilliant score! Nice light!

A double-headed arrow was never included in the TSRGD to the best of my knowledge, so they were never used as a double-headed arrow.

Early on, however, an ahead only arrow wasn't really used, as arrows were generally just additional boxes on the side of standard RAGs for priority movements. You'll find the arrow has a 'TOP' marking. I think most were installed with 'TOP' at the top, and then painted out to left or right. Obviously, an ahead arrow would involve rotating through 90 degrees.
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Re: Unknown Light at estate sale - possible Plessey Tin Lant

Postby khardy on Sun Sep 08, 2013 9:31 am

Hi Folks,

Got curious this morning and decided to take a look at the "arrow" lens.
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Looks like part of one of the arrows is painted over.
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The lip or edge is about 7/16ths thick.
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Diameter is just shy of 8-1/2 inches.
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Took one of our "smileys" and laid it on the backside of the arrow lens. Hard to see in the photo, but the arrow lens is about an 1/8th of an inch larger in diameter than the smiley.
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Re: Unknown Light at estate sale - possible Plessey Tin Lant

Postby 3liteguy on Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:59 am

LarryC39 wrote:coloured


Hey Madonna, just because you've been to England doesn't mean you're English. We spell it colored here in the colonies.
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