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by **abort** on Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:57 pm

My name is Alex B. Currently I am a student at Virginia Tech studying Civil Engineering. It is studying Civil Engineering that I took Traffic and Highway courses which sparked my interest in Transportation. Some of my favorite parts of Transportation is the signage and how people comprehend what the sign is trying to communicate. Additionally, I enjoy how highways/traffic is the circulatory system of the country and without it, there is no chance of life.

Recently, I have stumbled up ads and posts places which advertise old traffic lights and signs and I found myself wanting to have some. Since then, I have been spending a lot of time online trying to figure out things such as, how to acquire lights, which ones/styles are rare/common, how top hook up lights with controllers, what are common process and what are rip-offs..etc. That is why I decided I wanted to join this community. My passion for engineering, fixing things, and transportation sparked my interest to start collecting traffic devices.

Until I am firmly rooted one place, I don't plan on trying to obtain a respectable collection, I am just looking for some things that are interesting and represent the American transportation system.

Some of my other interests include sports, camping, skiing, and dreaming of the day that I can own garage and use it to work on motorcycles and cars.

by **steven1981** on Wed Jul 11, 2012 3:06 pm

Welcome to the forums, Alex. It's nice to meet you.

I, too, am a student in college. Although my major is in fine arts.

Many members here, including myself, could provide you with helpful information about signals in general. Don't hesitate to ask.

by **mcorivervsaf** on Wed Jul 11, 2012 4:49 pm

Greetings, Alex! Welcome to the site! Great to see that someone else appreciates the older transportation signs from the past! I hope you enjoy your time here! :grin:

by **2070** on Wed Jul 11, 2012 6:15 pm

YouTube · by **signalkid1** on Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:34 pm

Welcome to the forum, Alex! I see you're studying civil engineering, which is something I plan on majoring when I go to college next year. How's it going for you so far, if you don't mind me asking?

by **mikerm** on Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:15 pm

by **wacase1964** on Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:41 pm

Welcome aboard!

:clapping:

I live just down the road in Radford.

by **abort** on Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:36 pm

Thank you everyone for the warm reception, I plan on getting involved in the discussions and learning as much as I can.

signalkid1 wrote:Civil engineering..is something I plan on majoring when I go to college next year. How's it going for you so far?

Civil Engineering is great, IMO it is the best engineering :grin:

What makes it the best is how just about everything in life relates to Civil and how there are tons of job available because tons of industries like construction, aviation, oil, transportation, sewage, water treatment, and energy require civil engineers.

For me it is going great, I study at Virginia Tech and I only have 3 classes left so I am just about done. Engineering is hard, but its not the worst. There will always be classes which will be technically challenging and boring, but you just need to get through them into the classes that are fun.

I see you are from media, I grew up in Swarthmore, PA, which college are you going to?

by **Fred** on Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:19 pm

Hi Alex, Welcome :hello:

Blacksburg eh! That's a tough school to get into, kudos to you. :thumbsup:

by **allaroundfun** on Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:46 am

Hello and welcome to the club Alex, :wave:

Joe

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