Automatic LFE 8"
w/12" arrow
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The Rest of My Collection
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This signal was acquired locally from an acquaintance. It was originally very dark green,
then I decided to paint it safety yellow. I hooked up a P3 timer which was purchased from www.trafficlights.com
which is where I get all my timer controllers. I hooked up the arrow wire leads to the same terminal
screw as the red light. I had to use lower wattage bulbs as each circuit on the timer has a maximun
wattage rated at 75 watts.
When the red light turns to green the arrow disappears.
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This is my second TCT 12" light, but this one as you can see has the black doors. This color combination
is typical of Massachusetts and Florida. Other southern states also use this color combination. This
light also has a red and green LED and a pic of each one lit up.
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MY PRIZE PIECE
This is my Crouse-Hinds
4-way light
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This is my fourth traffic light and is the Rolls Royce in my collection. This light from
what I understand is from the early to mid forties. I won this on e-bay.
It has the pagoda
style top and bottom with the lever latch doors. I cleaned up this light and only painted the visors
and the top and bottom pieces. The body was in pretty good condition and am not sure if I want to paint
the rest of it or not. It still has 11 of the 12 "smiley" face type lenses which are original to the
light. Thanks to a friend Jerry whom I met on the internet, he helped me with the fixing up and wiring
of my 4-way Crouse-Hinds here. He has a great site you can visit at http://www.trafficsignalmuseum.com
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TCT Dog House style light w/8" lenses
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This was my next acquisition. When I first saw that someone owned one of these "dog house" style
lights, it was on Jerry's web site, (previous link). He built his from two brand new TCT lights. I
then decided to do the same thing. After getting my two new TCT lights, I took the red sections off
and hooked the two together like you see here. I then purchased a controller from Lights to Go, and
now you have a functional "dog house" traffic signal with two left turn arrows.
This one
is one of my favorites besides my 4-way.
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Crouse-Hinds Art Deco w/8" lenses.
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Signatrol Electromechanical Timer
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The photo above left is as you can see, my Art Deco Crouse-Hinds which is about the same age
as my 4-way. It has the same lever latch doors and also has the decorative fins on top and bottom.
It has embossed lenses that read STOP, CAUTION & GO. You can read the indications on the lenses in
the picture. These are the lenses that predate the smiley lenses.
The above right photo
is an old Signatrol Timer. I am not sure how old this is, but I purchased it I believe from Traffic
Parts in Texas back in 1992. This was my first timer control I owned. It is very simple as it only
controls traffic in one direction. I could have had three more cams put on for another direction, but
at the time I only wanted one direction. Basically the current turns the main cam shaft by applying electrical
current through a magnetic coil. As the main shaft turns, the 3 cams that are attached are carved out
so that each contact raises and lowers at the correct intervals to control current to each of the three
lights. The timing can only be adjusted by taking the cams off the main shaft and attaching new cams
that are carved out differently.
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1950's Eagle (New Old Stock)
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This is a 3-way Eagle from the 1950's, a decade newer than the 4-way Crouse-Hinds Signal. I purchased
this signal also from Twin Green who purchased this and a few others from a contractor that had these
sitting in storage for about 50 years. This signal was never used on the streets. Everything is original,
glass reflectors and wiring. When opened, the doors stuck a bit as most of the doors were never opened.
This is a once in a life time purchase. It makes a nice compliment to the Crouse-Hinds 4-way right
next to it.
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