[PRCo] Re: Traffic signal

[Fred Schneider]

Note  the GM bus in distance in NCL fruit salad paint scheme.   I would bet the farm that the picture was taken somewhere in Los Angeles.  fws



On Nov 27, 2011, at 12:37 PM, Herb Brannon wrote:

> Forgot to mention one of the interesting aspects of these signals was that
> when the lights and arms changed a bell rang. It gave a sound similar to a
> streetcar gong.
> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 12:32, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:
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>> From Page 118, PCC-From Coast to Coast, by Schneider & Carlson, c.1983,
>> Interurban Press, Photo by Stephen D. McGuire,  two of the "Acme" traffic
>> signals are located beside, on 7th Street, and across S. Alvarado Street
>> from the Royal Rexall Drug Store.
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>> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 11:29, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:
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>>> Los Angeles had that type of traffic signal. L.A. also had three or four
>>> electric trolley bus routes.
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>>> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 11:05, Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>>> Following up the recent discussion of unusual traffic signals, attached
>>>> is a photo from the mid-1950's, probably taken in California.  Note the
>>>> trolley bus wires.
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>>>> 
>>>> Bob
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>>>> http://lists.dementix.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/TrafficSignal.jpg
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