[PRCo] Re: Traffic signal
Herb Brannon
hrbran at cavtel.net
Tue Nov 29 11:22:02 EST 2011
Where have you been, Fred, over the past three days? Read the second,
third, and fourth emails in this thread.
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:38, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>wrote:
> 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:
> >
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 11:29, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Los Angeles had that type of traffic signal. L.A. also had three or
> four
> >>> electric trolley bus routes.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 11:05, Bob Rathke <bobrathke at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 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.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Bob
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -- Attached file removed by Ecartis and put at URL below --
> >>>> -- Type: image/jpeg
> >>>> -- Size: 19k (20272 bytes)
> >>>> -- URL :
> >>>> http://lists.dementix.org/files/pittsburgh-railways/TrafficSignal.jpg
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Herb Brannon
> >>> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Herb Brannon
> >> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Herb Brannon
> > In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
> >
> >
> >
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Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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