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Streetcar Island Warning Flasher
Here's a shot of an incandescent flasher and downlight assembly for a streetcar island. Streetcar islands are mainly used here on busier roads or when the streetcar run on it's own right of way otherwise standard roadside stops are used. 

Note the blanked off section on the flasher, I believe they might have flashed in a wigwag pattern a long time ago since newer stops only have a single section flasher. The downlight uses a coated HPS and is either 35, 50, or 70w.
Keywords: Traffic_Lights

Streetcar Island Warning Flasher

Here's a shot of an incandescent flasher and downlight assembly for a streetcar island. Streetcar islands are mainly used here on busier roads or when the streetcar run on it's own right of way otherwise standard roadside stops are used.

Note the blanked off section on the flasher, I believe they might have flashed in a wigwag pattern a long time ago since newer stops only have a single section flasher. The downlight uses a coated HPS and is either 35, 50, or 70w.

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File information
Filename:P2064692.JPG
Album name:joe_347V / Signal Lights
Keywords:Traffic_Lights
Company and Date Manufactured:Canadian General Electric | Unknown
Wattage:60-69w | 35, 50, or 70w
Lamp Type:Incandescent | High pressure sodium
Filesize:226 KiB
Date added:May 15, 2012
Dimensions:1200 x 1600 pixels
Displayed:278 times
Color Space:sRGB
Contrast:0
DateTime Original:2012:02:06 13:56:51
Exposure Bias:0 EV
Exposure Mode:0
Exposure Program:Program
Exposure Time:1/250 sec
FNumber:f/4.4
Flash:No Flash
Focal length:14.3 mm
ISO:100
Light Source:Unknown: 0
Make:Olympus Imaging Corp.
Max Aperture:f/3.5
Model:SP600UZ
URL:http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=11693
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streetlight98   [May 16, 2012 at 02:24 AM]
Hmm. Interesing how they used a divided highway sign for one-way traffic on a 2-way traffic road. Here this style sign is used for divided lanes
joe_347V   [May 16, 2012 at 07:04 AM]
Interesting, I've never seen that style of sign around here, all of ours use the smiley face sign in the picture. Razz In case you're interested here's the Streetview of the area.
streetlight98   [May 16, 2012 at 09:26 PM]
Ahh. that makes it much clearer to me. Yes, the sign i linked would be used if your picture was here in the states (or RI at least). We use similar signs like the one above for divided highways, though these two signs are more common for divided highways, the latter being used more frequently. I personally like worded signs better. The signs here were all mostly worded signs but now new signs have symbols. For instance, the older stop sign ahead signs actually said "STOP AHEAD" while new ones have a red octagon with an arrow above it. same thing for the "KEEP RIGHT" signs, "SIGNAL AHEAD" signs, "NO LEFT/RIGHT/U TURN" signs, etc: the worded versions are no longer installed. Only the ones with symbols are installed. Personally, I prefer worded signs because I never knew what this sign meant until recently, as the signs here for rotarys are rectangular and say "ROTARY AHEAD".
joe_347V   [May 17, 2012 at 06:17 AM]
Yeah we use a similar sign for medians too, and we also use this design too.

A lot of older signs from the 70s here were worded but most have since been replaced with symbol signs. I know of some old "RIGHT LANE MUST EXIT" "NO U TURN", "THIS LANE ENDS", "NO STOPPING", "BRIDGE ICES FIRST", miss outs still up though.

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