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[Gone] CGE and Crouse Hinds Type M Here's a couple of older signals heads still in use. The facing one is the fairly common CGE signal while the one facing left is a pretty rare 12" Crouse Hinds type M. I believe they saw some use in Toronto in the 60s but only a few handful still remain. The 12" Crouse Hinds type M has a pretty distinctive latch (they were sorta like the bail latches on the GEs) but I believe they had problems keeping the door tightly shut. Both have received LED retrofits in 2008 or so. Keywords: Traffic_Lights

[Gone] CGE and Crouse Hinds Type M

Here's a couple of older signals heads still in use. The facing one is the fairly common CGE signal while the one facing left is a pretty rare 12" Crouse Hinds type M. I believe they saw some use in Toronto in the 60s but only a few handful still remain.

The 12" Crouse Hinds type M has a pretty distinctive latch (they were sorta like the bail latches on the GEs) but I believe they had problems keeping the door tightly shut.

Both have received LED retrofits in 2008 or so.

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Filename:TOR_IMG_1013.JPG
Album name:joe_347V / Signal Lights
Keywords:Traffic_Lights
Company and Date Manufactured:CGE and Crouse Hinds
Filesize:104 KiB
Date added:May 11, 2014
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Model25FanForever   [May 11, 2014 at 10:46 AM]
Ah nice you got a picture of it Cool Razz The visors look like an Eagle mark IV's visors
streetlight98   [May 11, 2014 at 05:03 PM]
joe_347V   [May 12, 2014 at 02:11 AM]
Thanks! Yeah I believe the Mark IVs have similar visors. Another thing I like about the setup is the classic double guy signal mast instead of the modern single member mast. Cool
streetlight98   [May 12, 2014 at 11:11 AM]
yeah double guys are awesome. Smile
Model25FanForever   [May 12, 2014 at 03:46 PM]
I wish the double guys were still a common set up still. In my city we are down to our last one. We lost the other 2 a few months ago to road widening Sad
joe_347V   [May 13, 2014 at 04:57 AM]
Same here, Markham, North York, and Scarborough still have some left but they're getting replaced here and there.
Model25FanForever   [Sep 09, 2014 at 11:39 PM]
If this was on the 401 then its gone.
joe_347V   [Sep 10, 2014 at 01:49 AM]
Ahh, I guess they finally took it down then. I knew it was only a matter of time once that new pole with the Fortrans went up. Neutral
Model25FanForever   [Sep 10, 2014 at 10:59 AM]
Yeah it seems MTO is reconstructing the intersections at the on and off ramps. I see Polefabs with Fortran 12-12-12's AE 125's, OVF's,OVY's, or I see AEL 125 sag lens. They did it on the 427 last year and I guess the 401 was this year
Model25FanForever   [Aug 11, 2016 at 02:28 AM]
Bad news. Both signals got replaced by Fortran's. Toronto's remaining CGES are dwindling because they want all the signals to have the shiny backplates. In late 2015 these signals both the CGE and Crouse hinds got new back plates!!! Then the hanger cge got a plumbized fortran and the crouse hind got Fortraned too.Bright siDE? The double guy arm is still in use
joe_347V   [Aug 11, 2016 at 03:11 AM]
Dang, that was one of the last Crouse Hinds signals left in Toronto. I'm surprised they bothered to replace the backplate since it was up for replacement or the fact that they kept the old pole.

I was expecting they would put in a new octogonal pole instead of keeping the Polefab and double guy. I have a feeling the Polefab might be from the late 60s when the 401 collectors opened.

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