Other Locations of Signal Tours

A few notable signals spotted during various travels. 

South El Paso, TX: 
Here's a really out-of-place sighting. A Canadian-Spec hand lens in west Texas. Circled the block because this was hard to believe. It's not a LED, but an actual painted lens in the Canadian style. Also note the use of cutaways instead of tunnels on the ped, something seldom seen in most cities.


Here is a shot of a typical sterile, modern intersection, this from the north edge of town.


Although there are not more photographs of the area, El Paso has quite a diverse selection of signals. On first impression, you are overwhelmed with mast arm intersections laden with piles of 12" Econolite Buttonbacks (even NOS ones were being installed), and Eagle Flatbacks and Mark IV's with the occasional McCains and box peds. Quite an assortment of older hardware lies intermingled, out of sight, with these modern intersections. Nearby, Crouse-Hinds makes an appearance with several intersections having multiple 12-12-12 Deco signals (late-model finless variety) with nearby pedestrian crossings represented both by the unique breadpan peds and the rarely seen 12" lever-latch peds. Sharing some of these intersections are true flavors of the west, Econolite long groove 8-8-8's and the 3M 12" signals. Ironically, for a bilingual border town many of the signals are still Don't Walk and Walk lensed.

North Beach (Little Italy), San Francisco, CA: 
Overall this is a pretty typical California signal.  Taken from the 6th floor of the Fisherman's Wharf Marriott.  Interesting to note is the Italian flag colors banded around the pole near the base and the large amount of tar used to seal the weathercap at the tip of the signal.
  

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