Although New Jersey has many old signals still in service, I have had a difficult time finding 4-way signals to photograph. As you will see on this page, I've had lots of help from other enthusiasts in this endeavor!
To see the restoration of a rare NJ 4-way signal, go HERE.
Caution Beacons
Here's a well-preserved American Gas Accumulator 4-way beacon, circa 1930, standing at the crosswalk next to the Summit train station. It flashes amber in all four directions, which was commonly used at busy street crossings to mark a "safety zone" for pedestrians. |
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This Asbury Park beacon is either a Horni or a very early Marbelite. It has all the same external characteristics as this Horni 4-way. However, this same style of signal appears in a 1949 Marbelite ad, so both companies made it at one time or another. As with many older signals, you can't be 100% positive of the manufacturer without a bucket truck. Randy Trezak found this rare piece happily blinking away in October 2006. |
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This GE beacon commands a 4-way stop at Tichenor Ave and Montague Place in South Orange. |
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These Crouse-Hinds beacons hail from Atlantic City. You signal experts in the audience can tell me what's strange about the one on the left! Photos by Kevin Mueller |
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Ed Tapanes captured these great images of a pair of Marbelite 1058 beacons in Demarest. |
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This Marbelite (or Horni?) beacon's claim to fame is its placement at the entrance to Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield. I wonder how many golf pros have passed beneath this one! |
Full 4-Ways
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Signal Collector Randy Trezak photograhed this gem in Bayonne. It is an Eagle, which is an uncommon find in NJ. Based on the old age of the post, and the position of it relative to the intersection, I suspect that a single-face signal was originally mounted here. Anybody have a spare Eagle visor for this guy?? |
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This is a Signal Service Corporation 4-way in Union City. I saw at least three signals like this one on my April 2004 visit.
The top of the Empire State Building is visible in the background. |
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Union City 4-way closeup |
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Apparently a GE model, hanging over Kingsley and 8th in front of the Asbury Park Convention Hall...
photo by Chris McNally |
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This is a Marbelite 3-way in front of the Berkeley Carteret Oceanfront Hotel on Ocean Blvd, Asbury Park.
photo by Chris McNally |