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| Written command lenses (STOP CAUTION & GO) are extremely hard to find. The above two images represent the only command lenses that I have found in my NJ "signal hunting" thus far. They both appear to be worn Crouse-Hinds "GO" commands recycled and put into Marbelite signals. The signal on the left is in Glen Rock, the right signal is in Union City. | |
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Next on the endangered species list are 8" arrow lenses. Here's an old "Chinese" font arrow in Nutley. |
| The four pictures below belomg in the "What the heck is this still doing here?" file. This is a circa early 1930's signal made by American Gas Accumulator, somehow still teetering on the edge of a crumbling curb on Franklin Turnpike in Mahwah, NJ. | |
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It is said that "Brevity is the soul of wit". Well, this must be a witty intersection with only this lone two-way Marbelite, suspended from an old guy-wire mast, to control it. You're looking at the outside of Roosevelt Stadium in Union City, NJ. Many corners in Union City look similar to this one. |
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South Orange, home of Seton Hall University, is another neat town for its old signals, and more uniquely, for its fully operational 19th century gas lamps, which are THE source of street lighting for all of the side streets.
Most of the signals on South Orange Avenue have been upgraded in recent years, but not all. This is a GE signal head from the early 50's, mounted on an ornate post from the 1920's or 1930's. These posts were once quite common across the state, but now only a handful remain. (scroll up on this page to the AGA signal in Mahwah for another example) I wish the original signal was still here, but we signalfans have to take what we can get. |
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Just across the street is this GE signal topped by a finial. One of the hundreds of South Orange gas lamps is right behind it. |