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Dixie and Queen 1978 I came across a photo of Queen st and Dixie Road in Brampton in 1978! It appears to be CGE signals a GE M400-A and a double guy arm [url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.714785,-79.727953,3a,75y,47.56h,86.28t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sh3mMysKSbhH8Atff-M3IDA!2e0?hl=en]Heres this location today.[/url] Keywords: Lighting_History

Dixie and Queen 1978

I came across a photo of Queen st and Dixie Road in Brampton in 1978!

It appears to be CGE signals a GE M400-A and a double guy arm

Heres this location today.

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Album name:Model25FanForever / Lighting History
Keywords:Lighting_History
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Date added:Feb 13, 2015
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m@   [Feb 14, 2015 at 02:53 AM]
great find. I've been googling all sorts of terms for historic Brampton images, and I can't even find the stuff I used to. How'd you dig this shot up?
Model25FanForever   [Feb 14, 2015 at 12:50 PM]
I found it on some old Maritime Ontario truck site. This was the only Brampton shot there was. Thats why theres a Maritime Ontario truck in the photo. I was searching specifically for Bramalea photos Smile
joe_347V   [Feb 15, 2015 at 12:49 AM]
Nice! I find older pictures of the suburbs are quite hard to find. I see there's a old olive green MTO signal in the shot.
Model25FanForever   [Feb 15, 2015 at 04:01 PM]
Yeah they are! I couldnt exactly tell if what color it was because of the picture quality. Definitely not yellow. Never seen any CGE colors in person other than Yellow
joe_347V   [Feb 17, 2015 at 04:48 AM]
I guess it would have looked a bit like this one new:


Back in the 60s and 70s the MTO used green signals at certain intersections. Usually either CGE or Eagle Flatback.
Model25FanForever   [Feb 17, 2015 at 11:40 PM]
I wonder why they used Green at some intersections. Maybe just the major intersections?
joe_347V   [Feb 18, 2015 at 06:18 AM]
From what I heard, green was used in rural intersections since green signals were more visible against the blue sky compared to yellow signals. Yellow signals were better in a urban area. Of course now that's sorta a moot point since everything is yellow.

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