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60s Era Flip Sign
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Parts of the subway here still have some 60s flip signs up back when they were used to tell riders what the direction the train would head in (see here). These signs were later used to indicate whether the train would turn back before the last station. Now these signs are just used to show the final destination of the train and are static.
Note the gap between the fluorescent lighting, that's actually an old incandescent emergency light that's been replaced by emergency ballast inside an adjacent fluorescent fixture. I believe those fixtures along with the fluorescents date back to the 50s when the subway first opened, they have been retrofitted to T8 though.
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[/url]. These signs were later used to indicate whether the train would turn back before the last station. Now these signs are just used to show the final destination of the train and are static.
Note the gap between the fluorescent lighting, that's actually an old incandescent emergency light that's been replaced by emergency ballast inside an adjacent fluorescent fixture. I believe those fixtures along with the fluorescents date back to the 50s when the subway first opened, they have been retrofitted to T8 though.
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60s Era Flip Sign
Parts of the subway here still have some 60s flip signs up back when they were used to tell riders what the direction the train would head in [url=http://transit.toronto.on.ca/subway/5117.shtml](see here)[/url]. These signs were later used to indicate whether the train would turn back before the last station. Now these signs are just used to show the final destination of the train and are static.
Note the gap between the fluorescent lighting, that's actually an old incandescent emergency light that's been replaced by emergency ballast inside an adjacent fluorescent fixture. I believe those fixtures along with the fluorescents date back to the 50s when the subway first opened, they have been retrofitted to T8 though.
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Thanks, some other stations still have them but most of them are burnt out.
I think the HPS shoeboxes are only used to light the DWA area of the platform, it's a bit odd seeing them used indoors too. Oh, and speaking of Yorkdale they still has some mercury lamps still in use over the stairs.
I've noticed at least 4-5 variations in the flip box design, the first is the 1966 type shown here, the second is the same style but with VIA DOWNTOWN added on the bottom. The 3rd is the 1970s flip dot style used on the Spadina line, 4th is the LED ones used at Kennedy and Kipling, lastly there are also some of the 1966 style but with a LED sign retrofitted inside. I haven't seen any aside from the ones at Kennedy and Kipling in operation though.
Oh and one of the flip boxes at Pape got painted over this summer during the renovation.