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8" Signals on Front Street in Lincoln
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I think these are 8" signals looking at the single screw to open the doors on them. These look to be fitted with LEDs. The last time I came by this way there were incandescents in them with the green lens on the left missing.
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Anyways 8-8-8s are rarely seen now since most places opted to replace them with LED 12-8-8s instead of converting them to LED. In fact I only know of a handful of converted 8-8-8s.
The only new installs I see of 8-8-8 signals are for specialized streetcar, bus, and bicycle signals.
Most of the 8" traffic signals there were manufactured by Marbelite, and most of them date back to the 1960s to 1970s. Others (namely the 1058 from Marbelite) are older, for that they date back to the early 1960s to 1950s. Only a handful of them still remain in service to this day in the city of New York.
Among those older 8" traffic signals, new 8" traffic signals are frequently installed there. New York City like to use General Traffic Equipment heads for the most part, but other types are used, such as McCain, for example.
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Yeah 8" signal sections are still in high demand in Ontario because we still install a lot of 12-8-8 heads here.