Lionel should make this crossing signal

Now that is cool!  Where was this crossing signal located?

--Greg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B...Neon_Crossing_Signal

Would be cool for their Halloween items.

John

I say flash the skull with green eyes and that errie sound that scooby doo's alien ghost made in that cartoon with the airplane hanger.  it was a cackling skull inside a outer space suit with glowing feet.  but that sound would scare the bgeebees out of me!

Thank God they didn't make that one the standard signal. The digital bells on the one about 2 blocks from here is loud enough to hear in my yard. I think something like that would be a repeated victim of sabotage.

Without the air raid horn (or with one that has an off switch) , it is a very cool sign. I wonder if Miller could sell enough of them to make it worth their while? I'm thinking a Plasticville signal bridge would be close enough for the gantry.

That would look really sharp on a Halloween themed layout (as said before) and would probably also fit in well protecting a military train track. Thanks for sharing it.

J White

...Or it could be a great collaborative project for Chris at Miller Engineering (signage) and George at ITTProducts (sound card)!

I'd put it front and center on my layout!! 

What a cool addition to a Halloween display/train, too!!!

BTW, do you suppose this sign at the crossing in this incident would have made any difference??

https://ogrforum.com/d...nt/11144471779197716

It was at Grenada, MS on the Illinois Central

It didn't show in the animation but the description said the arrow on the sign illuminated with the direction that the train was going. 

Good idea to ask Miller to make one!  It would be awesome.

John

That's really bizarre, but effective!

"It was installed in the mid-1930s by inventor Alonzo Billups over growing concern due to numerous train versus motor vehicle accidents at the crossing."

Thanks Rob for the Wikipedia link.

I'll buy one if Lionel makes it!!!LOL!

I want one so someone needs to make it.

I'll have one too - no matter who makes it!

I wonder how many lives that has saved?

If people are going to be running into trains while fiddling with their iphones

https://ogrforum.com/d...nt/11144471795576606

no amount of signage is going to distract them from their phones...

Rusty

Looks like it should be outside the entrance to Area 51. The signs there do make reference to lethal force. 

I imagine more than a few!

John

My big cat was in my lap while I was reading the forum on my iPad. When the siren went off, he got off. 

If somebody ever does make this crossing in 'O' scale, I'll certainly buy one. 

I vote for Miller Engineering making one of these. I'd be in for it!

I have no clue where I'd put one on the club layout, but if that's produced it's just too cool not to buy a couple.