Source of Hanging Traffic Signals?

Check these out. 

Don, thanks for posting these but I mis-spoke.  I want HANGING traffic lights.

George

Ok, how about this?....

Wow!  Thank you!!

George

George, check these out too.

Traffic Lights

Thank you, 'diesel!  Looks promising as well.

George

OK, I have further refined what I need.  In researching my prototype, I discovered that the hanging traffic signals have only 1 set of lights.  There were 4 such hanging signals, each covering a respective street.

Therefore, I'm now looking for a hanging O scale traffic signal with 1 set of lights.  This is not quite the right one (the correct one will have no backing screen behind the lights and be colored dark green), but you get the idea.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

George

Actually, I am looking for single sets of lights as in the photo.  And I would like them to be working.

George

There are no 50’s traffic signals in O scale.

You might have to kit bash something for red & green lights only.

No yellow light or housings back then at least in the NY area.

Many housing’s were painted dark green or black and mounted on ornate stands with a fluted base and a control box.

SIRT, I have to differ with you.  I have at least 3 photos dating from the 1950's showing multiple lights (3 and 4) in hanging housings that face 1 way.  I will try to scan them (if I get permission).

I agree that many were painted dark green; these are.

Just in this thread there are 2 companies that make O scale signals.  Unfortunately, no one appears to make a single facing housing. 

I'm still looking...

George

After some research, this is what I've found out:

1. No single facing set of traffic lights exists that can be customized for my use.  I even played around with the idea of casting the housing and wiring it myself, but I need another long, drawn out project like a hole in the head.
2. The Leonard's Traffic Light 4 Way Cluster would be a good solution if I had a smaller intersection to signal, but the light is on a fixed length pole.  However, that may work for someone else and seems like a good price.
3. I investigated the MTH traffic lights on poles (30-1089-1), but the signal housing was not very realistically shaped (for a 1950s light).  In the end, I decided that dissassembling the light and kit-bashing it would probably result the spontaneous combustion of $30 with no desirable outcome.
4. As previously noted, the Selley castings are non-functional and not very accurate.
5. Unless something unplanned occurs, I will use a Berkshire Junction option.   A three-way signal in combination with a pedestal might be the most practical and realistic choice.  I will try to paint all signals in dark green to reflect the 1950s.

That's what I have come up with.

I very much appreciate all the input and suggestions you provided.

George

BTW -- the standalone traffic lights Don identified look a lot like the ones on Hudson Boulevard (later renamed JFK Boulevard) in the 1960s.  They looked like they had been there for years, probably because they were painted black or a dark green color like the PRR used.  The last time I drove down that street in early 2000s, the same traffic lights were still in the Jersey City area near Poplar Street.

some examples of the prototype.

http://www.kbrhorse.net/signals/crouse-hinds02.html

There is a hobbyfor everything

John, thanks for posting.  That was very interesting.

Now if only someone made these in 1:48! 

George

Berkshire Junction sells a 3-way and a 4-way hanging traffic light. I have one. It changes direction every 14 seconds. I paid $65 for it and another $38 for the controller. It looks good and works great.

Tom

Tom,

That is probably what I'm going to do for my particular goofy intersection.  I will use a 3-way and a pole mounted light.

Interestingly enough, I have a similar highway overpass in the works for my layout.  Looks good!

George