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Rockwell 1 hour parking meter This parking meter was nicely redone by its previous owner. It works well, except that the EXPIRED flag does not completely disappear when a nickel is inserted. 5 cents gets 30 minutes. If another 5 cents is inserted then the EXPIRED flag does go all the way down as it is supposed to. UPDATE: The parking meter was sold on eBay in 2012. |
| These "bar" traffic lights are fairly easy to find on ebay. I can remember seeing them in party stores as a kid and not having enough pennies to buy one then, so I had to get one once I saw them on ebay. This one doesn't sit on a bar, it sits on my desk. It doesn't change on its own sitting on my desk so I had to animate it for its appearance on the web. |  |
The signal to the right was made by a friend of mine who is known as Bear on the net. He makes these out of toy signals that are found on ebay and alters them by adding realistic looking visors and a timing circuit so the light functions as a true traffic signal. This realistic looking signal has replaced the "bar" signal on my desk. |  |
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What in the world is this???
It looks like a railroad crossing signal. Well, it is...sort of. I have seen real railroad signals on ebay and they are just too darn big! I wanted to have something that resembled a railroad signal so I made this signal with two 12-inch sections from a traffic light. The cross buck sign is the only thing on this signal that is an authentic part of a real railroad signal. This thing still takes up a lot of room even if it isn't a real one! |
Here is a simple Cross Walk sign that came from somewhere in Ohio. Nothing real exciting here. You turn it on, it lights up, you turn it off, it goes dark. This item was sold in February 2006 and is no longer a part of The Traffic Signal Museum.
This page was originally posted on 6/23/2002.