traffic lights

Model Railroader Layouts and layout building
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Does any one have some tips on how to make some realistic traffic lights not like the tacky model power traffic lights

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Wait for the Walthers Cornerstone ones to come out.

jktrains

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I have several of the Walthers traffic lights and the controller…

Great fun and a very convincing animation of the traffic signal sequence! I highly recommend these!

http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-2301

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I’m going to be starting up again VERY soon. I saw these and a video clip of them, look pretty nice.

How many lights will the controller handle?

Found the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiJb60Tu1kE

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I looked at those and thay looked perfect

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Nice video.

How are those to work with? Is it all wires coming out of the bottom of the mount, or did Walthers do some sort of plug-mount like on the Cornerstone street lights? (I like the 4-way traffic light, but that arched support is too modern for me. I’d like to be able to remove the signal and mount it on a post, like the 2-ways are.)

This controller http://www.bakatronics.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=341 is a lot cheaper. I was wondering if that could be adapted. Are the Walthers ones LEDs, or small incandescents?

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“This controller http://www.bakatronics.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=341 is a lot cheaper. I was wondering if that could be adapted. Are the Walthers ones LEDs, or small incandescents?”

I wondered the same thing. From what I have read, they are LEDs.

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[#ditto] Although I do wish they used 12v DC, like all the rest of my lighting, instead of AC.