A full size railroad used scale signals at a golf cart crossing in order to make it safer for golf cart drivers
August 8, 2006 (Press Release) --
Scale Products Company makes Railroading History
When the full size Aberdeen Carolina Western Railway company needed a set of drop arm signals for a golf cart crossing at the Pinehurst Country Club, home of the 2005 US Open, they had a problem. Not wanting to put a set of full sized signals on such a narrow crossing for aesthetic and safety purposes, they called Scale Products Company to see if they might be able to help. According to Dennis “Bones” Evers, owner, “we simply built a set of our standard commercial drop arms that we have located at major theme parks, zoos, railroad parks and estate railroads the world over and made a few very minor modifications. With class 1 railroads like CSX and others rolling through the ACWR crossing, there is no room for error, and this signal has proven its absolute reliability over the past eighteen years”. Designed for complete reliability, safety, ultra low maintenance and great looks, the six foot tall signal uses a reflective, D.O.T. regulation 9’ fiberglass arm, laser cut, CNC bent brackets, stainless fasteners, epoxy filled cast aluminum fittings and hi tensile aluminum light targets, eyebrows and signs for durability. According to Evers, “this signal has proven itself in the Canadian winters and through Gulf hurricanes so we knew it would be perfect for their application. We even offer a full one year warranty on every single component including the light bulbs, plus lifetime tech support.”
According to Bill Bartosh, general manager of the ACWR, “They work great and they look great. I took a lot of ribbing for even proposing scale signals, and I had to change our standards, but full scale signals would have been cluttered and the lights too high to be effective. After pressing forward and installing the signals, a lot of people within the industry had to eat their words. The signals are safe, clean, neat and sensitive to the area.” Getting permission to use a small scale signal wasn’t as hard as it could have been considering the Scale Products Signal met all of the “fail safe” criteria required by the FRA. According to Evers, “Bill really wanted this small crossing to look great, yet it had to retain all of the safety features of its larger counterpart.”
Over the years Evers has been accused of playing with toys, and considering Scale Products started out by building a single 5’ crossbuck for a 1 ½” railroad, it seems fitting that on the twentieth anniversary, the company was honored to be a part of a project that gives the scale industry some credibility. Scale Products is no stranger to Class 1 railroads. In addition to ACWRs use of Scale Products signals, The Union Pacific, BNSF, Chicago Belt and dozens of other railroads train on signals and other devices produced by SPC.
When the full size Aberdeen Carolina Western Railway company needed a set of drop arm signals for a golf cart crossing at the Pinehurst Country Club, home of the 2005 US Open, they had a problem. Not wanting to put a set of full sized signals on such a narrow crossing for aesthetic and safety purposes, they called Scale Products Company to see if they might be able to help. According to Dennis “Bones” Evers, owner, “we simply built a set of our standard commercial drop arms that we have located at major theme parks, zoos, railroad parks and estate railroads the world over and made a few very minor modifications. With class 1 railroads like CSX and others rolling through the ACWR crossing, there is no room for error, and this signal has proven its absolute reliability over the past eighteen years”. Designed for complete reliability, safety, ultra low maintenance and great looks, the six foot tall signal uses a reflective, D.O.T. regulation 9’ fiberglass arm, laser cut, CNC bent brackets, stainless fasteners, epoxy filled cast aluminum fittings and hi tensile aluminum light targets, eyebrows and signs for durability. According to Evers, “this signal has proven itself in the Canadian winters and through Gulf hurricanes so we knew it would be perfect for their application. We even offer a full one year warranty on every single component including the light bulbs, plus lifetime tech support.”
According to Bill Bartosh, general manager of the ACWR, “They work great and they look great. I took a lot of ribbing for even proposing scale signals, and I had to change our standards, but full scale signals would have been cluttered and the lights too high to be effective. After pressing forward and installing the signals, a lot of people within the industry had to eat their words. The signals are safe, clean, neat and sensitive to the area.” Getting permission to use a small scale signal wasn’t as hard as it could have been considering the Scale Products Signal met all of the “fail safe” criteria required by the FRA. According to Evers, “Bill really wanted this small crossing to look great, yet it had to retain all of the safety features of its larger counterpart.”
Over the years Evers has been accused of playing with toys, and considering Scale Products started out by building a single 5’ crossbuck for a 1 ½” railroad, it seems fitting that on the twentieth anniversary, the company was honored to be a part of a project that gives the scale industry some credibility. Scale Products is no stranger to Class 1 railroads. In addition to ACWRs use of Scale Products signals, The Union Pacific, BNSF, Chicago Belt and dozens of other railroads train on signals and other devices produced by SPC.
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