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Gyralight in the Night

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Ferroequinology

Ferroequinology

Күн бұрын

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@amtk415w
@amtk415w 4 жыл бұрын
I miss the Gyralites. They get your attention a lot better than strobes or ditch lights.
@bryank424
@bryank424 2 жыл бұрын
So beautiful to see how they dance across the night scape
@solidlift
@solidlift 7 ай бұрын
Agree!!
@TheOneTrueDragonKing
@TheOneTrueDragonKing 4 жыл бұрын
Superb photography, Ferro. Some of the scenes you have here, especially early in the video, look like something out of a classic Currier and Ives.
@hawktb9
@hawktb9 Жыл бұрын
First time I saw the Gyralite in action was on MARC Kawasaki bi-level units very early in the mornings (and they would use them when they sound the bells and horns). Very mesmerizing, indeed!
@xray606
@xray606 4 жыл бұрын
Nice. We used to see them out here in the west on the SP.
@SuperWorldRailFanProductions
@SuperWorldRailFanProductions 4 жыл бұрын
Circular patterns are gyralights, Mars lights are figure-8 pattern. Well I also used to always think they were gyrating mars lights!
@gaillaffer7579
@gaillaffer7579 6 ай бұрын
I used to live right by Metra tracks in Ravenswood. It was a lovely sound and sight.
@jdm1039
@jdm1039 4 жыл бұрын
Far superior to just a headlight with ditch lights
@FFred-us9tw
@FFred-us9tw 3 жыл бұрын
Just a correction, you mention Gyralites coming about in the 70's. That is incorrect. Gyralites have been around since the late 40's. Mars lights operate in a "Figure 8" pattern while Gyralites operate in a circle.
@goodoldbubba6620
@goodoldbubba6620 3 ай бұрын
I miss these headlamp types so very much.
@Nderak
@Nderak 4 ай бұрын
this is so picturesque
@kmcc01
@kmcc01 2 жыл бұрын
I've never seen a engine with a Mars light and ditch lights.
@norliasmith
@norliasmith 9 ай бұрын
That's a Gyralight, which is a circular motion, Marslight is a figure 8 motion.
@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory
@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory 2 жыл бұрын
This is very cool
@zarrir
@zarrir Жыл бұрын
Superb footage
@variousvp3311
@variousvp3311 Жыл бұрын
Where was this filmed? Such a peaceful video! Thank you for sharing!
@prairiedweller8917
@prairiedweller8917 9 ай бұрын
Beautiful snowy night
@AdamWesley-n5f
@AdamWesley-n5f Ай бұрын
It was filmed in Barrington, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
@taijuan5087
@taijuan5087 Жыл бұрын
Cool. Thanks for posting this.
@jPaulSmith1994
@jPaulSmith1994 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this!
@kennyt1674
@kennyt1674 3 жыл бұрын
Wow that's amazing and I wonder why the Mars light swings in a circle
@blainenodes8182
@blainenodes8182 Жыл бұрын
Hi...was of impression the "888" was a sideways #8pattern,hence model #888,but that's old 1950s info👍
@blainenodes8182
@blainenodes8182 Жыл бұрын
The Mars lites and the wigwag ditch lites most effective 👍👍
@dsmith9964
@dsmith9964 4 жыл бұрын
Actually I have read that Mars Lights were created by the inventor of Mars candy or a relative of the inventor.
@Tolono
@Tolono 4 жыл бұрын
You are correct. The Mars Light was invented by Jeremiah Kennelly, a young fire truck driver in Chicago who was friends with Frank Mars (founder and owner of the Mars Candy Company). Kennelly attached a motor to his fire truck’s spotlight to make it more visible to traffic, and was persuaded by Frank Mars to mass produce it. The first lights were inscribed with the words “The Light From Mars” which had a double meaning. There are a few articles written about it and this one seems to have the most information: trainweb.org/gyra/history.htm#MARS
@dsmith9964
@dsmith9964 4 жыл бұрын
@@Tolono wow! Thanks for the informative link!
@Tolono
@Tolono 4 жыл бұрын
@D Smith Glad to help
@blainenodes8182
@blainenodes8182 Жыл бұрын
@@Tolono hey👍 THANKS for the history!
@eliaszoiibrincadeiraezoaca6121
@eliaszoiibrincadeiraezoaca6121 4 жыл бұрын
Muito bacana o vídeo
@coleallen3895
@coleallen3895 2 жыл бұрын
Why does Metra use them anyway? I was born in San Francisco where there’s a commuter rail service (Caltrain) with equipment built by the same manufacturer - they have the same gallery cars and locomotives that Metra does, but those trains do not have a Mars light or “graylight”
@FFred-us9tw
@FFred-us9tw 2 жыл бұрын
Metra uses them because they are very effective for grade crossing warning. Moving lights are detected much easier than the stationary ones. But these type of lights are all railroad specific. Some railroads prefer them, some don’t. Caltrain used them on their F40s for years.
@espeeboy
@espeeboy Жыл бұрын
Check your photos and historybooks Cole Allen as all new Caltrain locomotive and gallery car equipment at the start of (former SP Commutes) SF Peninsula service in 1985 had Gyralites!
@coleallen3895
@coleallen3895 Жыл бұрын
@@espeeboy when all the F40s and Gallery cab cars were overhauled in/near 2000, the mars lights were removed
@mrbreadcrumb
@mrbreadcrumb 3 жыл бұрын
What camera
@choochoovroomvroom7612
@choochoovroomvroom7612 4 жыл бұрын
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