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Silvine Signals? Anyone remember?

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Silvine Signals? Anyone remember?
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 7, 2006 8:45 PM

In early 1960s, living 10 miles north of Pittsburgh, PA, I had purchased some HO-scale metal signals which looked great and were nicely detailed. 

I especially liked their cantilevered RXR crossing signals, working semaphores and signal bridges which had 4 target signals.  Each target signal had only one grain of wheat bulb - either red or green

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Were they made in Japan?

Available anywhere?

Thank you,

 

 

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Posted by cacole on Friday, December 8, 2006 10:57 AM

A Google search turned some up on eBay under an Antique Toys category, so the company that made them evidentally no longer exists.

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