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Yellow crossbucks ?
« on: December 18, 2008, 07:41:30 PM »
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I have never seen yellow ones in person , or photographs . Is there a North American prototype for these N scale ones that are on eBay ? Are these really N scale even ?



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Re: Yellow crossbucks ?
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2008, 08:56:12 PM »
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I have never seen yellow ones in person , or photographs . Is there a North American prototype for these N scale ones that are on eBay ? Are these really N scale even ?



They're not close to any scale. Strictly toys.

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Re: Yellow crossbucks ?
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2008, 10:37:16 PM »
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I belive there were yellow crossbucks used in the 1940's in several states but nothing THAT ugly.
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You seem to feel abysmal take it
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Kinda like the way you keep looking away

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Re: Yellow crossbucks ?
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2008, 11:00:27 PM »
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Interesting , IIRC before the standardization of road signs I remember seeing a yellow background with black lettering stop sign in a photo which maybe was somewhere between Ole Muddy and the Rocky's .

Here is one , maybe .


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Re: Yellow crossbucks ?
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2008, 01:28:49 AM »
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The oooold Frisco was "backwards" with black crossbucks with those old reflective dots spelling out the letters. ATSF were white saying "Railroad Crossing" then down the post vertically "Look out for the cars". I, ummm, "liberated" one that was taken down and lying on the ground, but the lettering was too bad to be legible. Old white lead paint would turn yellowish in the presence of some chemicals, but in OK, AR and MO as a child, I never saw a yellow crossbuck.