That wasn't just a regional thing.  I remember some stoplights from about that 
same era with 'stop' and 'go" backlit in eastern NC.  They seemed old to me 
then, so maybe they were from the late '40s or 1950s.  Of course, when you are 
a kid, everything not made in the last two years seems old.  :-)
   
  Like those "old people" over 30.  :-)
   
  73,
  Curt

   
  
Richard Cuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  I actually remember some signals from my childhood in Western NY State
in the 1960s that had the 'stop' and 'go' backlit.

Richard

On 4/2/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On the surface it sounds rediculous, but if it works who can argue. Wouldn't
> it be easier to keep the same colors but put the words "stop" and "go"
> across the front of the lens over the bulb so that it was back lit, then
> even those who are color challenged will be able to see it since the
> contrast between light and dark is not color dependent?
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