TRT Aspect Lantern Installations
The TRT Aspect is the main lantern of the Aspect series. It has a wide range of 11W to 208W LED. Due to this, the larger heat sink is present on the higher wattage lanterns (above 80W), and this is easily visible from ground level. It is also one of the better looking and functioning LED lanterns out there, especially when it comes to durability... I am yet to see one of these fail!
Long Eaton
Column HL9 on the B5010 supports an Aspect lantern.
Polesworth
Right on the border between Staffordshire and Warwickshire, a change in street lighting can be observed. On the Staffordshire side, 10m steel columns with post-top Philips SGS252s are installed. These stop abruptly on the border, where side-entry TRT Aspects begin to line the road. This image was taken on the B5000.
The column (54) in the background of the first image was photographed. These columns were grey 8 months ago, but have either been painted or new ones have been installed.
A closer view of the lantern:
The TRT Aspect can come with two radiator sizes depending on power consumption. This is the larger radiator size, which is present on 80W and above. Notice the difference in the LED board when compared with the above installation, much larger LED units are present. This lantern occupies column 38 of the same road.
Rugby
Warwickshire is littered with TRT lanterns, which on the main roads are TRT Aspects. Pictured below is Railway Terrace, lined with them.
A close-up of the lantern on column 1:
Adjacent Clifton Road is also equipped with TRT Aspects, these incorporating the larger heat-sinks.
Some more examples on the roundabout between Clifton Road and Lower Hillmorton Road:
Near 94 Lower Hillmorton Road is this column stump which looks to have been cut down due to damage. It would previously have held a TRT Aspect lantern.
Not far away is an Aspect fitted with a front-facing glare-shield.
Column 67 of Lower Hillmorton Road supports a twin-arm bracket with an Aspect on each side.
In fact, Aspects line this entire road. A few interesting installations exist down here though.
Junctions for turning onto the opposite side of the road are placed at the top of each street. Each one of these has a TRT Aspect installed on the grass verge. This one is Vere Road.
The junction around Linnell Road has a few notable installations. It may not be immediately apparent why I photographed the installation below.
The lantern is installed on column 96, and it becomes clear with a close-up that it utilizes a glare-shield! These are fitted to the lanterns themselves, so they are likely also made by TRT.
The next column to be photographed was column 104, opposite Linnell Road.
Notice that the lantern is angled upwards to throw more light onto the junction, despite the fact that another Aspect is positioned on the junction.
The installations continue down Lower Hillmorton Road:
The A426, like nearly every major road in Rugby, is lined with more Aspects.
The lantern on the closest column in the above image:
The columns here are by a company I had not yet heard of at the time: Corus.
These columns are still on the A426, this time near Duke Street.
Tamworth
The TRT Aspect is probably one of my favourite LED lanterns. I hope to add one of these to my collection soon! Either way, there are a couple of examples of this fixture located in Borough Park, Tamworth. There exists a stretch of road with 4 of these lanterns installed close to each other.
Pictures of the fixtures seen in the background:
The train station in Wilnecote, Tamworth is lit by tens of TRT Aspects, each fitted with motion detectors causing them to reach 100% brightness when anyone is nearby.
