WRTL Airtrace 2 Lantern Installations

WRTL's Airtrace 2 was the larger version in the Airtrace family. The canopy and/or base could come in blue or pyrite grey. It was intended for 50W-250W SON (HPS) or 50W-250W Ceramic metal halide lamps. Measuring 82.8cm long, it was quite a large lantern! The easiest way to identify the Airtrace 2 against the Airtrace 1 is to look at the size of the optic. A smaller optic points at an Airtrace 1.

Birmingham

An uncountable amount of WRTL Airtrace 2s exist on Birmingham's roads. This one is on the A38 through Birmingham City Centre. It runs 250W SON-T.

Phosco P220/4s would have been mounted here originally, but these have long-since been replaced. A Philips SGS203 occupies the other side of the bracket.

Column 14 of Penshore Street was a replacement for an old Philips SGS203 on an out-dated column.

This one runs a 150W Philips Master CityWhite CDO-TT lamp.

Column 2 of Dudely Street runs a 100W SON-T lamp. This Airtrace 2 is black, to fit it's column.

A radio node cell is fitted atop the lantern.

Another example was spotted damaged on Rupert Street in late 2024.

The column has been struck causing the lantern to tumble to the ground.

The remains of the lantern were found in the bushes below.

I picked up and saved the driver, which was dead, but the gear tray was re-used to create an MBF/U tray for my GEC Z8896.