Philips MA60 Lantern Installations

The Philips MA60 was the largest MA lantern and highest wattage of MA lantern. It ran 180W SOX, with remote and integral geared versions having been available. The Mk.1 integral geared versions were extremely long, at over 5ft! A large shoe was the integral geared version, with the remote geared version having had a smaller shoe or spigot.

Birmingham

Some remote-geared Mk.1 MA60s are located along Tollhouse Way. They are mixed in with Philips Lumistreets.

This close-up reveals the LED column is newer than the columns supporting MA60s. It is currently unknown when this replacement scheme will resume.

A close-up of the first column visible in the image.

Brownhills

Watling Street in Brownhills is lined with integral-geared Mk.1 MA60s. These massive fixtures were pictured on a gloomy September day in 2024, running 180W SOX. The closest column pictured below is column E168

Much further down the road, E128 was also photographed. Look closely and you can see two day-burners in the background.

The following MA60s are pictured on the same part of the road.

This example is just out of shot on the above image, and is actually slightly wonky on it's bracket.

Another example installed alongside the previous one:

On the side of the road with the path, more MA60s are extant. This one is on a badly-corroded column.

Looking closer, we see that this is actually a remote-geared example of the MA60.

I photographed another MA60 (this time another geared example) on the pathway-side of the road.

An installation with a failed photocell was spotted along the road. By this point, the other day-burner on the opposite side of the road (pictured months before) had been repaired.

This MA60 is another remote-geared variant...

...But at least it was still working to some capacity! The same cannot be said for this one, which was knocked down in late 2024. The lantern lay on the grass verge for a while after the collision, but sometime before this visit, it was picked up and the column was cut down.

Another GO variant is photographed below.

This one varies from the others, in that it has installed upon it a minicell.

Column E103:

The MA60s continue down the A5.