This sign is from Orange County, California. The Dyer sign would have been mounted to a single post, adjacent to the RR tracks and switch. The two holes are visible. By the time this sign was erected, there was no small station or shelter since passenger service to Newport Beach ceased by the 20's. The sign was probably originally posted in the 50's or early 60's. Southern Pacific RR Timetable (now Union Pacific) circa 1977 indicating Dyer on the branch line to Costa Mesa. Sign measures approx. 45" long.

The Holly Sugar beet processing plant was located at Dyer which was later demolished around 1982. The original route was built in the late 1800's (Santa Ana & Newport Rwy) from Santa Ana to Newport Beach and later to the west. From Dyer south, the railway is now the 55 freeway and Newport Ave. Dyer was named after a sugar chemist, Ebenezer Dyer who initiated the process of extracting sugar from beets.

Today, the railroad line is still in use and dead ends just north of Dyer Road while a branch continues to the west into Costa Mesa at the now defunct LA Times printing facility.

The wooden signs like Dyer survived well into the 1980's at some locations and were later replaced by metal. Included is a photo of the table table indicated the rail road station.
Information provided by a local railroad historian.

Sign measures approx. 45"

Please refer to photos.