This is kind of funny because i thought the only ones i had ever seen were in Pennsylvania where i live by the KFC that has since been torn down and light removed probably 15 years ago and in New York back in the 1990's when i had gotten stranded at a repair shop with my mom while visiting relatives.  Just the other day after i had the dream i mentioned in the "your dreams about lighting" section, i was driving my usual route to work that i have driven the past 2 years and did a double take, at an old out of buisiness service station is one of those exact lights!! It looks to have like 8 4 foot tubes in a panel and is on a pole above the lot.  The tubes are all still there from what i can tell.  I just watched Seth's video on youtube on how to upload pictures so i plan to try to get one within a few days.  i would love to know if it is a unknown treasure and if it is worth talking to the property owners about.  I just can not believe that i have passed the darned thing every day on my way to work!  

I am curious and can't wait to post a picture so you guys can tell me about it.  Are they High Output bulbs or just standard magnetic ballasted T12's usually?  Are there any special differences from common fluroescent lights, and did they flicker in the cold like my magnetic T12 garage lights did? Why did they phase them out?  They seem quite rare!! I am suprised this guy still stands, although i have never seen it lit.  The tubes are still in it though :-)How old could it be? It seems to measure about 6" thick, be mayle 24" across and about 48" long.  It houses probably 8 bulbs maybe and is on a pole that curves so that the fixture is angled to the ground. I will get pictures soon!

those fixture are getting hard to find but you be surpise that old gas station still have a few around
 few places in old towns in Texas that have those fixture. like you said many of them are Neglected,

There's a small number of fluorescent parking lot lights left here in Toronto along with very few fluorescent street lights left.

Here's some pictures of the ones left here:

Oh wow neat guys!  I really wish I could see a panel style like the one I found lit :-). Its funny how it's been there but out of the minds of everyone! Well I'm at work now untill 11pm (2 hrs) and am going to drive by it!!  As long as no one is there like cops, I am going to pull into the lot and see if I can get some photos tonight using my flash since it is off and I forget if there are sodium lamps near it!  Then I will go home and upload my very first picures!  

I just made my first albumn and added it! I was sucessful at getting the pic for you guys, now the fun begins! hunting down sox lamps and such.  I still have to get to that place where i swear i saw some but was unable to stop due to being on my way home from a long trip! Also the dead yardblaster and the super dim green mercury vapor at work i will get too soon :-)I will reduce it's size (i uploaded a large file for you to zoom in on) and post a baby version here - it looks like i can! I reduced it from 2.4MB to 14kB, but for the full size 2.4MB please check out my first album pic post!  Please note the white light to the right is just a cluster of modern metal halides i think. This is the one and only flurescent fixture in a million mile radius of me (kidding) but only one i know of, it stands by its lonesome with that deisel sign that looks like its from the 1960's or 70's by thte font and -" Yes we sel diesel!" on it!