Here is a video of the B&B Engineering Corp bell...WRONG about the city lol, it's actually from Norwood, Mass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOQdwEvn2KI&t=6s

YES!! How can I forget the FS of Western Cullen lol. Yes, CNW had the Gong Bell which was very interesting...and someone on youtube blessed us with a GREAT video about the history of the bell and how it works!!! Thanks for the comment! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzgzYXqoeSQ The WC Hayes Bells a...

WOW!!1 So firest Bryant & Zync/RRW, then WRRS, then WC Hayes. Motorized bells I have seen ontop of crossing signals in South Carolina...saw ONLY ONE here in Florida but it's not a E dinger (electronic "bells" don't ring, they ding). Here's video of Brickell Ave in Downtown Miami in operation. The be...

Those motorized bells are made by the B&B Engineering Corporation in Chicago. They still make them I presume, the ones in Miami on Brickell Avenue (US1) still hold their ground today!
But yea, WC Hayes have been showing up at these newly renovated and rebuilt drawbridges.

It has been a while since I've posted to The Forum but one thing I started noticing with the rehabilitation of drawbridges here in South Florida, I started to notice that the mechanical bells that they're using are made from WC HAYES with a much higher pitched gong. I have videos two drawbridges wit...

But in all honesty, those bell keep ringing and sounding good. WC Hayes gates I heard are the most durable out there as Safetran is a runner up. They are basically the only 2 long running companies. Modern Industries, GRS, WABCO, US&S, WRRS have all died.

I can bet that one of those bells been ringing for 42 years. Good life span.

Can anybody give me a print out of the little sheet on the back of the WC Hayes bell? Mine is worn out

One year ago, today, we all have lost a very special to all of us who ran this website. Mike Hickok. He loved my crossing pictures and how I obeyed everything he told me today. Today marks a year of him passing away. But that doesn't prevent us doing what we love doing. Long lives Mikes Railroad Cro...

Safetran Type 1 Electronic bells are my favorite type of electronic bells. Type 3 has somewhat of a trebled ping to it but with the Type 1, its very clear and realistic to a mechanical bell gets me every time why WC Hayes e bells sound like fire siren. Safetran Type 2 The fact that It sound CLOSER t...