Some flat sounding bells

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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by ToledoRailfan » Mon Jun 11, 2018 6:12 pm

Sounds like the "ding rate" significantly increased before the bell shut off. :Blink:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Mon Jun 11, 2018 11:26 pm

ToledoRailfan wrote:Sounds like the "ding rate" significantly increased before the bell shut off. :Blink:
It appears to be due to the gate mechs as the other bell does the same thing. If you skip to 2:20 in the video, the bell is ringing rather fast before the gates start to lower.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by NathanFromEngland » Sat Jun 16, 2018 4:23 am

Very scary sounding General Signals E-bell :Eeeeek:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by NathanFromEngland » Sun Jun 17, 2018 6:22 am

One of these mechanical bells at this Dutch crossing is extremely flat.

Unrelated, but it appears this EBA E-bell has died, despite replacing another mechanical bell four years prior.


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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by NathanFromEngland » Thu Jun 21, 2018 12:46 am

This WCH mechanical bell sounds a bit stiff.

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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Thu Jun 21, 2018 6:52 am

NathanFromEngland wrote:This WCH mechanical bell sounds a bit stiff.

(Skip to 8:40)
A Safetran bell earlier in the video also sounds a bit flat.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Thu Jun 21, 2018 9:09 am

One of the bells at this pedestrian crossing in Italy sounds rather flat:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Tue Jul 03, 2018 11:47 pm

Recorded a flat-sounding Modern Industries bell in Springfield, FL yesterday. Will post the video when I'm back up in Huntsville next week.

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http://www.rxrsignals.com/Florida/Springfield/US98_Bus/
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by NathanFromEngland » Sun Jul 15, 2018 2:12 am

The yodalarm on the right side of the crossing sounds really sick, while the one on the left is dead.

This crossings yodalarms speakers are blown.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Wed Jul 18, 2018 1:28 pm

freebrickproductions wrote:Recorded a flat-sounding Modern Industries bell in Springfield, FL yesterday. Will post the video when I'm back up in Huntsville next week.

This is the crossing for anyone curious:
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Florida/Springfield/US98_Bus/
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