Some flat sounding bells

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Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:12 pm

Here's a very, very flat Safetran mechanical bell that was in Shiloh, IL: (at 2:20 in the video)


And the first crossing in this video in Pennsylvania has a rather flat bell at it as well:
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by ToledoRailfan » Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:19 pm

They actually sound kind of cool like that. I also didn't know that Metrolink operated in more rural areas like that. I also have to wonder if it is the only interstate light rail system in the United States?
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by IanMP » Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:46 pm

How does a such thing happens? When i hear a flat sounding Bell, its usualy beacause the Bell froze due to our strong winters.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by ZachL » Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:58 pm

IanMP wrote:How does a such thing happens? When i hear a flat sounding Bell, its usualy beacause the Bell froze due to our strong winters.
Could be anything really, but the real answer is just gong interference.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by cabman701 » Thu May 04, 2017 4:27 pm

Ahhh... the old "beating a frying pan with a metal spoon" sound. :Tongue1:

I wonder if it's because they have the bolt on the gong too tight? Could also be a wasp nest inside the gong or something to that effect.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by nickrink » Thu May 04, 2017 4:44 pm

Here is a video from owensri that he took at Pennsylvania Rd. in Wyandotte, MI.



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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Fri May 05, 2017 9:04 pm

Here's a rather flat sounding RACO:


This one has a pair of flat-sounding RACOs:
They/Them for me, please.

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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by NathanFromEngland » Sat May 06, 2017 5:12 am

nickrink wrote:Here is a video from owensri that he took at Pennsylvania Rd. in Wyandotte, MI.



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Sounds like a cowbell!

Heres a crossing in Anderson, Indiana that has a pretty clankish sounding WRRS mechanical bell.


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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by nickrink » Fri May 19, 2017 5:49 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote:
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Sounds like a cowbell!
Yeah, :LOL2:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:38 am

One of the crossings shown in this video has an extremely flat WCH mechanical bell:
They/Them for me, please.

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