Some flat sounding bells

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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Fri May 01, 2020 7:19 pm

A GS Type 1 heard at 0:45 in this video sounds bad, first one I've seen do this outside of Michigan:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Sun May 03, 2020 1:44 am

This WCH bell sounds rather flat:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Sat May 30, 2020 7:01 am

Here's a pretty bad (NEG?) e-bell:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by Nascar Fan007 » Sun May 31, 2020 2:54 pm

freebrickproductions wrote:
Sun May 03, 2020 1:44 am
This WCH bell sounds rather flat:
That bell has since been fixed as me and my friend noticed some stuff wedged into the gong. We managed to remove it from the bell. (I know that's considered tampering with railroad property. I do apologize for doing that) Luckily we managed to get what was removed out of the bell and it rings fine now. I have filmed this crossing again with its bell fixed, but for some reason YouTube won't let me upload it.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Tue Jun 16, 2020 7:34 pm

The GS Type 1 heard a bit after 4:45 in the video below has a bit of a weird start-up on it, probably due to condensation or left-over rainwater:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Sat Aug 08, 2020 4:28 pm

Here's a bad e-bell:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by NathanFromEngland » Thu Aug 13, 2020 10:50 am

This Safetran Type 3 in the land down under doesn't sound very great.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by UnionPacific4Life » Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:15 am

freebrickproductions wrote:
Tue Jun 16, 2020 7:34 pm
The GS Type 1 heard a bit after 4:45 in the video below has a bit of a weird start-up on it
Wow, that does sound weird.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by freebrickproductions » Mon Oct 19, 2020 5:35 pm

I'd say this thing certainly counts:


EDIT: Here's how the bell was sounding 4 years ago:


EDIT 2: Elliot got another video of the bell, with it making a different sound:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells

Post by Nascar Fan007 » Tue Oct 27, 2020 9:49 pm


Here's a high pitch sounding wch e bell located on the Sedalia Sub in Dresden, MO. Crossing activation at 0:32. Almost sounds like a gs type 1. I assume the bell is a wch type 1 as it does sound like it has a scratchy tone to it
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