What type of bell?

[flat train]

yes, that's it. I'm not talking about the base, i'm talking about the bottom part of the bell. It seems wider than this one.



https://www.google.com/maps/@34.1379557 ... 384!8i8192

[freebrickproductions]

yes, that's it. I'm not talking about the base, i'm talking about the bottom part of the bell. It seems wider than this one.



https://www.google.com/maps/@34.1379557 ... 384!8i8192

I think it's just a different angle. Google's cameras are much higher than mine is.

[flat train]

yes, that's it. I'm not talking about the base, i'm talking about the bottom part of the bell. It seems wider than this one.



https://www.google.com/maps/@34.1379557 ... 384!8i8192

I think it's just a different angle. Google's cameras are much higher than mine is.

Okay, maybe Ill take a ride to one with the skinny base and look at the different angles.

[flat train]

Is this a GS type 1? https://www.google.com/maps/@36.2018962 ... 312!8i6656

[freebrickproductions]

Is this a GS type 1? https://www.google.com/maps/@36.2018962 ... 312!8i6656

Possibly? The main way one tells them apart is by sound, so I can't say for certain without hearing it.

[flat train]

Is this a GS type 1? https://www.google.com/maps/@36.2018962 ... 312!8i6656

Possibly? The main way one tells them apart is by sound, so I can't say for certain without hearing it.

Well maybe, because the bell was there in 2007, so possibly.

[freebrickproductions]

Is this a GS type 1? https://www.google.com/maps/@36.2018962 ... 312!8i6656

Possibly? The main way one tells them apart is by sound, so I can't say for certain without hearing it.

Well maybe, because the bell was there in 2007, so possibly.

GS Type 2s started production sometime around the year 2000.

[flat train]

Oh alright. How rare would you say a gs type 1 is?

[freebrickproductions]

Oh alright. How rare would you say a gs type 1 is?

I'd say somewhat uncommon? They aren't exactly the easiest e-bells to find, especially since they were an earlier e-bell with a somewhat bad design that hasn't been made in probably over 20 years now. However, the GS Type 1 was essentially the first e-bell to become "popular" with railroads (I'm guessing due to it having a rather cheap price compared to other e-bells at the time), so there's probably easily hundreds of examples of these still in service in just about every state in the US, if I had to take a guess.

[flat train]

Oh alright. How rare would you say a gs type 1 is?

I'd say somewhat uncommon? They aren't exactly the easiest e-bells to find, especially since they were an earlier e-bell with a somewhat bad design that hasn't been made in probably over 20 years now. However, the GS Type 1 was essentially the first e-bell to become "popular" with railroads (I'm guessing due to it having a rather cheap price compared to other e-bells at the time), so there's probably easily hundreds of examples of these still in service in just about every state in the US, if I had to take a guess.

Okay, is there any way I could tell if it is a gs type 1 without it ringing, say looking at it from the ground, and also, do they still make gs type 2s?