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Weird Bell Mounts

Post by PlyingKibbles89 » Sat Apr 25, 2020 12:19 pm

Now I know this is very common on UP to have a NEG e-bell side mount, but a WCH e-bell side mount is very odd.
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Re: Weird Bell Mounts

Post by flat train » Sat May 02, 2020 1:36 am

Yeah. Also hate it when they put e bells on a us&s/griswold cantilever. https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9737071 ... 384!8i8192

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Post by freebrickproductions » Sat May 02, 2020 2:17 pm

flat train wrote:
Sat May 02, 2020 1:36 am
Yeah. Also hate it when they put e bells on a us&s/griswold cantilever. https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9737071 ... 384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.974097, ... 384!8i8192
I actually don't mind that, mainly because it at least allows the old cantilever to stay around a bit longer.
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Re: Weird Bell Mounts

Post by pluey200 » Sun May 03, 2020 7:31 pm

WCH mech bell on the side

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3349127 ... 312!8i6656

Also worth noting is that all 8x20s on the cantilever except for the side ones have been replaced by 12x24 LEDs. The rears may be incandescents but I don't know since I didn't see it activate from behind. I'm guessing this since the rears had safetran markings while the fronts were WCH
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Post by freebrickproductions » Sun May 03, 2020 9:24 pm

pluey200 wrote:
Sun May 03, 2020 7:31 pm
WCH mech bell on the side

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3349127 ... 312!8i6656

Also worth noting is that all 8x20s on the cantilever except for the side ones have been replaced by 12x24 LEDs. The rears may be incandescents but I don't know since I didn't see it activate from behind. I'm guessing this since the rears had safetran markings while the fronts were WCH
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Re: Weird Bell Mounts

Post by pluey200 » Mon May 04, 2020 11:20 am

freebrickproductions wrote:
Sun May 03, 2020 9:24 pm
pluey200 wrote:
Sun May 03, 2020 7:31 pm
WCH mech bell on the side

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3349127 ... 312!8i6656

Also worth noting is that all 8x20s on the cantilever except for the side ones have been replaced by 12x24 LEDs. The rears may be incandescents but I don't know since I didn't see it activate from behind. I'm guessing this since the rears had safetran markings while the fronts were WCH
That guy's on the site, actually:
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Ohio/A-K/Colu ... n/Station/
I know, I was just saying the cantilever has most of its lights replaced since that was taken
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Re: Weird Bell Mounts

Post by pluey200 » Tue May 05, 2020 4:01 pm

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1567745 ... 384!8i8192

Another mechanical bell mounted on the side
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Re: Weird Bell Mounts

Post by freebrickproductions » Tue May 05, 2020 7:55 pm

pluey200 wrote:
Tue May 05, 2020 4:01 pm
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1567745 ... 384!8i8192

Another mechanical bell mounted on the side
A few railroads did that in the past with their mechanical bells.
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Re: Weird Bell Mounts

Post by NathanFromEngland » Thu May 07, 2020 8:24 am

I can remember around a year or two ago I found a CSX crossing with mounted Safetran Type 3 E-Bells, It was somewhere in Florida but I don't know where.
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Post by freebrickproductions » Thu May 07, 2020 11:08 pm

NathanFromEngland wrote:
Thu May 07, 2020 8:24 am
I can remember around a year or two ago I found a CSX crossing with mounted Safetran Type 3 E-Bells, It was somewhere in Florida but I don't know where.
Lakeland? I think there's one in the quiet zone there with a pair of Safetran Type 3s on the side of the masts.
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