Locations Of Current Known "ASC E-Bells"

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Re: Locations Of Current Known "ASC E-Bells"

Post by dan the ca railfan » Thu Aug 30, 2018 8:33 pm

very lucky to live two-three blocks away from three teardrop bells. one of which i see at least once a week!
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Re: Locations Of Current Known "ASC E-Bells"

Post by ZachL » Fri Aug 31, 2018 8:56 pm

dan the ca railfan wrote:walnut st. waterloo iowa

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4995419 ... authuser=0

laffayete st. waterloo iowa

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4972702 ... authuser=0
could be wrong but i do not think those are bells
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Re: Locations Of Current Known "ASC E-Bells"

Post by freebrickproductions » Fri Aug 31, 2018 9:36 pm

ZachL wrote:
dan the ca railfan wrote:walnut st. waterloo iowa

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4995419 ... authuser=0

laffayete st. waterloo iowa

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4972702 ... authuser=0
could be wrong but i do not think those are bells
They are. For whatever reason, some ASC e-bells, like the ones above, look rather different compared to other ASC e-bells. I'm guessing these were a 2nd Generation of ASC e-bells, probably made for a little while before the company dissappeared.
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Re: Locations Of Current Known "ASC E-Bells"

Post by ZachL » Sun Sep 02, 2018 9:48 pm

freebrickproductions wrote:
ZachL wrote:
dan the ca railfan wrote:walnut st. waterloo iowa

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4995419 ... authuser=0

laffayete st. waterloo iowa

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4972702 ... authuser=0
could be wrong but i do not think those are bells
They are. For whatever reason, some ASC e-bells, like the ones above, look rather different compared to other ASC e-bells. I'm guessing these were a 2nd Generation of ASC e-bells, probably made for a little while before the company dissappeared.
Interesting! I had never seen 'em before. Do they use that same GS type 1 tone that the typical ASC ones do?
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Re: Locations Of Current Known "ASC E-Bells"

Post by freebrickproductions » Mon Sep 03, 2018 11:56 am

ZachL wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:
ZachL wrote:
dan the ca railfan wrote:walnut st. waterloo iowa

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4995419 ... authuser=0

laffayete st. waterloo iowa

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4972702 ... authuser=0
could be wrong but i do not think those are bells
They are. For whatever reason, some ASC e-bells, like the ones above, look rather different compared to other ASC e-bells. I'm guessing these were a 2nd Generation of ASC e-bells, probably made for a little while before the company dissappeared.
Interesting! I had never seen 'em before. Do they use that same GS type 1 tone that the typical ASC ones do?
Probably, though I'm honestly not sure if a recording of one of these exists.
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Re: Locations Of Current Known "ASC E-Bells"

Post by dan the ca railfan » Wed Sep 12, 2018 2:45 pm

very lucky to live two-three blocks away from three teardrop bells. one of which i see at least once a week!
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Re: Locations Of Current Known "ASC E-Bells"

Post by freebrickproductions » Sat Sep 22, 2018 10:09 pm

Petersen Road, near Oconomowoc, WI. Looks to be a 2nd Generation one:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1641652 ... 328!8i1664

Found out about it through this video. Interesting to note that it has a lower pitch like a GS Type 2, though I'm not sure if it was actively pitched down or was made that way:
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Re: Locations Of Current Known "ASC E-Bells"

Post by ZachL » Sun Sep 23, 2018 4:15 pm

It looks like they're definitely capped with unpainted PVC, but I can't tell if the whole body is PVC pipe as well with paint, or metal.
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Post by Brent » Wed Sep 26, 2018 6:50 pm

I have an ASC bell I bought off Ebay years ago. The cap is just a piece of PVC. The body is metal. In regards to the talk about the different designs of them, there are two versions. An omni-directional and a uni-directional type. The omni-directional version has the mesh going all the way around the body, with the small metal cone shaped piece at the bottom. This throws the sound out 360 degrees. The uni-directional model only has an opening over half of the body, while the rest is solid. This throws the sound (mostly) in one direction. The Petersen Road crossing has a uni-directional model bell, with the opening facing away from me.
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Re: Locations Of Current Known "ASC E-Bells"

Post by SirKrunch » Sat Jun 22, 2019 6:35 pm

Found this one just looking up a location of a YouTube video and then checking other crossings on the same line.

Richmond, BC

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