Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

nickrink wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

nickrink wrote:This WCH Mechanical bell is being sold at a high price: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Old-We ... 0033.m2042

That's a WRRS bell.

Perfect example of why you should look more at the pictures... wow...

WRRS and WCH M-Bells are pretty identical from the front so I don't blame ya for getting confused.

ToledoRailfan wrote:

nickrink wrote:

freebrickproductions wrote:

nickrink wrote:This WCH Mechanical bell is being sold at a high price: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Old-We ... 0033.m2042

That's a WRRS bell.

Perfect example of why you should look more at the pictures... wow...

WRRS and WCH M-Bells are pretty identical from the front so I don't blame ya for getting confused.

Yeah, they actually really do. Thanks!

Even though this guy is asking 150 bucks for this RRS bell, it needs a ton of work done, needs repainting and the instruction manual on the side is missing.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Wester ... 0005.m1851

NathanFromEngland wrote:Even though this guy is asking 150 bucks for this RRS bell, it needs a ton of work done, needs repainting and the instruction manual on the side is missing.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Wester ... 0005.m1851

Doesn't look too bad, IMO. Maybe needs a fresh coat of paint, but nothing major. I've noticed a lot of used bells have missing instruction manuals, especially when it comes to older bells like that.

NathanFromEngland wrote:Even though this guy is asking 150 bucks for this RRS bell, it needs a ton of work done, needs repainting and the instruction manual on the side is missing.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Wester ... 0005.m1851

That's a WRRS bell, not an RRS bell.

This guy is dreaming, he wants 700 bucks for someone to buy just a Safetran gate motor, he's way out of the park.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-USED-SAFETRA ... xycmBS5~wG

NathanFromEngland wrote:This guy is dreaming, he wants 700 bucks for someone to buy just a Safetran gate motor, he's way out of the park.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-USED-SAFETRA ... xycmBS5~wG

LOL that guy is way past dreaming, he's in total fantasy land. Not sure how much for other countries, but for Australia he wants $335 just for shipping

Here's another guy who is doing some serious dreaming, wants $500 for a used WCH m-bell. You could probably buy a brand new one for the same amount, or cheaper. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Railro ... SwwZtaXRrX

McK&H.Aust wrote: Here's another guy who is doing some serious dreaming, wants $500 for a used WCH m-bell. You could probably buy a brand new one for the same amount, or cheaper. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Railro ... SwwZtaXRrX

I'm pretty sure that a brand new WCH mechanical bell will only set you back $300 before shipping here in the US, so that used bell is literally more expensive than a new one.

I see it all the time with traffic lights. A 12 inch aluminum McCain three color signal will only run about $200 to $300 (IIRC) before shipping for a brand new one* and you can even have it made to the specifications you want**, but I've seen people on eBay trying to sell corroded 12 inch aluminum McCain signals with LEDs for much more than that.

*McCain PV signals are much, much more expensive
**Things you can specify are the color from a small list of colors and visor type, and maybe the model of LEDs, but I'm not certain on the last one

$250, just for a bloody Burlington Northern Engineers seat?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Burlington-Nor ... Swol5Y2tGO

And yes, this is irrelevant to the topic, but i cannot find any mechanical/E-Bells.

$1,200 for these lights... I could buy a signal with that money! https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Railro ... 2350102459