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Older or Newer Style Railroad Crossing Signals?

Older Style Railroad Crossing Signals
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28%
Both
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64%
Newer Style Railroad Crossing Signals
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8%
 
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Older or Newer Style Railroad Crossing Signals.

Post by nickrink » Wed Sep 28, 2016 6:25 pm

Which do you like best? Older Style Railroad Crossing Signals Or Newer Style Railroad Crossing Signals?
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Re: Older or Newer Style Railroad Crossing Signals.

Post by freebrickproductions » Thu Sep 29, 2016 2:27 am

nickrink wrote:Which do you like best? Older Style Railroad Crossing Signals Or Newer Style Railroad Crossing Signals?
It really depends on your definitions for both older and newer style crossing signals (or if there's some kind of cut-off date between the two), but generally, I like any and all signals, even the more boring "modern" ones with 12 inch lights, LEDs, and GS Type-2s or Safetran Type-2s/NEG e-bells. Heck, 12x24 inch lights might actually be my favorite light size, though just slightly.
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Re: Older or Newer Style Railroad Crossing Signals.

Post by nickrink » Thu Sep 29, 2016 4:26 pm

What I mean by older is like older railroad signal equipment like mechanical bells and all of that and what I mean by newer is railroad crossings with newer signal equipment like Electronic bells
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Re: Older or Newer Style Railroad Crossing Signals.

Post by ZachL » Thu Sep 29, 2016 6:29 pm

Well, mechanical bells are still produced, y'know? :Tongue1:
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Re: Older or Newer Style Railroad Crossing Signals.

Post by nickrink » Fri Sep 30, 2016 8:43 am

Yeah, but they are not really on newer signals.
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Re: Older or Newer Style Railroad Crossing Signals.

Post by cabman701 » Fri Sep 30, 2016 9:22 am

I prefer the older equipment... it just seems that some of the newer equipment is not being built as well and will eventually fail faster than the stuff that's been around for decades.

I do also prefer LED's over incandescent. Less failures (for the most part)... and the older equipment can be "upgraded" to make it better than it was originally.
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Re: Older or Newer Style Railroad Crossing Signals.

Post by nickrink » Fri Sep 30, 2016 9:51 am

cabman701 wrote:I prefer the older equipment... it just seems that some of the newer equipment is not being built as well and will eventually fail faster than the stuff that's been around for decades.

I do also prefer LED's over incandescent. Less failures (for the most part)... and the older equipment can be "upgraded" to make it better than it was originally.

I agree :Grin:
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Re: Older or Newer Style Railroad Crossing Signals.

Post by ZachL » Fri Sep 30, 2016 4:19 pm

nickrink wrote:Yeah, but they are not really on newer signals.
While that may seem true, it's actually not. There are several short lines (and even some main lines) that still order WCH mechanical bells to this day and use them on new installs.
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Re: Older or Newer Style Railroad Crossing Signals.

Post by freebrickproductions » Fri Sep 30, 2016 6:42 pm

ZachL wrote:
nickrink wrote:Yeah, but they are not really on newer signals.
While that may seem true, it's actually not. There are several short lines (and even some main lines) that still order WCH mechanical bells to this day and use them on new installs.
NJ Transit uses only mechanical bells. The only crossing on their line with an e-bell is one that is shared with Conrail, and Conrail had installed an e-bell on their signal.
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Re: Older or Newer Style Railroad Crossing Signals.

Post by nickrink » Fri Sep 30, 2016 8:09 pm

Oh yeah, I forgot about all of that! lol
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