My beef with NEG bells are they are way to quiet, the bell itself is great.MD2020 wrote:Safetran type 3 ("smart") E bells are good. The ones from NEG (Safetran type 2) are good too, they also have an arrestor (voltage limiter) in them. I still like GS too and use them most of the time with very good success, but make all the excuses you want, I am through with WCH, their quality on bells, gate mechs, lightheads, brackets, etc. has really suffered in the past several years, and really even moreso lately. I don't need inferior parts at the crossings I maintain.
Smart bells from invensys are great because their loud, I'd love to get ahold of one and tinker with it but they cost $600.
WCH is very different from other railroad signal companys I guess growing up and working around them I'm used to their issues.
I've always found it easier to work on a WCH bell than a safetran M-bell, but that's me and MY onion, which everyone is entitled to their own opinions.