Pictures 1-13 were taken on July 13, 2024, by KCMO Railfan. The videos
were also taken by KCMO Railfan.
This is my first bell in my collection. I bought this bell from eBay
back in July of 2019 from a seller out in California, and is the very
first bell I ever owned. When I
first got the bell, it needed some work as it would skip some beats.
Now it rings just fine after I did some work to it.
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Front view of the
bell.
Back view of the bell.
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The side of
the bell.
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The door
of the bell lacks the "Griswold Signal Company" logo on the back for
some reason.
The other
side of the bell.
The rainshield on the Griswold/RACO bells doesn't have a part number on it unlike the later Safetran mechanical bells.
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The
inside of the bell.
The
inside of the bell features a gold and black Griswold label on the
bottom left.
No idea
what the 3 holes are for on this bell.
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A look at
the internal componets that make the bell work.
This bell
lacks any paper work which would've been placed on the inside of the
door that tells you how to oil and lubricate it, and how to change the
ring rate, etc.
The
positive and negative terminals that tell you how to wire it up. No
idea why the positive terminal has a "B" label for.
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The bell
does feature the "52" on the bottom of the door.
