Re-Created March 21, 2006
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Here's the RACO mechanical bell in all its
glory!
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Here's the inside of the bell. A lot more complicating than the WCH e-bell. Picture 30 shows how to wire it, although the instructions look a lot more confusing.
From rrxingrick: " The red block is the magnet that pulls the mechanism that runs down the middle of the inside towards it to make a chime. On that mechanism, you may notice a thin piece of metal to the left that is connected to it, there is a contact at the top, when the magnet pulls the mechansim over, the contact is broken and the mechanism is released back to its stationary position. It does that over 200 times a minute." |
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Picture 31 has the rain shield removed, and shows a few "scars". Those dark marks is where the bell has rung repeatedly. The top 2 marks are from when the bell was in service at a real railroad crossing. The left one is there since Patrick has owned it.
Picture 32 shows the front of the bell without the gong on, exposing the hammer. This is still sort of new to me, so I really don't understand much of the dynamics of how a bell works. |
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The front of the bell.
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The rear of the bell. You can barely see a
RACO ID on the center of the bell.
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The inside of the bell. It operates much
differently than the 5 WRRS bells.
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The contacts of the bell. I'm not exactly
sure how it works though. I don't even know where the magnets are.
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Instructions on how to wire the bell
correctly to operate it.
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From Patrick:
This is my RACO ( Railroad Acessories Corp. ) bell. It is the first Mechanical bell that I ever owned. It is an exact replica of the Griswold Mechanical bell. I won this bell off of eBay. I mounts to a 4 & 1/2" pipe. I made an adjustment to the hammer to allow it to ring at a slower pace, I couldn't get it to ring slower by adjusting the contact because it would die before it striked the gong. |
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CLICK THE ICON TO THE LEFT TO HEAR THE BELL IN ACTION.
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