Unfortunately, cases have kinda shot up here in the past few weeks, and one of my older cousins who lives in another borough of our county sadly passed away from the coronavirus, which means i've lost two family members in the course of three weeks.

Two nurses have died from COVID-19, one being 68 ...

Here's a clip from Thailand, in which an impatient pickup truck driver drives through the gate, nearly being obliterated by a passing freight train.

The bell on this crossing sounds very weak, most of the sound is just the motor trying to hit the bell's gong. As of 2016 i believe that the bell has been replaced.

Another town devastated by the fires was Kinglake. Hardly anything was left after the firefront passed through the town, as this gas station/convenience store shows.
2008: https://www.google.com/maps/@-37.5323838,145.3408271,3a,59.9y,260.57h,87.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smJryKjfwtmMMz2aX9W51-g!2e0 ...

Yellow WCH Bell in Brazil.
I've never seen a bell painted yellow before.
https://www.google.com/maps/@-22.5439085,-44.1726476,3a,30.1y,249.08h,113.77t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sx4pdHGb2eX-6hxj17dwL1w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656


It's not a WCH Mechanical Bell, but what on earth could it be>
https://www ...

It hasn't really done much of an affect on my city, we only have so far:
Liverpool City Region: 13
Knowsley: 3
Sefton: 6
St. Helens: 2
Widnes: 8
Halton: 4
= 36 total cases.

The only problem is, the government cut our funding for unknown reasons meaning we are underfunded for finding a way around ...

One of the bells on this crossing in Finland sounds extremely flat.

The teardrop crossing over here has now sadly been replaced, but the old relay case remains but is out of use.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5952307,-87.3296558,3a,75y,161.87h,90.25t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sr1_NkD4GSmztcwlOB6P1BA!2e0!5s20180901T000000!7i13312!8i6656


Here's a video of that ...

IMO, It's best to ask for permission, people are either nice enough to let you give the item a new lease of life, or there are people that never see the light of day and say no.

But then again, it makes sense why scrap metal thieves (opinion) probably take parts from abandoned crossings, or people ...

brett nc railfanner wrote: Thu Mar 12, 2020 12:55 am Nearly intact US&S signals:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.1376605 ... 312!8i6656

Interestingly enough, they had US&S Teardrops mounted to the sides, but they were removed by 2012.