Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

The working Safetran bell here sounds quite flat:

The mechanical bell heard at the crossing towards the end of this video sounds like a cowbell:


You can hear it pretty well starting about 21:15 in the video.

Not necessarily flat, but the bell heard in the first clip here don't sound too great:

Here's a very flat Safetran mechanical bell:

Ain’t it always the safetrans... that particular one reminds me of Cherry Hill in PA.

Not sure if this was posted, but this WCH bell sounds a tad bit flat:

This hybrid also sounds a bit flat:

The Safetran mechanical bell that was here was extremely flat:


As you can see in the last clip though, the bell has since been replaced with a GS Type 2.

A WCH mechanical bell at 1:05 in this video sounds pretty bad as well:

In the third video of this crossing in the below video, the GS Type 1 sounds a bit off when it starts, likely due to the rain at the time:

One of the WCH bells here is extremely flat sounding:

The Safetran mechanical bell here sounds like it's just about dead: