Some flat sounding bells
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Some flat sounding bells
Here's a very, very flat Safetran mechanical bell that was in Shiloh, IL: (at 2:20 in the video)
And the first crossing in this video in Pennsylvania has a rather flat bell at it as well:
And the first crossing in this video in Pennsylvania has a rather flat bell at it as well:
They/Them for me, please.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
They actually sound kind of cool like that. I also didn't know that Metrolink operated in more rural areas like that. I also have to wonder if it is the only interstate light rail system in the United States?
Re: Some flat sounding bells
How does a such thing happens? When i hear a flat sounding Bell, its usualy beacause the Bell froze due to our strong winters.
Re: Some flat sounding bells
Could be anything really, but the real answer is just gong interference.IanMP wrote:How does a such thing happens? When i hear a flat sounding Bell, its usualy beacause the Bell froze due to our strong winters.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
Ahhh... the old "beating a frying pan with a metal spoon" sound.
I wonder if it's because they have the bolt on the gong too tight? Could also be a wasp nest inside the gong or something to that effect.
I wonder if it's because they have the bolt on the gong too tight? Could also be a wasp nest inside the gong or something to that effect.
Re: Some flat sounding bells
Here is a video from owensri that he took at Pennsylvania Rd. in Wyandotte, MI.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
Here's a rather flat sounding RACO:
This one has a pair of flat-sounding RACOs:
This one has a pair of flat-sounding RACOs:
They/Them for me, please.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
Sounds like a cowbell!nickrink wrote:Here is a video from owensri that he took at Pennsylvania Rd. in Wyandotte, MI.
Heres a crossing in Anderson, Indiana that has a pretty clankish sounding WRRS mechanical bell.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
Yeah,NathanFromEngland wrote:
Sounds like a cowbell!
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
One of the crossings shown in this video has an extremely flat WCH mechanical bell:
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