Favorite Mechanical Bell

[UnionPacific4Life]

US&S teardrop. I love the sound. I also like Safetran sound, but the Teardrop is cooler.

[KCMO Railfan]

I chose safetran because that was the once common bell in Independence, Missouri before UP and KCS started replacing them all. Fortunately, I own a safetran mechanical bell which can been seen on my channel if anyone wants to check it out.

[UnionPacific4Life]

I chose safetran because that was the once common bell in Independence, Missouri before UP and KCS started replacing them all. Fortunately, I own a safetran mechanical bell which can been seen on my channel if anyone wants to check it out.

Yes, tragic.

[KCMO Railfan]

I chose safetran because that was the once common bell in Independence, Missouri before UP and KCS started replacing them all. Fortunately, I own a safetran mechanical bell which can been seen on my channel if anyone wants to check it out.

Yes, tragic.

There were 15 safetran mechanical bells in Independence. 5 of them were in service on UP's Sedalia Subdivision, 4 on KCS's Mexico Subdivison, and 5 on UP's River sub. Overtime, those bells were replaced and now Independence has about 7 of them left in service. meanwhile, the wch mechanical bells are still working, though some are becoming weak over time. It's still sad to see the once common bell all die out.

[UnionPacific4Life]

Yes.

Webster Groves has ONE WCH mechanical left, all other bells are gone. Same with Kirkwood, but unfortunately the only Kirkwood M-Bell is on a dormant (basically defunct) line.

[KCMO Railfan]

Yes.

Webster Groves has ONE WCH mechanical left, all other bells are gone. Same with Kirkwood, but unfortunately the only Kirkwood M-Bell is on a dormant (basically defunct) line.

still a shame all those mechanical bells that once served on the Jefferson city sub are now gone. Not sure how long the ones on the sedalia sub are gonna last. I still need to document the crossings in Independence and maybe post them onto the site at some point.

[UnionPacific4Life]

Yes.

Webster Groves has ONE WCH mechanical left, all other bells are gone. Same with Kirkwood, but unfortunately the only Kirkwood M-Bell is on a dormant (basically defunct) line.

siill a shame all those mechanical bells that once served on the Jefferson city sub are now gone. Not sure how long the ones on the sedalia sub are gonna last. I still need to document the crossings in Independence and maybe post them onto the site at some point.

Yes. That’d be nice. I hope that your bells live long and prosper

[KCMO Railfan]

Yes.

Webster Groves has ONE WCH mechanical left, all other bells are gone. Same with Kirkwood, but unfortunately the only Kirkwood M-Bell is on a dormant (basically defunct) line.

still a shame all those mechanical bells that once served on the Jefferson city sub are now gone. Not sure how long the ones on the sedalia sub are gonna last. I still need to document the crossings in Independence and maybe post them onto the site at some point.

Yes. That’d be nice. I hope that your bells live long and prosper

I hope so as well. The bell nazis have already replaced the only first gen wch e bell that's left in Independence.

[UnionPacific4Life]

Yes.

Webster Groves has ONE WCH mechanical left, all other bells are gone. Same with Kirkwood, but unfortunately the only Kirkwood M-Bell is on a dormant (basically defunct) line.

still a shame all those mechanical bells that once served on the Jefferson city sub are now gone. Not sure how long the ones on the sedalia sub are gonna last. I still need to document the crossings in Independence and maybe post them onto the site at some point.

Yes. That’d be nice. I hope that your bells live long and prosper

I hope so as well. The bell nazis have already replaced the only first gen wch e bell that's left in Independence.

The bell nazis haven’t touched the only T1 bell in my area. There was once 2, but one died sadly

[KCMO Railfan]

Yes.

Webster Groves has ONE WCH mechanical left, all other bells are gone. Same with Kirkwood, but unfortunately the only Kirkwood M-Bell is on a dormant (basically defunct) line.

still a shame all those mechanical bells that once served on the Jefferson city sub are now gone. Not sure how long the ones on the sedalia sub are gonna last. I still need to document the crossings in Independence and maybe post them onto the site at some point.

Yes. That’d be nice. I hope that your bells live long and prosper

I hope so as well. The bell nazis have already replaced the only first gen wch e bell that's left in Independence.

The bell nazis haven’t touched the only T1 bell in my area. There was once 2, but one died sadly

That sucks. I'm guessing that's what happened to the one at Kentucky rd. Least they replaced it with a wch type 4 e bell instead of an NEG e bell. Only 1 crossing in independence has an NEG e bell.