What type of bell?

[freebrickproductions]

Ok sorry. They were 2 different bells so I thought i would post 2. Also, I know this is a raco bell but some have a double base, and some have a single base. is this a generation thing or a pole thing?

Single base https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9892619 ... 384!8i8192

Double base https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9901609 ... 384!8i8192.

Thank you for your patience!

Just the mast. All RACO bells have a cast-on 4 inch base, so anytime a RACO bell is installed on a 5 inch mast like that, it has to have an adapter. 1st Generation Safetrans also featured a cast-on 4 inch base, though 2nd Generation Safetrans had their cast-on base upgraded to 5 inches.

[KCMO Railfan]

Ok sorry. They were 2 different bells so I thought i would post 2. Also, I know this is a raco bell but some have a double base, and some have a single base. is this a generation thing or a pole thing?

Single base https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9892619 ... 384!8i8192

Double base https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9901609 ... 384!8i8192.

Thank you for your patience!

Raco bells never had their bases changed. They retained the same base that the griswold mechanical bells had. I wonder why safetran changed their bases on their bells when they started producing them.

[flat train]

I wonder too. I guess they just wanted a new design.

[freebrickproductions]

For the RACO to 1st Gen Safetran, I suspect that it was done to simplify the design of the base, as the RACO/Griswold bells have a pretty stylized base compared to the Safetran bells.

From the 1st Gen Safetrans to the 2nd Gen ones, I suspect it was done to give the bells a 5 inch base, as the 1st Gen ones featured a cast-on 4 inch base that required an adapter to mount on a 5 inch mast (much like the RACO/Griswold bells).

[flat train]

For the RACO to 1st Gen Safetran, I suspect that it was done to simplify the design of the base, as the RACO/Griswold bells have a pretty stylized base compared to the Safetran bells.

From the 1st Gen Safetrans to the 2nd Gen ones, I suspect it was done to give the bells a 5 inch base, as the 1st Gen ones featured a cast-on 4 inch base that required an adapter to mount on a 5 inch mast (much like the RACO/Griswold bells).

Oh I understand. When do you think the first griswold bell was made? Also I found this and it looks very strange

https://archive.org/details/BryantZincR ... 3/mode/2up

[NathanFromEngland]

For the RACO to 1st Gen Safetran, I suspect that it was done to simplify the design of the base, as the RACO/Griswold bells have a pretty stylized base compared to the Safetran bells.

From the 1st Gen Safetrans to the 2nd Gen ones, I suspect it was done to give the bells a 5 inch base, as the 1st Gen ones featured a cast-on 4 inch base that required an adapter to mount on a 5 inch mast (much like the RACO/Griswold bells).

Oh I understand. When do you think the first griswold bell was made? Also I found this and it looks very strange

https://archive.org/details/BryantZincR ... 3/mode/2up

Griswold operated as signal manufacturers from 1923 until around 1964, when they merged with Railroad Accessories Corporation (RACO)

I don't precisely know when they produced EM mechs, maybe around the late 1950's to the early 1960's, that's when i assume the Griswold bell was first used, could be wrong though.

[KCMO Railfan]

For the RACO to 1st Gen Safetran, I suspect that it was done to simplify the design of the base, as the RACO/Griswold bells have a pretty stylized base compared to the Safetran bells.

From the 1st Gen Safetrans to the 2nd Gen ones, I suspect it was done to give the bells a 5 inch base, as the 1st Gen ones featured a cast-on 4 inch base that required an adapter to mount on a 5 inch mast (much like the RACO/Griswold bells).

Oh I understand. When do you think the first griswold bell was made? Also I found this and it looks very strange

https://archive.org/details/BryantZincR ... 3/mode/2up

Griswold operated as signal manufacturers from 1923 until around 1964, when they merged with Railroad Accessories Corporation (RACO)

I don't precisely know when they produced EM mechs, maybe around the late 1950's to the early 1960's, that's when i assume the Griswold bell was first used, could be wrong though.

What about the rotating banner signal? When did griswold first produced it?

[NathanFromEngland]

For the RACO to 1st Gen Safetran, I suspect that it was done to simplify the design of the base, as the RACO/Griswold bells have a pretty stylized base compared to the Safetran bells.

From the 1st Gen Safetrans to the 2nd Gen ones, I suspect it was done to give the bells a 5 inch base, as the 1st Gen ones featured a cast-on 4 inch base that required an adapter to mount on a 5 inch mast (much like the RACO/Griswold bells).

Oh I understand. When do you think the first griswold bell was made? Also I found this and it looks very strange

https://archive.org/details/BryantZincR ... 3/mode/2up

Griswold operated as signal manufacturers from 1923 until around 1964, when they merged with Railroad Accessories Corporation (RACO)

I don't precisely know when they produced EM mechs, maybe around the late 1950's to the early 1960's, that's when i assume the Griswold bell was first used, could be wrong though.

What about the rotating banner signal? When did griswold first produced it?

1927, needless to say there's only a couple still out on the job.

[flat train]

What about this bell,

https://archive.org/details/BryantZincR ... 3/mode/2up

[KCMO Railfan]

What about this bell,

https://archive.org/details/BryantZincR ... 3/mode/2up

Link gives me an error.