BNSF Kept there M-bells!

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BNSF Kept there M-bells!

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If you look at the Carrollton TX section you should see crossings named by Kellersprings, Josey ln., Ryan ave. all owned by BNSF. None of those bells worked so I decided to call them all in and they weren't any of those cheap GS e-bells. They kept them be cause there was probably nothing wrong with them in the first place.

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That post kind of didn't make sense.

I got the part about calling BNSF about the Safetran bells, and they did nothing? Those bells didn't sound right from the beginning. Do you know if BNSF went back and fixed those Safetran bells, or if they didn't do anything.

If they did nothing, then that's not a good thing for BNSF to do.
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Trainmanalex2 wrote:If you look at the Carrollton TX section you should see crossings named by Kellersprings, Josey ln., Ryan ave. all owned by BNSF. None of those bells worked so I decided to call them all in and they weren't any of those cheap GS e-bells. They kept them be cause there was probably nothing wrong with them in the first place.

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WHAT IS UP WITH YOU
UNION PACIFIC KEEPS THEIR M-BELLS TOO as long as they work or can be fixed
i think youd be a great maintainer for bnsf because they dont care about anything
and you just showed me bnsf doesnt care by keeping DEAD BELLS AT THEIR CROSSINGS
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BNSF Repaired the bells so they work now do you see what I mean?
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Trainmanalex2 wrote:BNSF Repaired the bells so they work now do you see what I mean?
UMM OK
bnsf isnt the only one that fixes bells
the best class 1 in America Union Pacific does the same thing
safetran m-bells are VERY unreliable and frequently break down all you have to do is fix the contracts and clean the bell and it works again
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Seems like the Texas area is the only place to my knowledge that keeps mechanical bells on a main line. Arizona sure didn't do that around here.
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TRAINMANKIGHT wrote:
Trainmanalex2 wrote:BNSF Repaired the bells so they work now do you see what I mean?
UMM OK
bnsf isnt the only one that fixes bells
the best class 1 in America Union Pacific does the same thing
safetran m-bells are VERY unreliable and frequently break down all you have to do is fix the contracts and clean the bell and it works again
Come visit UP's east-west mainline and Spine Line here in Iowa. You won't see any mechanical bells. UP replaced them with e-bells several years ago, even the ones that were in perfectly good condition.
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mlgillson wrote:
TRAINMANKIGHT wrote:
Trainmanalex2 wrote:BNSF Repaired the bells so they work now do you see what I mean?
UMM OK
bnsf isnt the only one that fixes bells
the best class 1 in America Union Pacific does the same thing
safetran m-bells are VERY unreliable and frequently break down all you have to do is fix the contracts and clean the bell and it works again
Come visit UP's east-west mainline and Spine Line here in Iowa. You won't see any mechanical bells. UP replaced them with e-bells several years ago, even the ones that were in perfectly good condition.
well Union Pacific use wch e-bells much better than gs
but iam talking over all
up has WAY more m-bells than bnsf
me and trainmanalex2 are haveing ww3 over the best railroad and he thinks its bnsf when its up
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well Union Pacific use wch e-bells much better than gs
but iam talking over all
up has WAY more m-bells than bnsf
me and trainmanalex2 are haveing ww3 over the best railroad and he thinks its bnsf when its up
WCH E-bells?? Those are the most sick sounding things I've ever heard. Those should be used on churches...not railroad crossings. GS is way better... :LOL:

As for the best railroad...CN hands down. The worst...in my opinion...is NS...followed by BNSF. :2cents:
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owensri wrote:
well Union Pacific use wch e-bells much better than gs
but iam talking over all
up has WAY more m-bells than bnsf
me and trainmanalex2 are haveing ww3 over the best railroad and he thinks its bnsf when its up
WCH E-bells?? Those are the most sick sounding things I've ever heard. Those should be used on churches...not railroad crossings. GS is way better... :LOL:

As for the best railroad...CN hands down. The worst...in my opinion...is NS...followed by BNSF. :2cents:
UGG cn around here sucks all theve manage to do is run their trains into the ground
but agree bnsf suck in my book
UP BEST
ns and csx are ok
bnsf cn suck
cp its ok
and amtrak is amcrap

wch e-bells are awesome
they sound nothing like crossing bells thou but i love em for some reason
gs type 2 the bong sound they make drives me nuts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOa3YHP19ug these are the worst
type 1 soft tones are ok
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