New and old cantilevers, with overhead motor bell

[AndyWS]

6th St. in Huntingburg, IN:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=1777825

[Smjh1979]

Pretty large generation gap there. It also looks that the 12"x24" lights have LEDs in them too.

[illinoistrains]

i wonder how long that relic will stay up.

[Robert_Gift]

What is a motorized bell?

[Robert_Gift]

A motor driven bell uses an electric motor instead of an electromagnet to operate the bell. Here is a link to the WCH product information for the motor driven bell. http://www.wch.com/pdf/catalog/0555.pdf

Thank you, SPL.
Are railroad bells not 10VDC?

The lowest voltage bell in that catalogue is 24VDC.

[Robert_Gift]

...The lowest voltage bell in that catalogue is 24VDC.

I'm not sure why the lowest voltage listed is 24v, but I do know that most crossing bells operate on 12v DC.

My recollection, from when I was a little boy speaking with a signal maintainer and seeing the fascinating glass-encased relays on springs, was that the track batteries in series total about 10 volts. Train detection voltage was 1/2 volt.
(This was Lewistown, PA about 1959.)

[gmfla]

What a contrast!