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What E-bell is this? :Confused:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6441462 ... 312!8i6656
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brett nc railfanner wrote:What E-bell is this? :Confused:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6441462 ... 312!8i6656
Nice find. I've defiantly never seem one like that before. :Blink:
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ToledoRailfan wrote:
brett nc railfanner wrote:What E-bell is this? :Confused:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6441462 ... 312!8i6656
Nice find. I've defiantly never seem one like that before. :Blink:
It's an ASC e-bell from the side the sound is projected out. This crossing is on the site.
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Iowa/Des_Moines/Broadway3/
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brett nc railfanner wrote:What E-bell is this? :Confused:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6441462 ... 312!8i6656
I did not know that Union Pacific or any other class one railroad uses cab signals for crossings. I guess they did this because the crossing is on a spur? :Blink:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6441462 ... 312!8i6656
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Iowa/Des_Moin ... ay3/12.JPG
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McK&H.Aust wrote:N Heidelbach Ave & E Morgan Ave
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.9919121 ... 6656?hl=en
That newer mast signal next to the relay box used to look like this:
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.9921239 ... 6656?hl=en

Also notice in that older picture there used to be a mechanical bell on the signal on the main road. They removed that at put the E-bell on the new signal.
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A bit odd:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7163467 ... LnWBpg!2e0
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freebrickproductions wrote:A bit odd:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7163467 ... LnWBpg!2e0
I'm gonna go with "there used to be tracks there, especially judging by how the sidewalks are:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7162641 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7162641 ... 312!8i6656
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Active crossing. Memphis, Tennessee. https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1161006 ... 6656?hl=en
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8'' Western Cullen-Hayes Clear L.E.Ds! (and 12''' ones too) https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7957312 ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7955542 ... 6656?hl=en

This is the first time I've seen a signal like this for a hill. https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7952877 ... 6656?hl=en
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More 8'' Western Cullen-Hayes Clear L.E.Ds! :TUP1:
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7957627 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7958327 ... 6656?hl=en
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Classic signals and a WRRS Mini bell! :TUP2:
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7845002 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7842393 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7843129 ... 6656?hl=en

And an incorrectly installed crossbuck! :TDOWN: https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7842393 ... 6656?hl=en
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Classic signals with Cat-eye crossbucks and a WRRS mini bell!
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8246272 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8246233 ... 6656?hl=en
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ZachL wrote:
freebrickproductions wrote:A bit odd:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7163467 ... LnWBpg!2e0
I'm gonna go with "there used to be tracks there, especially judging by how the sidewalks are:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7162641 ... 312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7162641 ... 312!8i6656
Yea, that makes sense. And the front lights on the gate mast would be for cars between the cantilever and the gate.
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ToledoRailfan wrote:Active crossing. Memphis, Tennessee. https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1161006 ... 6656?hl=en
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8'' Western Cullen-Hayes Clear L.E.Ds! (and 12''' ones too) https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7957312 ... 6656?hl=en https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7955542 ... 6656?hl=en

This is the first time I've seen a signal like this for a hill. https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7952877 ... 6656?hl=en
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More 8'' Western Cullen-Hayes Clear L.E.Ds! :TUP1:
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7957627 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7958327 ... 6656?hl=en
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Classic signals and a WRRS Mini bell! :TUP2:
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7845002 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7842393 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7843129 ... 6656?hl=en

And an incorrectly installed crossbuck! :TDOWN: https://www.google.com/maps/@44.7842393 ... 6656?hl=en
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Classic signals with Cat-eye crossbucks and a WRRS mini bell!
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8246272 ... 6656?hl=en
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8246233 ... 6656?hl=en
Hmmmm... that last one looks familiar. :LOL4:
cabman701 wrote:Newport, Maine:
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