Sounds like a bunch of hammering...NathanFromEngland wrote: Tue May 28, 2019 5:22 pm The nearside motorized-mechanical bell on this Italian railroad crossing sounds very flat.
Some flat sounding bells
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
The Safetran(?) bell at 0:34 in this video seems to be rather flat:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
The bell at the start of this video sounds rather flat:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
Here's a pair of very flat WCH mechanical bells at a crossing in Florida:
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That crossing is on the site: http://www.rxrsignals.com/Florida/Tampa/39/freebrickproductions wrote: Thu Jul 04, 2019 6:32 am Here's a pair of very flat WCH mechanical bells at a crossing in Florida:
Here's a video from caltran927 from 11 years ago of the crossing. The bells were in better shape then, but they definitely sounded like they were on their way out:
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
Even then one of them was sounding rather flat, at least a lot more like a cowbell back then, anyways!ZachL wrote: Thu Jul 04, 2019 10:11 amThat crossing is on the site: http://www.rxrsignals.com/Florida/Tampa/39/freebrickproductions wrote: Thu Jul 04, 2019 6:32 am Here's a pair of very flat WCH mechanical bells at a crossing in Florida:
Here's a video from caltran927 from 11 years ago of the crossing. The bells were in better shape then, but they definitely sounded like they were on their way out:
They/Them for me, please.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
Although it is hard to hear, one of the EBA E-Bells on this Dutch railroad crossing sounds a bit off.
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I think that actually sounds beautifulNathanFromEngland wrote: Sat Jul 06, 2019 5:52 am Although it is hard to hear, one of the EBA E-Bells on this Dutch railroad crossing sounds a bit off.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
Here's a crossing in Italy that has some pretty rough sounding bells, one of which is flat.
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Re: Some flat sounding bells
Interesting ring pattern there...it almost sounds like they're being manually rung.NathanFromEngland wrote: Sun Jul 07, 2019 10:38 am Here's a crossing in Italy that has some pretty rough sounding bells, one of which is flat.
Crossing pictures from Plant City, FL are finally here! viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2538