Re: Some flat sounding bells
Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 7:14 pm
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.
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.
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:
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:
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.
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.