Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

40 trains a day on a busy day. (such as Wednesday) Today (I plan to go for it possibly today) is Saturday, one of the dead days. Some Amtrak trains don't run, and freight trains are cut, but luckily now including Norfolk Southern on the main. I only seem to see NS on the CN mainline on the weekends, so...


...I got it.



Cheers,
Joshua

Ran across this video with a nice sounding hybrid near Allenton, WI:



The full crossing:

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=43.4 ... 25,,0,1.31

The last ring "trails off" in classic hybrid fashion due to the hammer bouncing.

Here is a hybrid

http://www.rxrsignals.net/Mississippi/Jackson/
CN/IC/EJ&E was a big buyer of hybrids
NS bought a few also
AND St louis MetroLink (Bi-state development agency) has a ton also
http://www.rxrsignals.net/Missouri/St_Louis/Ewing/

Love the music selection . WhatI don't like about Hybrids is the sound that they make when they stop.

bnsflover wrote:Love the music selection . WhatI don't like about Hybrids is the sound that they make when they stop.

THANKS
I'll take some clips of my hybrid and upload them to show you why they shut off like that.
also I forgot there are a few hybrids on the Mata trolley in Memphis TN

KLM92 wrote:Simple explanation, it is a gong with a solenoid as the hammer and when it looses power it drops down to the gong and bounces. Kight, we had a bunch on the ex CR. When they upgraded, my maintainer buddy threw away about a dozen of them.

WHY those things are awesome
also bnsflover needs to be shown on video because his brain cant handle it

TRAINMANKIGHT wrote: WHY those things are awesome
also bnsflover needs to be shown on video because his brain cant handle it

I am sorry that I have only heard one Safetran Hybrid in my life.

KLM92 wrote:Simple explanation, it is a gong with a solenoid as the hammer and when it looses power it drops down to the gong and bounces. Kight, we had a bunch on the ex CR. When they upgraded, my maintainer buddy threw away about a dozen of them.

I would've taken them in a heartbeat.

Too bad...

bnsflover wrote:

TRAINMANKIGHT wrote: WHY those things are awesome
also bnsflover needs to be shown on video because his brain cant handle it

I am sorry that I have only heard one Safetran Hybrid in my life.

Where at
KLM92 your buddy threw them out where can I find him so I can kick his ass
those hybrids last a hell of lot longer than any e-bell I know of, The ONLY maintenance they need is to make sure the solenoid hammer moves freely they weight 20 pounds max much easier to install than a regular m-bell
WHY WHY did safetran stop making it