Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

Ain’t it always the safetrans... that particular one reminds me of Cherry Hill in PA.

Not sure if this was posted, but this WCH bell sounds a tad bit flat:

This hybrid also sounds a bit flat:

The Safetran mechanical bell that was here was extremely flat:


As you can see in the last clip though, the bell has since been replaced with a GS Type 2.

A WCH mechanical bell at 1:05 in this video sounds pretty bad as well:

In the third video of this crossing in the below video, the GS Type 1 sounds a bit off when it starts, likely due to the rain at the time:

One of the WCH bells here is extremely flat sounding:

The Safetran mechanical bell here sounds like it's just about dead:

Here's another very flat Safetran bell:

Filmed this Federal Signal bell with a cracked gong in South Carolina last month:

This one Safetran mechanical bell in Belleville, IL, still sounds pretty bad:


Neither of these Safetran mechanical bells sounds all that great either:

The WCH e-bell on the closer signal in the first clip was pretty well messed-up: