Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

Nascar Fan007 wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2019 6:51 pm

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UnionPacific4Life wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 3:34 pm

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UnionPacific4Life wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:29 pm Yes.

Webster Groves has ONE WCH mechanical left, all other bells are gone. Same with Kirkwood, but unfortunately the only Kirkwood M-Bell is on a dormant (basically defunct) line.

still a shame all those mechanical bells that once served on the Jefferson city sub are now gone. Not sure how long the ones on the sedalia sub are gonna last. I still need to document the crossings in Independence and maybe post them onto the site at some point.

Yes. That’d be nice. I hope that your bells live long and prosper

I hope so as well. The bell nazis have already replaced the only first gen wch e bell that's left in Independence.

The bell nazis haven’t touched the only T1 bell in my area. There was once 2, but one died sadly

That sucks. I'm guessing that's what happened to the one at Kentucky rd. Least they replaced it with a wch type 4 e bell instead of an NEG e bell. Only 1 crossing in independence has an NEG e bell.

And that bell replaced a dying safetran mechanical bell
Fortunately I have videos of that crossing from 2015 from when it had a safetran mechanical bell that I still need to upload for my vault classics series on my channel.

Yep

Speaking of NEG e bells, how many of them have UP installed on the Jefferson city sub? Like in kirkwood and Webster Groves.

So far just one or two. Rock Hill Rd got it‘s 2nd m-bell replaced a few years ago, and an e-bell went up. I believe it‘s a GS type 2. Leffingwell Ave is the only one I know of. It‘s NEG bell went up on a new signal a few years ago.

Do you know why UP installed a new signal again at that crossing? I noticed that it used to have a wch e bell which replaced a wrrs mechanical bell. I remember what that crossing used to look like because of videos that Trainmankight did back in 2007/2008.

Yes. I believe it got knocked down. Leffingwell is really signal-damage prone because it’s right at the end of the driveway of a truck company. UP needs a concrete block in front of it. Just a week or two ago, the older signal (w/o a bell) got hit, and its front lights were bent against the gate. As of Friday, it had been fixed. Also, let’s start a new quote. This one’s long.

GRS made mechanical bells?

CrossingRailfan wrote: Sat Mar 01, 2025 2:48 pm GRS made mechanical bells?

They have some in Argentina, branded as GRSA mechanical bells.

why ain't there a KLD-40 option

US&S Teardrop for me because mainly it's original