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Re: What type of bell?
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:12 pm
by flat train
yes, that's it. I'm not talking about the base, i'm talking about the bottom part of the bell. It seems wider than this one.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.1379557 ... 384!8i8192
Re: What type of bell?
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:29 pm
by freebrickproductions
I think it's just a different angle. Google's cameras are much higher than mine is.
Re: What type of bell?
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 12:06 pm
by flat train
freebrickproductions wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:29 pm
I think it's just a different angle. Google's cameras are much higher than mine is.
Okay, maybe Ill take a ride to one with the skinny base and look at the different angles.
Re: What type of bell?
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 4:23 am
by flat train
Re: What type of bell?
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:21 am
by freebrickproductions
Possibly? The main way one tells them apart is by sound, so I can't say for certain without hearing it.
Re: What type of bell?
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 11:49 am
by flat train
freebrickproductions wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:21 am
Possibly? The main way one tells them apart is by sound, so I can't say for certain without hearing it.
Well maybe, because the bell was there in 2007, so possibly.
Re: What type of bell?
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 4:33 pm
by freebrickproductions
flat train wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2020 11:49 am
freebrickproductions wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:21 am
Possibly? The main way one tells them apart is by sound, so I can't say for certain without hearing it.
Well maybe, because the bell was there in 2007, so possibly.
GS Type 2s started production sometime around the year 2000.
Re: What type of bell?
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 5:03 pm
by flat train
Oh alright. How rare would you say a gs type 1 is?
Re: What type of bell?
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 2:55 am
by freebrickproductions
flat train wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2020 5:03 pm
Oh alright. How rare would you say a gs type 1 is?
I'd say somewhat uncommon? They aren't exactly the easiest e-bells to find, especially since they were an earlier e-bell with a somewhat bad design that hasn't been made in probably over 20 years now. However, the GS Type 1 was essentially the first e-bell to become "popular" with railroads (I'm guessing due to it having a rather cheap price compared to other e-bells at the time), so there's probably easily hundreds of examples of these still in service in just about every state in the US, if I had to take a guess.
Re: What type of bell?
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 5:52 pm
by flat train
freebrickproductions wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2020 2:55 am
flat train wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2020 5:03 pm
Oh alright. How rare would you say a gs type 1 is?
I'd say somewhat uncommon? They aren't exactly the easiest e-bells to find, especially since they were an earlier e-bell with a somewhat bad design that hasn't been made in probably over 20 years now. However, the GS Type 1 was essentially the first e-bell to become "popular" with railroads (I'm guessing due to it having a rather cheap price compared to other e-bells at the time), so there's probably easily hundreds of examples of these still in service in just about every state in the US, if I had to take a guess.
Okay, is there any way I could tell if it is a gs type 1 without it ringing, say looking at it from the ground, and also, do they still make gs type 2s?