Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

Both signals on the same side of the street, although there is plenty room on the right.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 30427&z=15

You can cross the tracks and find another derelict crossing.

gedunk wrote:Both signals on the same side of the street, although there is plenty room on the right.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 30427&z=15

You can cross the tracks and find another derelict crossing.

NO BELLS UGH
maybe at one time the road went straight before that house was built??

Cool find.

I complain about no bell installations too. A minimum of 2 bells is what I'd require on crossings of Today.

KLM92 wrote:Oh stop whining Kight. You wouldn't like most older installs in Ohio and Indiana based on that. NYC and B&O hardly ever put bells on their signals.

I know they were too cheap to maintain them but in this day and age use an e-bell

I often wish more crossing on the KB&SR (Kankakee, Beaverville, and Southern Railroad) had bells... or more than just two crossings with them. Then again, there are only two maintainers on the entire railroad with many many crossings and tons of track. Again, based on a old NYC mainline.

Cool crossing, just needs another signal in my mind.

Cheers,
Joshua

Josh, you're back! How was the trip?

KLM92 wrote:

TRAINMANKIGHT wrote:

KLM92 wrote:Oh stop whining Kight. You wouldn't like most older installs in Ohio and Indiana based on that. NYC and B&O hardly ever put bells on their signals.

I know they were too cheap to maintain them but in this day and age use an e-bell

They weren't too cheap, they just had no reason to put them up outside the cities and towns. No pedestrians, no bells. Even in towns at the less busy crossings they wouldn't install them. I guess they figured (as I do) if you can walk out in front of a big a$$ train blaring its horn and not see, hear, or feel it, you deserve to be dead because thats what you're about to be.

On another note, my 60 year old US&S 15A Spade bell would still outlast your piece of crap pvc type whatever $hit bell

YOU GOT THAT RIGHT
have you found any teardrops for me yet

I also agree that ANY mechanical bell trumps any e-bell anyday.

Smjh1979 wrote:I also agree that ANY mechanical bell trumps any e-bell anyday.

THANKS KLM92
HELL yah mike
M-bell hook up the dc wrong it just doesnt work

ANY static electricity to an e-bell will fry the sucker
salt on a circuit board killes them
pvc pipe fades and looks like SHIT

I've seen M-bells get knocked off signals and survive
gs e-bell signal gets tapped and the thing snaps in half


satetran type 1s are not durable but sound the best
the best e-bell out there is the WCH as far as durability sound is nice too and they dont fade
these bells were put up in 98 and look at them

So
heres the list
US&S
WABCO
WCH minus the plastic armature
the hybrid
and the only e-bell id use WCH