Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

This thread is for posting the crossing signal installations that make you scratch your head and go "Hmmm..." Odd bell placements and odd light configurations can go here as well.

I'll get us started.

The Safetran mechanical bell at the Lily Flagg railroad crossing.

Safetran Mechanical Bell by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

And NS decided to do something similar:

Safetran Mechanical Bell by freebrickproductions, on Flickr

Okay, that is a weird place to put a bell!

It's kind of hard to tell, but is it mounted on the side of the relay case? It makes me wonder if there is some audible advantage to it being there.

illinoistrains wrote:It's kind of hard to tell, but is it mounted on the side of the relay case? It makes me wonder if there is some audible advantage to it being there.

Yep, both bells are mounted on their respective relay cases.

Ooh! It floats in the air!