Off beat bell

[ToledoRailfan]

I'm not sure if this has been posted here before. This is pretty odd, according to someone in the comments it has been fixed.

[freebrickproductions]

Sounds like a WCH that's starting to wear out. It seems that some WCH mechanicals, especially the newer ones, will do this naturally due to the cheaper manufacturing processes for the bells, but I still love them all the same. In fact, my WCH bell does this even though it's brand new and has barely seen any use, but I don't mind it too much. Seems to be just the way it is. Doesn't seem to get any worse or better though:

[ToledoRailfan]

This crossing is also on the site.
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Michigan/Owosso/Washington/

[freebrickproductions]

This crossing is also on the site.
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Michigan/Owosso/Washington/

Looks to have been L&W lights there originally...

[ToledoRailfan]

This crossing is also on the site.
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Michigan/Owosso/Washington/

Looks to have been L&W lights there originally...

This is the only crossing that I know of with L&N lights, at least I think they are as the light brackets are L&N.

[freebrickproductions]

This crossing is also on the site.
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Michigan/Owosso/Washington/

Looks to have been L&W lights there originally...

This is the only crossing that I know of with L&N lights, at least I think they are as the light brackets are L&N.

*L&W
Also, that's L&W's current light design. Their older ones were a lot more plain looking:
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Bessemer/32/
Their 8 inch ones appear to have just been smaller versions of the 12 inch lights and looked a lot like Transport Products Corp. lights (including having the large ring around the lens), but have a rather weirdly-shaped visor on them.

[ToledoRailfan]

This crossing is also on the site.
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Michigan/Owosso/Washington/

Looks to have been L&W lights there originally...

This is the only crossing that I know of with L&N lights, at least I think they are as the light brackets are L&N.

*L&W

That was clearly a typo.

[ZachL]

Do older WCH bells do this, or just the newer ones?

[freebrickproductions]

Do older WCH bells do this, or just the newer ones?

Both it seems. For the older ones, it's typically due to age.

[ZachL]

Do older WCH bells do this, or just the newer ones?

Both it seems. For the older ones, it's typically due to age.

Interesting! I wonder what material could be wearing out then on newer models to start that symptom up sooner.