High-Pitched Safetran Type 3's

[PlyingKibbles89]

Here's a video of a Safetran type 3 high-pitched! Anyone know why some type 3's are like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n6yCbGcFz4&t=1s

[ZachL]

Might want to fix your link there, bud

[PlyingKibbles89]

Might want to fix your link there, bud

Can't get it to work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n6yCbGcFz4&t=1s

[ZachL]

Clean your lens bro

[PlyingKibbles89]

Clean your lens bro

It's scratched.

[freebrickproductions]

Here's a video of a Safetran type 3 high-pitched! Anyone know why some type 3's are like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n6yCbGcFz4&t=1s

It depends on how the railroad orders it. Some railroads prefer them with the higher-pitch, while others use the low-pitch.

Also, when trying to embed a video, everything after the video ID (so, in the URL, anything from an & and beyond, such as &t=1s) will not let you embed the video for some reason (it's an issue on YouTube's end).
So basically, this won't work:

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[YouTube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n6yCbGcFz4&t=1s[/YouTube]

As it just produces this:


However, this will work:

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[YouTube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n6yCbGcFz4[/YouTube]

As shown by this:


And yea, if that lens isn't just dirty and is indeed scratched-up to hell and back, you should see about either getting it repaired or getting a new camera.

[PlyingKibbles89]

Here's a video of a Safetran type 3 high-pitched! Anyone know why some type 3's are like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n6yCbGcFz4&t=1s

And yea, if that lens isn't just dirty and is indeed scratched-up to hell and back, you should see about either getting it repaired or getting a new camera.

I was using my phone to record that. Why does LG make plastic camera lenses?

[ZachL]

I doubt the lens is made of plastic...