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Weird Bell Mounts

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2020 12:19 pm
by PlyingKibbles89
Now I know this is very common on UP to have a NEG e-bell side mount, but a WCH e-bell side mount is very odd.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8853735 ... 8192?hl=en

Re: Weird Bell Mounts

Posted: Sat May 02, 2020 1:36 am
by flat train
Yeah. Also hate it when they put e bells on a us&s/griswold cantilever. https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9737071 ... 384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.974097, ... 384!8i8192

Re: Weird Bell Mounts

Posted: Sat May 02, 2020 2:17 pm
by freebrickproductions
flat train wrote: Sat May 02, 2020 1:36 am Yeah. Also hate it when they put e bells on a us&s/griswold cantilever. https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9737071 ... 384!8i8192

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.974097, ... 384!8i8192
I actually don't mind that, mainly because it at least allows the old cantilever to stay around a bit longer.

Re: Weird Bell Mounts

Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 7:31 pm
by pluey200
WCH mech bell on the side

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3349127 ... 312!8i6656

Also worth noting is that all 8x20s on the cantilever except for the side ones have been replaced by 12x24 LEDs. The rears may be incandescents but I don't know since I didn't see it activate from behind. I'm guessing this since the rears had safetran markings while the fronts were WCH

Re: Weird Bell Mounts

Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 9:24 pm
by freebrickproductions
pluey200 wrote: Sun May 03, 2020 7:31 pm WCH mech bell on the side

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3349127 ... 312!8i6656

Also worth noting is that all 8x20s on the cantilever except for the side ones have been replaced by 12x24 LEDs. The rears may be incandescents but I don't know since I didn't see it activate from behind. I'm guessing this since the rears had safetran markings while the fronts were WCH
That guy's on the site, actually:
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Ohio/A-K/Colu ... n/Station/

Re: Weird Bell Mounts

Posted: Mon May 04, 2020 11:20 am
by pluey200
freebrickproductions wrote: Sun May 03, 2020 9:24 pm
pluey200 wrote: Sun May 03, 2020 7:31 pm WCH mech bell on the side

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3349127 ... 312!8i6656

Also worth noting is that all 8x20s on the cantilever except for the side ones have been replaced by 12x24 LEDs. The rears may be incandescents but I don't know since I didn't see it activate from behind. I'm guessing this since the rears had safetran markings while the fronts were WCH
That guy's on the site, actually:
http://www.rxrsignals.com/Ohio/A-K/Colu ... n/Station/
I know, I was just saying the cantilever has most of its lights replaced since that was taken

Re: Weird Bell Mounts

Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 4:01 pm
by pluey200
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1567745 ... 384!8i8192

Another mechanical bell mounted on the side

Re: Weird Bell Mounts

Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 7:55 pm
by freebrickproductions
pluey200 wrote: Tue May 05, 2020 4:01 pm https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1567745 ... 384!8i8192

Another mechanical bell mounted on the side
A few railroads did that in the past with their mechanical bells.

Re: Weird Bell Mounts

Posted: Thu May 07, 2020 8:24 am
by NathanFromEngland
I can remember around a year or two ago I found a CSX crossing with mounted Safetran Type 3 E-Bells, It was somewhere in Florida but I don't know where.

Re: Weird Bell Mounts

Posted: Thu May 07, 2020 11:08 pm
by freebrickproductions
NathanFromEngland wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 8:24 am I can remember around a year or two ago I found a CSX crossing with mounted Safetran Type 3 E-Bells, It was somewhere in Florida but I don't know where.
Lakeland? I think there's one in the quiet zone there with a pair of Safetran Type 3s on the side of the masts.