Mike's Railroad Crossing Forum

Although Safetran doesn't link to these bells anymore, they are still on Safetran's site, and hidden quite well!

Now if anyone calls Safetran, at least you can have an item/part number at the very least to order, in case they still sell any of these bells... They even show the voltages, weight, and so on...

Hybrid link: http://www.safetran.com/product/Signal/ ... 0A-8-9.pdf

Type 1 link: http://www.safetran.com/product/Signal/ ... A-8-11.pdf

wow, good find! i still think the type 1 bell is odd looking

On the type 1 file

'Less than eight pounds' Really? I can buy that with a couple of week's pocket money!

If you read down the description, it "weighs" less than eight pounds.

If I can find out prices and if its a good deal, I might get a type one.

I bet they are not cheap.

yeah im sure

I called Safetran today...to inquire about a hybrid bell. The guy said they are obsolete now...and he offered a replacement part number and told me it was a WCH No. 333 mechanical bell. It's list price is only a measly $449. I'm not that suprised with the price...as I called US&S to inquire about a counterweight kit for my Model 75...since they are exactly the same as what the Model 95 uses...just the standard square ones...and that was $660 alone, just for the counterweights and mounting hardware! No wonder CN is re-using the old counterweights when they install new Model 95's.

Too bad for the Hybrid...but I kinda figured it was defunct now. The railroads were dumb not to continue buying them...as they are alot more reliable than the electronic ones that just about always fail within 5-10 years...if not sooner.

That sucks.....

Too bad you couldn't find out about a type 1 e-bell, but I'm pretty sure you'd get the same thing about it being obsolete...

The only WCH Electronic Bell in Southeast Florida was dead when I caught the crossing activating for a cut of Florida rock aggregate hoppers on CSX. The electronic ones are worse, mechanical bells live longer!

owensri wrote:I called Safetran today...to inquire about a hybrid bell. The guy said they are obsolete now...and he offered a replacement part number and told me it was a WCH No. 333 mechanical bell. It's list price is only a measly $449. I'm not that suprised with the price...as I called US&S to inquire about a counterweight kit for my Model 75...since they are exactly the same as what the Model 95 uses...just the standard square ones...and that was $660 alone, just for the counterweights and mounting hardware! No wonder CN is re-using the old counterweights when they install new Model 95's.

Too bad for the Hybrid...but I kinda figured it was defunct now. The railroads were dumb not to continue buying them...as they are alot more reliable than the electronic ones that just about always fail within 5-10 years...if not sooner.