Time Jumps: 1.: 0:00 Federal signal mechanical bell 2.: 0:33 General Signals Type 1 electronic bell 3.: 0:53 General Signals Type 2 electronic bell 4.: 1:12 General Signals Type 3 electronic bell 5.: 1:48 Modern Industries mechanical bell 6.: 2:08 RACO mechanical bell 7.: 2:41 Safetran mechanical bell 8.: 3:02 Safetran Type 1 electronic bell 9.: 3:46 Safetran Type 2/NEG electronic bell 10.: 4:11 Safetran Type 3 electronic bell 11.: 4:30 US&S Model 15-A "Teardrop" mechanical bell (with a WRRS mechanical bell) 12.: 4:47 WCH electronic bell 13.: 5:21 1st Generation WCH mechanical bell 14.: 5:56 2nd Generation WCH mechanical bell 15.: 6:19 WRRS mechanical bell
I don’t know why but I love the sound of the bells as well as seeing those gates come down. Metro links are awesome trains. I’ve ridden a few on school trips in middle and high school. It’s crazy how fast those things go.
Great Video! I like the Safetran Mechanical Bell, US&S Teardrop Mechanical Bell, Safetran Type 1 Electronic Bell, and General Signal Type 3 Electronic Bell.
***** Griswold Mechanical Bell, Safetran Mechanical Bell, WCH Mechanical Bell, WRRS Mechanical Bell, US&S Mechanical Bell, GS Type 1 and 2 E-Bells, WCH E-Bell, Safetran Type 1 E-Bell, ASC E-Bell, US&S E-Bell, NEG/Safetran E-Bell, and Safetran Type 3 E-Bell. I may make a video in the future.
The ambient sound in my apartment causes me to hear the Federal Signal mechanical bell very very faintly in the back of my head lol. That's how I got here.
This branch I live by is made of WRRS Mechanicals and GS type 2 E-Bells. The mainline has maybe one or two GS E-Bells, like a thousand WCH E-Bells and then a mix of all kinds of mechanicals.
Stacey Miller I love the crossing bells too. I also like to watch the train. I enjoyed train rides with my family. They are old and I am disabled so none of us travel much, so I watch trains in videos. I also like scenery. 🔔🔔
This is for your son: 🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔 I hope you can describe this message to him. Does he have synesthesia? I do. I am hard of hearing. So I turn the sound up loud on this video so I can hear ! the bells ringing. BTW, words enclosed in mean sound effects.
Yea, I've noticed it seems like over there a good number were installed without any bells or alarms, and y'all've also been using alarms a lot longer than we've been using e-bells (since the 1980s, IIRC?).
@@tobeytransport2802 That also helps. Over here in the US, we never really did manual gates outside of cities and towns (nor did we really ever fence in most of our rail lines), so automatic signals were able to get put into use rather early (I want to say some of the earliest automatic crossing signals here date back to like the late-1800s, based on the equipment that's been found).
A couple of crossing bells near my area especially on CSX's popes creek and Herbert subdivisions: WRRS mechanical bell, safetran type 3 e-bell, safetran hybrid and mechanical bells, safetran type 2 e-bell, WCH mechanical bell, and GS type 1 e-bell.
This is going in my favorites. I can reference this when I go out and film crossings. Nice video!2:11 They took out this crossing recently. Someone bent one of the gates so badly that they had to replace it. The new crossing is all WCH.
The railroad crossing bells I like is the General Signals Types 2 and 3 electronic bells, Safetran Types 1, 2, and 3 electronic bells, Western Cullen Hayes electronic bell and mechanical bell and of course the WRRS mechanical bell. Their the best bells I love.
I like the crossing at 1:28. If it had quad gates, it would be just like a UK crossing. Lights facing only each side of traffic, barriers on all sides of road up to crossing.
Wisconsin Sirens & Signals I love UK church bells. Haven't heard railroad crossing bells there because I don't travel overseas, but I would probably enjoy them if I heard them. Lay off the horn, you ding-dong, you're drowning out the bells. I am being silly, no offense meant.
Just saying I have a SafeTran incandescent 8" plastic lens, cap visor traffic light and a incandescent cross walk signal in my room. Just curious, why they made electronic bells, when the mechanical bells are louder?
probably something like with modern fog horns on the coast, they're the size of a large bottle of water, and you can stand next to it when it goes off and it doesn't sound loud, but the tone carries farther than the old horns do
My favorites are Modern Signal Mechanical Bell, General Signals Type 2 Electronic Bell, Modern Industries Mechanical Bell, Safetran Type 1 Electronic Bell, Type 3, WCH Electronic Bell, 1st Generation, and WRRS Mechanical Bell.
This is really neat! Thanks! I like that railroad crossings today still use a bell noise, like the swinging bells on the old locomotives. Times have changed, but a clanging bell still means, "Here comes the train! Watch out!" Did you film any of these in Strasburg, PA?
I still prefer the sound of mechanical bells to the sound of electronic bells, but I understand why the railroads are switching over, and e-bell technology has improved tremendously since e-bells were first introduced. Some of them actually almost sound like mechanical bells.
They can be found on BNSF and NS lines, sometimes various shortlines, UP lines, and Conrail lines. For you, I'd look for any signals that were installed in 2016 or later on an NS line that have General Signals electronic bells. A good way to tell is that the base would say "Siemens" rather than "Safetran".
3:48 got the wrong bell there buddy, the bell attached to this crossing is a General Signals Type 2. Edit: never mind. 🙂 guess you can call the general signal and Saftran bell twins.
My favorite bells are: safetran type 1, gs type 1 and 3, wrrs mechanical bell, Wc Hayes electronic bell, the raco bell, modern industries bell, last but not least the teardrop. One that was not heard here that I like is the Griswold bell
2:10 I live like 10 min away from here it’s fairview road they actually put a new Crossing up but it got knocked down so they put an even newer one up and that’s the one they have now I’m not sure what bell it has but I’m pretty sure it’s a Western Cullen Hayes!
@@freebrickproductions hm.. I was just kind of thinking sort of the same thing too that explains why how you could have recorded almost every railroad bells Crosses by the hour all at once, I am just a fun sense of humor kind of guy that's all. But anyways those video footages that you've recently recorded right? *Great Work!.*
Great video! Since you have recorded new bells like the Safetran Hybrid Bell, could you make a new video? Also the School bell at Main Street in Portland TN, and the Novax speakers at the Hoboken light rail station.
The design. GS Type 2s look like other General Signals e-bells, while Safetran Type 2/NEG e-bells are blue and have a different base design that has holes in it, though some NEG e-bells do have a more General Signals-like base. All Safetran Type 2/NEG e-bells also have a volume control on the side, which General Signals e-bells lack. Some new NEG e-bells also feature an NEG label on the side. Here's some pictures to compare them with: GS Type 2: www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Pelham/Stonehaven/20.JPG NEG (base style 1): www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Pelham/Lee/56.JPG NEG (base style 2): www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Pelham/Lee/35.JPG The two also have slightly different sounds, as NEG/Safetran Type 2 e-bells are slightly softer sounding than GS Type 2s, and they also feature a small "pop" sound when they start (which GS Type 2 don't).
The horns can go take a hike, fly a kite, jump in the lake, take a long hike off a short pier...get lost, ear-splitters! (Unless you can lower the volume)
Some wch m bells sound different from one another. Like the ones on the Springfield rail corridor. There pretty much all wch m bells but some sound different from others
GS Type 2 and Safetran Type 2/NEG mostly have physical differences. Safetran Type 2s tend to be more blue in color (even when faded) than GS Type 2s and have a different base. Safetran Type 2s also have a volume control on the outside, which the General Signals e-bells don't have. Compare: GS Type 2: www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Athens/Lee/10.JPG New Safetran Type 2/NEG: www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Tanner/Ingraham/11.JPG Faded Safetran Type 2: www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Courtland/AL33/19.JPG NEG with a different base design: www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Stevenson/Kansas/40.JPG Safetran Type 3s and GS Type 1s also have external differences, as well as having different sounds. Most General Signals Type 1s tend to be rather faded as well. Compare these photos and video: General Signals Type 1: www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Athens/Pryor/26.JPG Faded GS Type 1: www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Barton/Colbert_Steam_Plant/10.JPG GS Type 1s sounding: ua-cam.com/video/SoQTEvfk-VE/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/PkYDtCM6PDU/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/WT0e60eSByo/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/q1Iawunfya8/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/NWTozUq70K4/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/_cL8zBW7DBs/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/CvEhgzx7OWk/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/E0tIce0U7ic/v-deo.html OIder Safetran Type 3: www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Stevenson/Kansas/21.JPG Newer Safetran Type 3: www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Courtland/Monroe/13.JPG Safetran Type 3s sounding: ua-cam.com/video/zGSAnWeWdR4/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/5BLql8oGFj8/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/HCNXTuUx5B0/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/oUGIY5Bh6XA/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/npUNKFOdYNQ/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/gTQeZnCsFTY/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/aLEzNS0-i3Q/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/FTQiZlGxPBg/v-deo.html
Really? Can you watch a few of my videos and tell me what bells they are? I think all the bells in Norman are the same except Lindsay St, but I can't tell if they're GS or Safetran.
Colorado, it'd probably be better to ask PlyingKibbles89 or Longmont Rail Productions (if that's his name, IIRC?). Iowa, it'd probably be best to ask Gillson, or you can just check the site for both states.
Bells I’ve Recorded in action Safetran Type 2 GS Type 2 WCH 2nd Gen M Bell WCH 1st Gen M Bell WRRS M Bell GS Type 1 GS Type 3 Safetran M Bell WCH Type 2 WCH Type 3 WCH Type 1.5 Safetran Type 3
3:00 what type of horn is that, and what loco is this on? 3:06 that must be the rarest e bell ever! It's like it has no middle to it! 4:58 that crossing looks odd! 6:28, 1:56, 4:39, 4:54 and 0:12 are my top 5 crossing bell types!
3:00 - No clue on the horn, it was on a standard-cab SD70. 3:06 - It's one of the rarest. ASC e-bells and those mysterious "square e-bells" are much rarer, and Harmon e-bells are just about as rare at the Safetran Type-1 from my observations. 4:58 Signals were installed sometime in the 1980s it appears with traffic light sections for the lights (to go with the traffic light mast arms) and no bells. They are all pretty nice sounding bells, that's for sure!
0:59 brings back so many memories. No matter where I've lived, railroad tracks have always been within a mile of my home.
Same
Still is btw
I have 10 I. My town
I live in an area they have a LOT OF those
What bell did the crossing used to have?
3:46 the classic, always recognizable bell.
@ 3:54.....Bell Buckle, TN. I knew that one right off the bat!! Lots of train watching at that crossing from Hwy. 82 Market! Thanks for posting!!
Time Jumps:
1.: 0:00 Federal signal mechanical bell
2.: 0:33 General Signals Type 1 electronic bell
3.: 0:53 General Signals Type 2 electronic bell
4.: 1:12 General Signals Type 3 electronic bell
5.: 1:48 Modern Industries mechanical bell
6.: 2:08 RACO mechanical bell
7.: 2:41 Safetran mechanical bell
8.: 3:02 Safetran Type 1 electronic bell
9.: 3:46 Safetran Type 2/NEG electronic bell
10.: 4:11 Safetran Type 3 electronic bell
11.: 4:30 US&S Model 15-A "Teardrop" mechanical bell
(with a WRRS mechanical bell)
12.: 4:47 WCH electronic bell
13.: 5:21 1st Generation WCH mechanical bell
14.: 5:56 2nd Generation WCH mechanical bell
15.: 6:19 WRRS mechanical bell
BTW, it's "15-A", not "5-A". ;)
freebrickproductions 0:17 nice catch on the camaro
Plautus 0:01
Ty
Thanks
I don’t know why but I love the sound of the bells as well as seeing those gates come down. Metro links are awesome trains. I’ve ridden a few on school trips in middle and high school. It’s crazy how fast those things go.
0:37 everytime i see it i get a sense of fear and dread
Lt.Dan why?
Why?
Because a car proceeded through the crossing when the gates were going down.
@Artic no there not
0:46 Look at that savage car making it past the gate before the train came
4:01-4:12 That train horn is having a spasm. Especially at 4:05-4:12.
I saw that car 😂
3:06 Do my eyes and ears deceive me? It can't be... The legendary Safetran Type 1 E-Bell!
The only one in the state of Alabama.
Is that on a CSX line? I think it sounds great when it’s located on a CSX line!
Kinda wonder why they’re rare-people must really love that sound...
@@freebrickproductions I wonder where in Alabama?
@@T1_Productions US 278 in Guin. Since been replaced though, sadly.
Mechanical bells sound so much better than electronic ones
charlie barnett they surely do.
Wow
I could care less as long as people hear it.
I Disagree
Nipe
Great Video! I like the Safetran Mechanical Bell, US&S Teardrop Mechanical Bell, Safetran Type 1 Electronic Bell, and General Signal Type 3 Electronic Bell.
Thanks! Just out of curiosity, what bells have your recorded?
***** Griswold Mechanical Bell, Safetran Mechanical Bell, WCH Mechanical Bell, WRRS Mechanical Bell, US&S Mechanical Bell, GS Type 1 and 2 E-Bells, WCH E-Bell, Safetran Type 1 E-Bell, ASC E-Bell, US&S E-Bell, NEG/Safetran E-Bell, and Safetran Type 3 E-Bell. I may make a video in the future.
The ambient sound in my apartment causes me to hear the Federal Signal mechanical bell very very faintly in the back of my head lol. That's how I got here.
I like the Safetran type 1, GS Type 3, and the RACO bell.
This branch I live by is made of WRRS Mechanicals and GS type 2 E-Bells. The mainline has maybe one or two GS E-Bells, like a thousand WCH E-Bells and then a mix of all kinds of mechanicals.
4:32 amazing find!
Thanks! Though it had been known about for a few years, lol.
The safe tran bells are my favorite bells. :)
I own a a second Gen Safetran Mechanical Bell and I like it a lot I like how healthy it sounds and I wouldn't mind having a Ebell
If you listen carefully, the railroad crossing in atomic train is the federal signal bell at 0:03
3:01 That is the creepiest train horn ever!
That's a Leslie RS3L
I thought it was a K3LA, it must be a HalloweenRail intermodal train!
Much better than the "horn battles". Horns hurt my ears. I'd rather hear the bells, *bell-ieve* me.
The GS Type 2 & NEG E-Bell Are 1 Of My Favorite Railroad Crossing Bells!
Thank you for making this video. My son who is blind loves trains and the noise of the crossing bells. He loves this video.
Stacey Miller I love the crossing bells too. I also like to watch the train. I enjoyed train rides with my family. They are old and I am disabled so none of us travel much, so I watch trains in videos. I also like scenery.
🔔🔔
This is for your son:
🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔
I hope you can describe this message to him. Does he have synesthesia? I do. I am hard of hearing. So I turn the sound up loud on this video so I can hear ! the bells ringing. BTW, words enclosed in mean sound effects.
1:53-That is a really amazing shot with a really nice MI bell and then the freight train starts honking as if there's a trespasser! Amazing job on it!
Well, he was approaching the crossing.
Where? I don’t see a trespasser
It's interesting that on the gate at 6:00, the light at the end of the gate didn't come on until the gate had lowered fully...
Huh, never noticed that.
In the UK we have very few bell crossings left, most crossings went straight from manual gates to alarms
Yea, I've noticed it seems like over there a good number were installed without any bells or alarms, and y'all've also been using alarms a lot longer than we've been using e-bells (since the 1980s, IIRC?).
freebrickproductions I think because our railways are a lot older we have a lot more manual gate than you, there’s one about a 20 minute drive from me
@@tobeytransport2802 That also helps. Over here in the US, we never really did manual gates outside of cities and towns (nor did we really ever fence in most of our rail lines), so automatic signals were able to get put into use rather early (I want to say some of the earliest automatic crossing signals here date back to like the late-1800s, based on the equipment that's been found).
That is just what I needed for my project of KND: O. W. W. G. C. B. M. (Old Wild Western Graduation Celebration Burglarizing Mayhem)!
My favourite crossing bells are Western Cullen Hayes E-bells, Griswold Mechanical Bells and Western Cullen Hayes mechanical bells
A couple of crossing bells near my area especially on CSX's popes creek and Herbert subdivisions:
WRRS mechanical bell, safetran type 3 e-bell, safetran hybrid and mechanical bells, safetran type 2 e-bell, WCH mechanical bell, and GS type 1 e-bell.
Nice.
Thanks for showing the locomotives
I love the MI bell, first WCH M bell, Safetran Type 3, GS Type 1, teardrop bell, and WCH type 1 E bell.
This is going in my favorites. I can reference this when I go out and film crossings. Nice video!2:11 They took out this crossing recently. Someone bent one of the gates so badly that they had to replace it. The new crossing is all WCH.
Heard that it got replaced, but had been thinking they just replaced it because it was old. Thanks!
You can also look on the backs of the mechanical bells for who made them.
0:59 3:48 are the ones I hear in my neighborhood in Pittsburgh
The railroad crossing bells I like is the General Signals Types 2 and 3 electronic bells, Safetran Types 1, 2, and 3 electronic bells, Western Cullen Hayes electronic bell and mechanical bell and of course the WRRS mechanical bell. Their the best bells I love.
My favourite railroad crossing sounds!
I like the crossing at 1:28. If it had quad gates, it would be just like a UK crossing. Lights facing only each side of traffic, barriers on all sides of road up to crossing.
Wisconsin Sirens & Signals I love UK church bells. Haven't heard railroad crossing bells there because I don't travel overseas, but I would probably enjoy them if I heard them. Lay off the horn, you ding-dong, you're drowning out the bells. I am being silly, no offense meant.
Well it still is equivalent to a UK AOCL (no barriers) crossing.
GS type 2 and SafeTran type 3 appear to be Seattle's bells (except ours never go quiet until the train passes). But I do like the WCH electronic bell.
Just saying I have a SafeTran incandescent 8" plastic lens, cap visor traffic light and a incandescent cross walk signal in my room. Just curious, why they made electronic bells, when the mechanical bells are louder?
Don't believe that low maintenance bull,Its part of that green energy crap, Those e bells fail constantly.
probably something like with modern fog horns on the coast, they're the size of a large bottle of water, and you can stand next to it when it goes off and it doesn't sound loud, but the tone carries farther than the old horns do
Nice! My favs: Safetran type 1, GS Type 3, WRRS, Teardrop, and WCH E-bell
My favorites are Modern Signal Mechanical Bell, General Signals Type 2 Electronic Bell, Modern Industries Mechanical Bell, Safetran Type 1 Electronic Bell, Type 3, WCH Electronic Bell, 1st Generation, and WRRS Mechanical Bell.
3:21 thats a long gate
Yeah is also very low to the ground
This is really neat! Thanks!
I like that railroad crossings today still use a bell noise, like the swinging bells on the old locomotives. Times have changed, but a clanging bell still means, "Here comes the train! Watch out!"
Did you film any of these in Strasburg, PA?
Oops, I just noticed that those cars do say "Strasburg Railroad" on them X)
I love Strasburg! I have been there many times because I live close.
Thanks!
I never find any Safetran Type 1 electronic bells anywhere in my hometown.
They are rather rare, and I don't think CSX nor NS ever used them.
General Signals Type 2 is my most known bell I see when I see crossings go down
sixstringer1962 GS Type 2s were really popular.
Can I give you a guess: Is the GS Type 2s the most popular or is it a different bell?
sixstringer1962 Probably the GS Type 2s. Every single Class I and many regionals and shortlines have used them at one point or another.
I like the teardrop bell, WRRS, GS type 1, 2, 3 and safetran 1,3, and MI M Bell
2:11 The best mechanical bull I ever heard in my life
Located on The Strasburg Railroad in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
2:57 that railroad crossing crossing is doing the jitterbug!
I still prefer the sound of mechanical bells to the sound of electronic bells, but I understand why the railroads are switching over, and e-bell technology has improved tremendously since e-bells were first introduced. Some of them actually almost sound like mechanical bells.
I like the general signals type 3 electronic bell. Where do you think I can find one of those?
I think there is a Modern Industries Bell in Carlisle Ohio
They can be found on BNSF and NS lines, sometimes various shortlines, UP lines, and Conrail lines. For you, I'd look for any signals that were installed in 2016 or later on an NS line that have General Signals electronic bells. A good way to tell is that the base would say "Siemens" rather than "Safetran".
There's one on Kent Rd Wilton Ct
General Signals Type 3s are everywhere on Brightline in Florida.
Safetran type 1 ebell is my favorite
3:48 got the wrong bell there buddy, the bell attached to this crossing is a General Signals Type 2.
Edit: never mind. 🙂 guess you can call the general signal and Saftran bell twins.
It's a Safetran type-2/NEG. They have the same sound and nearly the same look as General Signals ebells.
How would you be able to tell normally? Like just being stopped and not taking an inspection how can you tell which is which?
Fun Fact: the crossing at 2:18 was in a 90s Train video called "all about trains"
Wouldn't be surprised. That crossing is kinda famous.
There is a RACO bell at this crossing along a branch line here in Nevada. Not sure if it's been replaced or not.
My favorite bells are: safetran type 1, gs type 1 and 3, wrrs mechanical bell, Wc Hayes electronic bell, the raco bell, modern industries bell, last but not least the teardrop. One that was not heard here that I like is the Griswold bell
I haven't recorded any Griswold bells.
freebrickproductions that’s why i said that it was not heard here. But good video
I love this sound.
Sounds like a fire bell
Which one?
0:44 Dont EVER do what that guy did! that was dangerous!
Yep, the guy in the car is an idiot
Well its not like the trains gonna come through as the gates are lowering right?
I love Safetran Type 1 ebell
2:10 I live like 10 min away from here it’s fairview road they actually put a new Crossing up but it got knocked down so they put an even newer one up and that’s the one they have now I’m not sure what bell it has but I’m pretty sure it’s a Western Cullen Hayes!
3:05 hey congratulations driver you've just won a prize "THE TRAIN IS COMING RUN!"
It was actually activated because a rail crane nearby was stopping to get onto a siding track to pick-up some more stuff.
@@freebrickproductions hm.. I was just kind of thinking sort of the same thing too that explains why how you could have recorded almost every railroad bells Crosses by the hour all at once, I am just a fun sense of humor kind of guy that's all. But anyways those video footages that you've recently recorded right?
*Great Work!.*
@UC--kU8nGueajccntx9qnxcw All of the videos in this were recorded on different days at different times. Thanks, though!
@@jimothycurrier3797 At the time of the video, yea, though I want to say they're all a couple years old now.
@@freebrickproductions you're welcome and thank you for your appreciation to as well.
Terry Riley should be getting royalties from these people.
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Can you give me the list of where these railroad crossings are located?
at kings mountain there i a road street called Waco road railroad crossing in kings mountain, NC
Great video! Since you have recorded new bells like the Safetran Hybrid Bell, could you make a new video? Also the School bell at Main Street in Portland TN, and the Novax speakers at the Hoboken light rail station.
I want to get a few more recorded first, but I can see about it.
Okay thank you! By the way, how do you tell a GS Type 2 and Safetran Type 2/NEG ebell apart, they sound identical.
The design. GS Type 2s look like other General Signals e-bells, while Safetran Type 2/NEG e-bells are blue and have a different base design that has holes in it, though some NEG e-bells do have a more General Signals-like base. All Safetran Type 2/NEG e-bells also have a volume control on the side, which General Signals e-bells lack. Some new NEG e-bells also feature an NEG label on the side. Here's some pictures to compare them with:
GS Type 2:
www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Pelham/Stonehaven/20.JPG
NEG (base style 1):
www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Pelham/Lee/56.JPG
NEG (base style 2):
www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Pelham/Lee/35.JPG
The two also have slightly different sounds, as NEG/Safetran Type 2 e-bells are slightly softer sounding than GS Type 2s, and they also feature a small "pop" sound when they start (which GS Type 2 don't).
freebrickproductions thank you!
No problem!
The horns can go take a hike, fly a kite, jump in the lake, take a long hike off a short pier...get lost, ear-splitters! (Unless you can lower the volume)
By law, horns are required to be loud, so that people can hear them in their cars.
freebrickproductions there's loud, and there's ear-splitting. Know what I mean?
I like GS Type 3 E Bell :)
I like Railroad Crossing he's the best at what he does I know I hang out with him when he comes to see me
What?
This is Music to my ears.
Same
The Only E Bells I Liked Was The Safetran Type 1 And GS Type 3
Some wch m bells sound different from one another. Like the ones on the Springfield rail corridor. There pretty much all wch m bells but some sound different from others
5:22, love me some first gens.
I have a question, what is the rarest crossing bell you have heard of?
Probably one of the late-1800/early-1900 bells, like the Hall Signal Co. bell.
At 4:43 doesn't a old teach drop crossing have a bell like that in Lebanon? Might be a little bit different but in my opinion it sounds alot like it.
No
if you must or are set on electronic, then the type 3 sounds more realistic.
The electronic general signals type 1 osunds like the bell on japanese fire engines
I like all of the bells instead of the RACO bell
the WCH crossing reminds me of UTA trax railroad crossings
Wats the difference between Safetran type 2 ebells & GS type 2 ebells as well as Safetran type 3 ebells & GS type 1 ebells? They sound so alike!
GS Type 2 and Safetran Type 2/NEG mostly have physical differences. Safetran Type 2s tend to be more blue in color (even when faded) than GS Type 2s and have a different base. Safetran Type 2s also have a volume control on the outside, which the General Signals e-bells don't have. Compare:
GS Type 2:
www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Athens/Lee/10.JPG
New Safetran Type 2/NEG:
www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Tanner/Ingraham/11.JPG
Faded Safetran Type 2:
www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Courtland/AL33/19.JPG
NEG with a different base design:
www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Stevenson/Kansas/40.JPG
Safetran Type 3s and GS Type 1s also have external differences, as well as having different sounds. Most General Signals Type 1s tend to be rather faded as well. Compare these photos and video:
General Signals Type 1:
www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Athens/Pryor/26.JPG
Faded GS Type 1:
www.rxrsignals.com/Alabama/Barton/Colbert_Steam_Plant/10.JPG
GS Type 1s sounding:
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OIder Safetran Type 3:
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Newer Safetran Type 3:
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Safetran Type 3s sounding:
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Really? Can you watch a few of my videos and tell me what bells they are? I think all the bells in Norman are the same except Lindsay St, but I can't tell if they're GS or Safetran.
Chess Eric I'll try later. You can try using the links I provided though and attempting yourself.
K will do TX!
We also get WCH electronic bells
Awesome video!
Thanks!
4:54 what type of WCH is that?
The sound at around 1:54 is the one I am most used too!😆
3:46 is a classic!
I like the modern Industries mechanical bell
I love the bells
Nice collection
Thanks!
4:33 19th avenue
Where did you video these locations?
Here's a list I had already typed out previously:
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3:02 Safetran Type 1 E Bell and 4:47 WCH E Bell are my favorite bell
At 3:00 Leslie RS3L Horn
Cool video. Hey where I can find the complete video of 0:33? And this horn is like a Amtrak, I'm right?
Thanks! The video in question is my first video of Lenwood Road in Decatur, AL, and the leader is a CSX AC44CW with a K5LA.
@@freebrickproductions Thanks, and I thought that horn is of Amtrak xD
Well, Amtrak typically uses K5LAs on their Genesis locomotives...
Are there any Safetran Type 1 E Bells in Colorado or Iowa?
Colorado, it'd probably be better to ask PlyingKibbles89 or Longmont Rail Productions (if that's his name, IIRC?). Iowa, it'd probably be best to ask Gillson, or you can just check the site for both states.
@@freebrickproductions what’s the site called?
@@T1_Productions Mike's Railroad Crossing Website: www.rxrsignals.com/
General Signals Type 2 electronic bell is like the standard in Sacramento.
That's because SCART has a ton of them in use.
@@freebrickproductions i actually heard a gs type 2 in person
Which e bell did you like best out of all crossings
The GS Type 1.
@@freebrickproductions which crossing has that e e bell
Lenwood road decatur al
4:33 nothing beats this
WCH E-bell is my favorite
New Kanye soundin great
What?
Bells I’ve Recorded in action
Safetran Type 2
GS Type 2
WCH 2nd Gen M Bell
WCH 1st Gen M Bell
WRRS M Bell
GS Type 1
GS Type 3
Safetran M Bell
WCH Type 2
WCH Type 3
WCH Type 1.5
Safetran Type 3
the safetran type 1 is my fav in this video
Mine to
Nice video. You should make an updated for this video since you've found more bells.
Thanks! I probably should.
0:35 Best Sounding General Signals Electronic Bell!
Agreed.
Me, too! For me it is a tie between it and the Safetran Type 3. I am not a fan of M bells.
@@larailfan1714 I'm don't like m bells either i like ebells more
3:00 what type of horn is that, and what loco is this on?
3:06 that must be the rarest e bell ever! It's like it has no middle to it!
4:58 that crossing looks odd!
6:28, 1:56, 4:39, 4:54 and 0:12 are my top 5 crossing bell types!
3:00 - No clue on the horn, it was on a standard-cab SD70.
3:06 - It's one of the rarest. ASC e-bells and those mysterious "square e-bells" are much rarer, and Harmon e-bells are just about as rare at the Safetran Type-1 from my observations.
4:58 Signals were installed sometime in the 1980s it appears with traffic light sections for the lights (to go with the traffic light mast arms) and no bells.
They are all pretty nice sounding bells, that's for sure!
Thanks! Do you have audio of the mentioned E bells?
MrBnsftrain I'll send them later.
No i codint
MrBnsftrain 🤔what's odd about what the crossing looks like?🤔
0:38 Where is this crossing located at?
Lenwood Road in Decatur.
@@freebrickproductions Oh Ok I Seen It Before.👍
I get the safe team type 2 bell in. My city’s crossing. Pretty much only that bell