Compilation Of Rare And Uncommon Bells At Railroad Crossings

A compilation videos of most but not all railroad crossing rare bells I have filed at crossings. I forgot to add my GE E-Bell to it though.
Crossings
Ferrari Ranch Rd, Lincoln CA (High Pitch GS Type 1 E-Bell & WCH Type 1 E-Bell)
30th St, Sacramento CA (ASC E-Bells)
W El Camino Ave, Sacramento CA WCH Type 1 E-Bells On Two Of Four Signals)
Tully Rd, Hughson CA (Safetran Type 1 E-Bells)
E Pine St, Lodi CA (US&S Teardrop Bells)
20th St, Sacramento CA (Prototype Chip GS Type 1 E-Bell On 1 Of 2 Signals)
Blossom Hill Rd, San Jose CA (US&S Mechanical Bell On 1 Of 4 Signals)
County Road 24A, Woodland CA (Safetran Type 3 High Pitch E-Bell & Safetran Hybrid Bell)
Front St, Sacramento CA (WRRS Mechanical Bell On 1 Of 2 Signals)
3rd St, Wheatland CA (FS Mechanical Bell On 1 Of Two Signals)
S Airport Way, Stockton CA (Safetran Type 1 E-Bells)
Sims Rd, Elk Grove CA (WRRS Mechanical Bells)
Sheridan Lincoln Blvd, Sheridan CA (MI Mechanical Bells)
County Road 25A, Woodland CA (High Pitch Safetran Type 3 High Pitch E-Bell On 1 Of 2 Signals)
Leonardini Rd, Stockton CA (US&S Teardrop Bell On 1 Of 2 Signals)
Broadway, Sacramento CA (WRRS Mechanical Bell On 1 Of 2 Signals)
Highway 1, Santa Cruz CA (MI Mechanical Bell On 1 Of 4 Signals)
Laurel St, Santa Cruz CA (RACO Mechanical Bell & FS Mechanical Bell)
29th St, Sacramento CA (ASC E-Bell & US&S E-Bell)
Berkeley Rd, Hughson CA (Safetran Type 1 E-Bells)
4th St, Wheatland CA (WRRS Mechanical Bell On 1 Of 2 Signals)
#1 Michigan Bar Rd, Ione CA (US&S Teardrop Bells)
Harbor Blvd, West Sacramento, CA (Safetran Hybrid Bells)
Bradshaw Rd, Rancho Cordova CA (Safetran Type 3 High Pitch E-Bell On 1 Of 4 Signals)
Jefferson Blvd, West Sacramento CA (FS Mechanical Bells On 2 Of Four Signals)
14th Ave, Sacramento CA (Safetran Type 1 E-Bell On 1 Of 2 Signals)
6th St, Marysville CA (WCH Type 1 E-Bell On 1 Of 2 Signals)
1st St, Lincoln CA (WRRS Mechanical Bell On 1 Of Two Signals)
Stockton Blvd & 34th St, Sacramento CA (3 ASC E-Bells And 1 Safetran Type 3 High Pitch E-Bell On 3 Of 4 Signals)
#2 Michigan Bar Rd, Ione CA (US&S Teardrop Bells)
Waterloo Rd & Hiawatha Ave, Stockton CA (Safetran Hybrid Bells)
Howsley Rd, Pleasant Grove CA (RACO Mechanical Bell On 1 Of Two Signals)
Florin Rd, Sacramento CA (Safetran Type 1 E-Bell On 1 Of 6 Signals)
Arthur Rd, Escalon CA (RACO Mechanical Bell On 1 Of 2 Signals)
10th St, Marysville CA (WCH Type 1 E-Bell On 1 Of 2 Signals
17th St, Sacramento CA (Safetran Hybrid Bells)
E Woodward Ave, Manteca CA (Closed Bottom NEG E-Bell On 1 Of 2 Signals)

[@BBT609]

Those ASC bells sounded like WC Hayes but not in a sour tone that they have. The teardrops were amazing as always

[@Irish2007]

The only sad part is the twin teardrops on ione road were both replaced with a gs and wch e bells

[@BBT609]

@@Irish2007 ….wonderful…. 😕

[@Irish2007]

@@BBT609 the bright side is the sister crossing on that same road still has its tear drops so idk what made them want to replace these

[@kevinalvarez3479]

@@Irish2007 🎃

[@benwalters2449]

You’re filming all the crossings I used to try and catch 15 years ago (except I didn’t have an iPhone to record with), back when Woodward Rd (and Austin Rd for that matter) crossing was still mechanical bells. And seeing the hyper speed bell at Arthur Rd still going is amazing; it was running warped speed even back then.

[@GioTLGFan]

If you put it into the perspective of a fire alarm hobbyist/enthusiast, the mechanical bells are single-stroke and coded as continuous/steady

[@MainTrack]

I really miss the mechanical bells. Most of them in my region are gone. It’s one of those things I never thought much about until they were gone.

[@finnythao1548]

Especially the teardrops

[@user-tc9th9rz5f]

Real

[@epacm50]

The crossing signal at 30:08 has too short of a delay in gates going down, during initial activation. It should be at least 3 seconds of warning before lowering gates.

[@MobileRailSpotterRxR]

That crossing has been replaced fully with new signals now but the same gated masts holding the mechanisms. I haven't seen it active yet as so far each time I came the line is having shutdowns. First the whole route was dead because wildfires took out some bridges and then tried again today and the section of the line that this crossing is on was shut down for some reason.

[@UnionCountyPhotography]

LIRR crossing a be like

[@kevinalvarez3479]

Da😊

[@sullysullivan1282]

3:58 caught me off guard as distillate of nostalgia growing up in NH at a condo directly adjacent to where the local scenic railroad turns around good times

[@mkasrailwaysliftsmore8005]

6:00 that train bell kinda sounds like an Argentina crossing bell, neat

[@scxftrainfan7967]

I love uncommon e bells

[@csxtrainfan319]

I like the US&S teardrop bell

[@halifaxcnrailfanner]

Nice catch of this train 16:02

[@freebrickproductions]

Great video!

[@CoastalOCRailfan]

Nice compilation!

[@timdaugherty5921]

I miss those old bells! I hate the new ebells

[@emmanueljames1329]

@ 2:06... Cathedral sounding bells!!

[@Pomni_Aviation]

9:24 S. Airport Way, Stockton, CA: Dual Safetran Type I Electronic Bell

[@kc4cvh]

18:55 Which bell has the very rapid ding-ding-ding? I think this is the type Hollywood recorded for use as a sound effect in the 1930s, for decades in scenes which are set aboard a passenger train we hear the frantic bell with a pronounced doppler shift as it passes by two or three times per minute.

[@rashp862]

Really nice video!!!!

[@WesternSouthDakotaRailfan2006]

Awesome

[@rms492]

This is great, you should also turn it into a "which is your favorite crossing" (vote) video! Too many for me to vote on one!

[@timdaugherty5921]

Odd how the bells out West just ring the entire time. Here around TN GA AL ours just stop ringing when gates go down

[@theshedproductions.]

up north it goes the whole time

[@NC_YT_123]

For the WCH E Bell type 1 is that sound just a compression problem or just from old age?

[@MobileRailSpotterRxR]

It was made with that scratchy sound that's why the WCH Type 1.5 replaced it.

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

28:32 I truly miss that Griswold Mechanical Crossing Bell on the opposite side, it’s a pity it died and got replaced by a GS type 3 bell

[@Planeandtrains]

Love it

[@eastbayrailfanning8576]

Nice Catch

[@RailfanBrenden.]

0:17 UP Valley Subdivision

[@oakcreekrailroadproduction3907]

6:26 metra has a ton of thoes high pitched ebells on the Milwaukee district west and north line

[@AntonioMorales-sv2gi]

In Santa Cruz highway 1 There was a mechanical bell on the opposite side that died which it sucks. it got replaced with the newest gs e bells which is know to be named General signals type 3 17:31

[@planeguy737-1]

20:44 that nema with a powr bracket lens 😂

[@pacerrailfanning]

14:02 GS type 1 and High Pitch Siemens bell combo

[@RailfanBrenden.]

36:17 UP SD-70ace T4

[@DRrailfanning3115]

2:06 how come the e-bell sounds so bad? The crossing with a WCH E-bell near my house sounds so much better. (just asking)

[@MobileRailSpotterRxR]

WCH Type 1 E-Bell.

[@larisasinitski3993]

I was always looking for the Ferrari ranch one I

[@BNSFSignalMan]

What is the top 5 rarest bells

[@brandonhawes5597]

14:31 sounds like metrolink Rialto station

[@KEFAalarmsandmore]

The gs type 1 sounds higher pitched

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

It's also quite uncommon to hear a Nathan P5 horn on an Amtrak California cab car

[@NissanPathfinderGuy22]

bro, yall have crossings in the city with csx trains...? In my city alway we have pass by is passenger trains and the csx trains are always in the middle of nowhere 😭

[@TrainSpotter-ym5go]

At 20th Street in Sacramento, that dumb was literally had to park right in front of the cross buck.

[@redstoneprogd_trains_and_more]

0:06 cough activation

[@kakahtukat]

0:05 that gs type 1 sounds like an ASC

[@michael61985]

The newer bells don't even sound like a bell more like a gong or something close to a gong

[@leafwingmaster27]

How are WRRS bells "uncommon" just a question. But good video!

[@MobileRailSpotterRxR]

Because most have been replaced in this era and to add to that on the West Coast they are pretty uncommon to find unless you are on a shoreline railroad and there barely some even on the shoreline railroads.

[@carstrainsandcrossings8639]

Are there aes bells still there?

[@MobileRailSpotterRxR]

Yes.

[@carstrainsandcrossings8639]

@@MobileRailSpotterRxR ok thanks

[@MetraUPNWproductions7202]

2 wch type 1 e-bells on a crossing is one of the most annoying sounds of railfanning

[@AMTK90200]

High-tone Safetran type 3 bells are rare?

[@MobileRailSpotterRxR]

Nowadays no because transit companies are starting to use them more from Siemens.

[@AMTK90200]

@@MobileRailSpotterRxR there are a lot of those bells near me

[@KingTriton1837]

Mechanical bells > electronic bells. And always will be.

[@RealBanu]

15:25 is that what i think it is? #mustangmache

[@ZeektheGeek5996]

Lol this is the only comment without a heart

[@shilohrigney4520]

WT