Glimmer Glass Bridge Opening 7/30/17

[@TheBCRailfan]

Nice! Imagine having a drawbridge with Safetran Type-1 Electronic Bells, LoL.

[@GenesisSanctuary]

That would be pretty sweet, since those are the best e-bells.

[@hermanhamilton3416]

Very interesting operation!

[@GenesisSanctuary]

It really is. I love seeing drawbridges in action.

[@Connor-pc6ji]

I've never seen an e-bell on a drawbridge before

[@Raph_Eolienne]

I never see a E-bell on a drawbridge and traffic light

[@SG118P]

Very Interesting To Have a GS Type 2 E Bell At Drawbridge

[@GenesisSanctuary]

There's another drawbridge up in Belmar that has these e-bells, too.

[@djhrecordhound4391]

The same e-bells are used on most bridges of the Welland Canal

[@GenesisSanctuary]

I thought they primarily used WCH e-bells up there. Have they been replaced in recent years?

[@djhrecordhound4391]

@@GenesisSanctuary I'm just going on their sound, so I wouldn't doubt an expert. I grew up near it (family worked on locks), and I'm old enough to remember the real bells and sirens they used to have

[@a.r.aproductions1569]

Wow I've never seen a drawbridge with an e-bell before

[@GenesisSanctuary]

It's certainly unusual. The Ocean Avenue Bridge across the Shark River in Belmar is the only other one I know of in New Jersey.

[@phantomrailproductions]

I believe there is another drawbridge with a E - bell in Texas.

[@GenesisSanctuary]

@@phantomrailproductions All of the drawbridges along the Welland Canal in Canada have WCH e-bells.

[@SuperWorldRailFanProductions]

An E-bell on a drawbridge? What the heck?

[@GenesisSanctuary]

It's not completely unheard of. Up in Canada, every single drawbridge along the Welland Canal has a WCH E-bell.

[@SuperWorldRailFanProductions]

@@GenesisSanctuary Really? Interesting. It is just that my past experiences with drawbridges have been with Mechanical bells, since I'm in the US.

[@littlewishy6432]

@SuperWorldFan360 I did see what looked like WCH E-bells on drawbridges (somewhere distant from San Francisco?) over the Sacramento River on Google Maps.

[@littlewishy6432]

@SuperWorldFan360 In fact: goo.gl/maps/bAHcg8mNqhzZrNJq8

[@nextbarker2702]

Where in Manasquan is this bridge, is this Route 71?

[@GenesisSanctuary]

This is Brielle Road. It comes off of Route 71 as Fisk Avenue.

[@FloridaRailfanKid803]

General Signals Type 2 Electronic Bell

[@BlindingLight]

is that a safetran bell i hear

[@littlewishy6432]

It would be a GS 2

[@piktureit]

General signals type 2 e bell?

[@GenesisSanctuary]

Yes indeed.

[@byronchavarria4954]

piktureit Most Common On Railroad Crossings

[@AtlanticCoastRailfanner]

Sounds like a Train is coming instead. HEY EVERYONE! A TRAIN ON A BOAT IS COMING!

[@josethat23youtube95]

Sirens/Railroads Of South Carolina you had me dead😂😂😂😂😅😅

[@Soupsandwich69]

Train on the water boat on the tracks

[@phantomrailproductions]

Those bells should be on drawbridges as well. HA!

[@poppylover2586]

Was that a simplex 4040 going off?

[@trainknightt]

where? 💀 that sounds nothing like a 4040, that is a general signals type 2 electronic bell.

[@poppylover2586]

1:13 That is the 4040.

[@poppylover2586]

@@trainknightt 1:18 there!

[@trainknightt]

@@poppylover2586 no, that is not a 4040. that is the bridge horn signaling to boat traffic that the spans are about to raise. the horn is likely a federal signal 350.

[@poppylover2586]

@@trainknightt it sounds like a 4040

[@littlewishy6432]

Is the GS 2 E-bell still here?

[@GenesisSanctuary]

Yes it is. The other side of the bridge also has one.

[@wigwagstudios2474]

Like railroad crossing but drawbridge , so weird

[@wigwagstudios2474]

shut up

[@jen626ful]

What country?

[@GenesisSanctuary]

The USA. This is in Manasquan, New Jersey.

[@ternie6515]

Train on the water boat on the track

[@IamCubyGD]

Rail-Bridge Crossing XD

[@GenesisSanctuary]

Railroad crossing bells are actually surprisingly common on a lot of drawbridges. A number of drawbridges in southern New Jersey have WCH mechanical bells, and one in Belmar has e-bells like these.

[@ireneytse9285]

What Were The Previous Bells?

[@GenesisSanctuary]

I don't really know.

[@BBT609]

Mechanical bell would be WAY better

[@GenesisSanctuary]

Agreed, but what can you do?

[@littlewishy6432]

Nah, this is one of the only bridges with an E-bell, leave it as is.

[@Charleskesilatgmail]

Jonah Chang in A442 not anymore. Those fake E bells suck

[@littlewishy6432]

@Charles Kesil If only some of the rarer E-bells were used here. GS, WCH, and some Safetran E-bells are far too common. Something like an ASC or a Safetran 1 would be cool to see.

[@MetProduct-td4rz]

The Sacramento drawbridge right next to the capitol Mall railroad crossing uses M Bells

[@kyleb06]

Awesome!

[@BBT609]

Google Maps show now WC HAYES Mechanical bells replaced these GS E bells

[@helpme1923]

Sailfanning

[@ArmoredsoldierCZ]

I love how all the cyclists ran a red light. XD

[@byronchavarria4954]

RAILROAD CROSSING BELL E BELL

[@littlewishy6432]

Byron Chavarria GS 2

[@blossomutonium8985]

Dumb guys busting through red lights.

[@haydenanderson9001]

This bridge sucks if you live around here

[@screwascreenname2662]

This bridge is out of date and sucks every way you look at it. At high tide every boat has to wait for it. Takes 15mins to open to close. Can’t drive a trailer across can’t drive a F350 across. Is broken at least once every 2 years. On top of it now it opens every hour instead of every 30 minutes. The only reason it hasn’t been replaced is because of the historical committee.