Crossing Bell Sounds

[Marty Cozad]

Mike
 thanks, I may look into the basic crossing bucks and sound. I have two places were I'd really like to see the action.

[Anonymous]

Yes i knew what was meant about this matter.

 

Rgds Ian

[Anonymous]

PuckDropper/Ian

  FYI, they are referring to the grade crossing ones, not on the engines.  The newer grade crossing bells are electronic, instead of a real bell.

 

[Mike Dorsch CJ&M r.r.]

Marty , i've had mine outside for over a year now and it still is going strong . Been buried under snow and ice and baked in the hot sun too . I keep the electronics in a small grade crossing shack next to the road . Mine dont have the moving gates they just blink with sound . If you look closely you'll see the speaker in the shanty window .

[Marty Cozad]

I've always wanted to see in person those realroad units in action and how well they hold up outdoors..first.

[Anonymous]

Yes mate your right it is doppler affect i was thinking of. Coriolis i think i something else al together different to do with the rotation of the Earthg maybe.

But wouldn't it be nice to have on your crossing bells?

Rgds Ian

[Puckdropper]

Are you talking about Dopplar shift?  The sound as it gets closer gets slightly higher pitched until the source of the sound passes and suddenly drops in pitch?

[Anonymous]

A number of my locomotives have crossing bell sounds and i can trip them off approaching a crosing but alas i do not have a crossing!

Is it the Coriolis affect that you get where the sound a bell makes is different approaching it as opposed to departing from it?

 

Rgds ian

[Mike Dorsch CJ&M r.r.]

I purchased a set of real nice crossing gates from a company called REALROAD . Flashing lites and grade crossing bells too . www.realroad.com

[Glen Ellyn]

Does anyone have the sound of a new electronic American crossing bell?