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[quote user="BaltACD"][quote user="GTWEngineer"] The ones on the CN locomotives that hang right up by the windshield . On the CN 5200's , 5300's , 2400's , and the lower 2500's . Oh and the 9400 and 9500 series . Loud ... Bang Bang Bang . It's a joy listening to those for 8 or 10 hours [(-D] IF it was up to me there would not even be a bell . The horn should be enough .[/quote]While the horn may be enough for grade crossings, the bell is used in many instances where the continued use of the horn would be unwarranted.  Primarily, the requirement to have the bell ringing when employees are on or about the track.  I live near an active switching yard and I had a neighbor asking me, 'Why to they ring that %*& Bell at 4 AM'.  Not knowing the yards specific operations, but knowing our housing location in relation to the physical layout of the yard....the trains ringing the bell are passing the area of the switching lead and expect to find employees on or about the track.[/quote]On the territory that I run on we go through a town where it is bell only . "Quiet Zone" It's also a good thing to ring your bell before you move from a stand still .
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