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Railroad Crossings I've Recorded with GE Electronic Bells

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Railroad Crossings I've Recorded with GE Electronic Bells

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- one or more of the GE electronic bell(s) at this crossing has been replaced since this video was recorded GE electronic bells are an electronic bell that was made by GE from the early-2000s to the mid-2010s or so, with Progress Rail also selling them under their own brand name. They have a pretty distinctive harsh tone, quite unlike any other e-bells out there. The design of them is pretty close to that of a WCH e-bell, but they have two thick supports holding-up the speaker/board chamber rather than four thin ones. These bells aren't too common to find, it seems most railroads (especially most Class Is) did not use them at all. That being said, CSX and KCS were big users of them in about the late-2000s/early-2010s, so if you know where to look on their trackage you can still find a good few in use. NS also installed a few up in Pennsylvania back in the early-2000s it seems, with a couple being reused to replace older bells in the 2010s, though I believe only one of theirs still remains. The only place I've seen them outside of these though, is on the four crossings along the Sodo Busway in Seattle, Washington along the Link light rail. I think the Amtrak Michigan Line may have once had some, but I can't say for certain. Due to where the railroads that primarily used these are located, it appears that most of the ones you'll find in use these days are in the eastern half of the US. That being said, their numbers are slowly dwindling as bells die and/or crossings get upgraded, and it doesn't seem they really ever existed in massive numbers to begin with. I will say though, I'm definitely glad I was able to get a good few of these recorded over the years. Due to when most of these bells were installed as well, they are almost exclusively found on relatively modern gated installs with LED lights, though at least one exists on an incandescent crossing in South Carolina (and another on an incandescent crossing on an NS line in Pennsylvania) and I'm aware of at least two on gateless crossings (one of which is in this video). Amusingly, one managed to find its way onto a crossing with 8 inch lights and an old WRRS gate mech in Pennsylvania, as filmed by ‪@DoubleGG5666‬ years ago, but I believe has sadly since been replaced. His video of it can be found here:    • NS 9228 leads 11J (B&A)   If you like my videos, feel free to leave me a tip on Ko-Fi! Any tips you give will be used to help cover the cost of gas on my trips. https://ko-fi.com/freebrickproductions