Great video! Seems like American railroads are free to chose whatever sequence they want for their crossings. Here in Sweden, bell sequence is determined by type of crossing. Full barrier crossings (gates blocking the entire roadway) uses “Rings until gates are fully lowered” while “Continuous until gates rise” is used on half barrier crossings (gates blocking only half the roadway)
UP is an odd dog here in Iowa. When they initially took over the CNW lines here in 1996 and began replacing and installing new gated signals, they were set up for the bell to only sound from power on to gate down and from gate rise to power down. By 2010, all of those same installs were changed to bell sound the entire time. (Which was how CNW had theirs set up in the first place.) Iowa Interstate varies, but you can still find old Rock Island installs yet that do bell sound from Startup through until the gate starts to rise. Even better some of those installs retain the sequence where the mast lights also turn off when the gate begins to rise, but the gate lights continue to flash until the gates are back to fully vertical.
CN crossings near Radom use the rings until gates rise but for Main street in Radom, it uses the rings until gates are fully down but all the other crossings on the CN centralia sub, the bell sequence is continuous until gates rise
Cool video, but you forgot to add one type of Railroad Crossing Bell Sequence: Timed Sequence: Railroad Crossing bells ring during the signal activation, but shut off during a certain amount of time while the rest of the signal remains active. These are common on newer Finger Lakes Railway installs.
Nice video! In my area on a CPKC sub, one crossing (which is an older Milwaukee road set up.) Rings through the whole activation. A few others with late 90s to early 2000s installs ring until the gates lower. And then the others which are newer more recent installs (or ones with a newer bungalow) ring until the gates start rising. That bell sequence is a standard for all of CPKCs newer installations much like BNSF.
Nice Video! As a Side Note, Bell Sequences on CN and CPKC Crossings are very different between the US and Canada, which I always found Interesting. As a Canadian, lot of crossing here have the Bell Ring during the whole Activation. Wish a lot of Crossing here had the Bell ring only when the Gates are lowering.
I was amazed by the first old mechanical bell (WRRS?) but then the Teardrop showed up! Also, I know of a few crossing signals that do the sequence at 1:43, seems like a rarity for sure. They're all on the NS Huntington District/Lafayette District in Indiana, probably installed during the N&W era. They all still have mechanical bells, but no one can be sure for how much longer...
Countries like Poland and Finland use the Racetrack sequence. It can also be called “Polish” or “Finnish” sequence. Either way, not offending you guys lol.
There's a crossing right outside my town that on one side does the regular UP method of keeping the bell on the entire time while the other side does the old Mo-Pac method of having the bell ring as the gate starts to lower, The line is ex Mo-Pac (UP Chester Sub) so that'll explain it probably
SP/SSW has the second one (ringing when lowered and stopped while raising up and sounds better with the wch 0333 m-bell back in the 1990s) UP at some point in my hometown (Pine Bluff, Arkansas) when the SSW and MoPac in the late 80s build a crossing along side 4th ave (MP line) they removed the track on 3rd ave (SP/SSW) to double track on 4th cause residents were furious about stopping at two crossings a block apart and also between 1987 to 1994, 2 later 3 overpasses were built and at the time UP/MP and SP/SSW used the MoPac sequence til around the 2010s when UP upgraded the lights to LED and bells to electronic but still using the 1980s mast and some signal heads.
Many SP installed crossings have the bells ring till gates rise, but the lights also shut off at the same time as the bells, although gate lights continue to flash until the gates are all the way up
The BNSF racetrack sequence is pretty interesting - the specific crossing you used as the example is exactly one of very few BNSF crossings in the entire country that has a WCH e-bell (nearly all BNSF owned crossings have GS bells. I wonder why that is). But I do wonder why the bell is silenced as soon as the train touches the crossing - why not just have the bell keep ringing until after the train has passed?
I suppose it's because the presence of the train does not need to be indicated as much as the train is now right in front of the road. It's an interesting way to help the bells last longer.
@@TheRailfan360 the Caltrain line in the San Francisco Bay Area (SF - San Jose) is just as busy as the racetrack and their bell sequence isn’t like that
I know of a crossing ive visited a few times where the WCH E-bell rings untl the gates START to go down instead of when they fully go down, There also is a GS Type 3 at that crossing that rings until the gates go up, Kinda rare crossing if you ask me
Nice compilation! As far as I know, most of the crossings in my area, the bells ring through the whole activation. Also for crossings with different bell sequences, they're mostly found at jointly owned Railroad Crossings, specifically freight/light rail crossings.
Great video! Seems like American railroads are free to chose whatever sequence they want for their crossings. Here in Sweden, bell sequence is determined by type of crossing. Full barrier crossings (gates blocking the entire roadway) uses “Rings until gates are fully lowered” while “Continuous until gates rise” is used on half barrier crossings (gates blocking only half the roadway)
FEC still uses the MoPac bell sequence
The MoPac Sequence is used on the DART light rail system in the DFW area of Texas.
Great video! Seems like American railroads are free to chose whatever sequence they want for their crossings. Here in Sweden, bell sequence is determined by type of crossing. Full barrier crossings (gates blocking the entire roadway) uses “Rings until gates are fully lowered” while “Continuous until gates rise” is used on half barrier crossings (gates blocking only half the roadway)
UP is an odd dog here in Iowa. When they initially took over the CNW lines here in 1996 and began replacing and installing new gated signals, they were set up for the bell to only sound from power on to gate down and from gate rise to power down. By 2010, all of those same installs were changed to bell sound the entire time. (Which was how CNW had theirs set up in the first place.)
Iowa Interstate varies, but you can still find old Rock Island installs yet that do bell sound from Startup through until the gate starts to rise. Even better some of those installs retain the sequence where the mast lights also turn off when the gate begins to rise, but the gate lights continue to flash until the gates are back to fully vertical.
CN crossings near Radom use the rings until gates rise but for Main street in Radom, it uses the rings until gates are fully down but all the other crossings on the CN centralia sub, the bell sequence is continuous until gates rise
Cool video, but you forgot to add one type of Railroad Crossing Bell Sequence: Timed Sequence: Railroad Crossing bells ring during the signal activation, but shut off during a certain amount of time while the rest of the signal remains active. These are common on newer Finger Lakes Railway installs.
Nice video! In my area on a CPKC sub, one crossing (which is an older Milwaukee road set up.) Rings through the whole activation. A few others with late 90s to early 2000s installs ring until the gates lower. And then the others which are newer more recent installs (or ones with a newer bungalow) ring until the gates start rising. That bell sequence is a standard for all of CPKCs newer installations much like BNSF.
I really like these videos because they are very suitable for me
Nice Video! As a Side Note, Bell Sequences on CN and CPKC Crossings are very different between the US and Canada, which I always found Interesting. As a Canadian, lot of crossing here have the Bell Ring during the whole Activation. Wish a lot of Crossing here had the Bell ring only when the Gates are lowering.
I was amazed by the first old mechanical bell (WRRS?) but then the Teardrop showed up!
Also, I know of a few crossing signals that do the sequence at 1:43, seems like a rarity for sure. They're all on the NS Huntington District/Lafayette District in Indiana, probably installed during the N&W era. They all still have mechanical bells, but no one can be sure for how much longer...
1:44 These types of railroad crossings are common on florida railroads. FEC, brightline etc.
Countries like Poland and Finland use the Racetrack sequence. It can also be called “Polish” or “Finnish” sequence. Either way, not offending you guys lol.
Interesting. This video was primarily focused on the sequences found at North American crossings.
@@upking9080 Oh ok
They also use this sequence in Australia.
1:53 A fly just flew across the camera
6:10 A gate didn’t go down behind the other one
The racetrack sequence is the safest, it’s hard to know when another train is coming, and this type doesn’t need a light up display.
There's a crossing right outside my town that on one side does the regular UP method of keeping the bell on the entire time while the other side does the old Mo-Pac method of having the bell ring as the gate starts to lower,
The line is ex Mo-Pac (UP Chester Sub) so that'll explain it probably
SP/SSW has the second one (ringing when lowered and stopped while raising up and sounds better with the wch 0333 m-bell back in the 1990s) UP at some point in my hometown (Pine Bluff, Arkansas) when the SSW and MoPac in the late 80s build a crossing along side 4th ave (MP line) they removed the track on 3rd ave (SP/SSW) to double track on 4th cause residents were furious about stopping at two crossings a block apart and also between 1987 to 1994, 2 later 3 overpasses were built and at the time UP/MP and SP/SSW used the MoPac sequence til around the 2010s when UP upgraded the lights to LED and bells to electronic but still using the 1980s mast and some signal heads.
Many SP installed crossings have the bells ring till gates rise, but the lights also shut off at the same time as the bells, although gate lights continue to flash until the gates are all the way up
In my area in Michigan, CN has the bell ring until it rises or its on the entire time
The one that PNWR uses is the countinuous until gates rise sequence but the bells startup 5 seconds later after the lights go on.
Awesome video man! I love it!
The BNSF racetrack sequence is pretty interesting - the specific crossing you used as the example is exactly one of very few BNSF crossings in the entire country that has a WCH e-bell (nearly all BNSF owned crossings have GS bells. I wonder why that is). But I do wonder why the bell is silenced as soon as the train touches the crossing - why not just have the bell keep ringing until after the train has passed?
I suppose it's because the presence of the train does not need to be indicated as much as the train is now right in front of the road. It's an interesting way to help the bells last longer.
@@TheRailfan360 the Caltrain line in the San Francisco Bay Area (SF - San Jose) is just as busy as the racetrack and their bell sequence isn’t like that
@@coleallen3895 I didn't say it had anything to do with train traffic.
1:59 this sequence you can hear at the crossing in lindale (the one closest to the platform)
Mts uses the mopac bell sequence on the orange line and the green line but with changes depending on what time it is
I know of a crossing ive visited a few times where the WCH E-bell rings untl the gates START to go down instead of when they fully go down, There also is a GS Type 3 at that crossing that rings until the gates go up, Kinda rare crossing if you ask me
GS Type 2* Not a type 3
The WCH E-bell died, RIP
WCH E-bell un-died at that crossing
@@adensrailfanningproductionswhat crossing?
@@CA-Rails-Aviation It was the one at black lane in cottonwood ca but the sequence changed about a month before i got my camera.
Very nice video! New sub, also, at 4:11, on the CSX Indy sub to queens gate yard in Cincinnati, there are a 1 or 2 crossings that have this sequence
That's a very nice video of the macanial crossing fails.
Devasher Rd last remains with the no ring bell sequence in Warrensburg, MO
Good idea
1:45 also commonly used by IC and early NS as well
5:03 I hate when the bells are off-pitch with each other
Continuous also very common on the CN
Nice compilation! As far as I know, most of the crossings in my area, the bells ring through the whole activation.
Also for crossings with different bell sequences, they're mostly found at jointly owned Railroad Crossings, specifically freight/light rail crossings.
1:05 NS does it too!
Sorry, you already listed it.
I have a crossing by me that the bells dont start until the gates lower
Cool!
Those MoPac sequences are amazing.
Also what’s the music at 3:15?
at 4:34 I remember this crossing from the railroad crossing fail
Olive Street in Pacific, MO. Yes it was a failroad!
KCS would use the MoPac sequence too as far as I can remember
They used it for some of their 1990s crossings.
Great video! Seems like American railroads are free to chose whatever sequence they want for their crossings. Here in Sweden, bell sequence is determined by type of crossing. Full barrier crossings (gates blocking the entire roadway) uses “Rings until gates are fully lowered” while “Continuous until gates rise” is used on half barrier crossings (gates blocking only half the roadway)
CN leithtion sub: why forgot about me I’m a track 1:43