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They decided to install a frickin air bell right next to the bell ringer

Air-operated bell ringers (to swing the bell) on steam engines are nothing new, and were standard equipment on most locomotives. FEC's Pacifics all had them as original equipment. I used to operate #113 in Miami, and it had its original 1913 air bell ringer, which still worked beautifully. The engineer has a control for this, and the fireman can still always hand-ring the bell using the rope. The #148 has had this air-operated bell ringer since the day she was built in the 1920s. It is NOT new!

I hope every restored steam locomotive have boilers that are welded instead of riveted. I also hope they modernize the accessories.

I think they modified the bell to stop swinging. It was like this since the Christmas train last year.

Awesome video. I also like the narrative commentary 😊

@casualrailfan9856

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Narrative videos do take a while to complete, but I do like to do something different for steam as it's always a special occasion!

148 is also equipped with an automatic bell ringer rod which sits on the right side of the bell opposite of the rope rod normally known as a pneumatic bell ringer it automatically swings the bell back-and-forth and when the fireman rings it by hand often at times the rod causes the bell to get stuck offset here’s a link to the use of a locomotive bell ringer kzread.info/dash/bejne/k6yCraSBorWdnZM.htmlsi=rUnG72Q_HmZbEol-

@casualrailfan9856

5 ай бұрын

Yeah it's neat to see how these work up close. I did notice a few times that when the 148's ringer would shift loose, it caused the bell to swing all the way around!

7:30 Highball!