Ralph W. Brown, Jr. wrote:
> To All:
>
> A friend of mine has been working with a sound file for a sound decoder in a
> HO scale Concor Pioneet Zephyr. The sound file he found has a unique bell.
> He describes the bell as one similar to a fire alarm. I haven't heard it,
> but was wondering if anyone knows if the real thing had a bell different to
> the bell of modern diesels?
>
> R.W. Brown, Jr.
> Galesburg, IL
>
Yep, it did. Charlie V can give you better details (I learned this fact
from him myself), but to make this new, fantastically fast locomotive
more noticeable, a fire alarm bell was used in place of the usual bell
of the time. If you think about it, the typical bell was probably a
steam locomotive bell, which would not have much of presence at times at
the higher speeds the train was capable of. I think it was simply the
concern of the high speeds it was capable of led to some greater
concerns about making it 'visible'. Maybe it was also viewed as hi-tech
for the time, given that the loco' itself was very hi-tech in itself.
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