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I did post about this bell two days ago on a single forum, zero response. So today I decided to try a different approach and placed it on several forums. You can tell from the ad I do not know that specific, which is why I put it up here was hoping some people might offer me some insight to answer the questions I am getting at least a little more educated. I am sorry if this seems like "spam", but I do appreciate the honest helpful reply very much. Unfortunately I didn't see anything under the beam unless i am supposed to remove the bell from the beam in which case I would need helpas that thing is heavvvvvy.

 

Anyway, I do appreciate the response!

 

Traci

Honestly, there is nothing significant about the bell to identify it any more specifically. It's about the right size for a locomotive bell--that's about it. There just isn't enough information to go beyond that.

 

It's like if I handed you a spark plug and asked if you could tell me what make and model of automobile it came off of. Our only information would be that it's a spark plug--and it might not have even come off a car.

 

Any markings *might* be under the wood, but I doubt any are there. If you had the yoke and cradle for the bell, that might have been useful in determining if it came off a locomotive (a rounded base, for instance, indicating it might have been used on a round boiler, or the design might have indicated a builder). Even then, specifically identifying what particular train engine it came from would also be impossible. Some bells did have engine numbers stamped in them. Your's doesn't seem to have any markings.

 

As it is, you're just going to have to answer the questions as best as you can, and if you don't know the answer, you're just going to have to tell people that. You're getting plenty of reasonable bids--don't sweat it.

Unless you know what railroad it came from and there are numbers stamped in it, you won't be able to tell what engine it came from. With railroadiana it's nice to know it's history, but when it comes to bells, whistles, horns, etc., they are desirable enough that not knowing won't hurt the the value. 

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