I'm working on painting and detailing some older Lionel GP7/9's for both the New York Central and C&O and I'm in need of nose mounted bells. I've looked at Precision Scale and it doesn't appear that they offer one that will work. Does anyone know who makes these and if possible a part number.
Thanks for your help.
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Does anyone know who makes these and if possible a part number.
Thanks for your help.
Ah, the "does anyone know" question. Well, yes someone does know, but the real issue is that YOU WANT TO KNOW!
Have you tried P&D Hobby Shop, or maybe Des Plains Hobbies. They both carry LOTS of detail parts for diesel models.
Check Bowser -----google Cal Scale o-scale brass.
Dewey
Cal scale has what I'm looking for. Thanks for your help.
James
I bought one tonight off of the Lionel website - my Pere Marquette Berkshire was missing one when it showed up..... they also had the cast bell hanger..... The bell is part number 6308050402 - $3.20 each.
When did the rr's switch over from swinging, free-clapper bells to stationary air-actuated clapper bells...especially on this generation of diesels? Anyone know? I know they were pneumatic when they started going below the frame on later generation diesels, but I've seen some photos of fairly old (e.g., first gen geeps) diesels that seem to have the nose-mounted stationary bell fitted.
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When did the rr's switch over from swinging, free-clapper bells to stationary air-actuated clapper bells...especially on this generation of diesels? Anyone know? I know they were pneumatic when they started going below the frame on later generation diesels, but I've seen some photos of fairly old (e.g., first gen geeps) diesels that seem to have the nose-mounted stationary bell fitted.
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I don't think that the railroads switched from swinging bells to fixed bells on diesels. Many of the modern steam locomotives were delivered with fixed bells prior to WWII, but EMC/EMD went with fixed bells from day one. The exception to swinging bells on EMC/EMD diesels would have been by specific customer requirement. For example, some railroads had already removed the swinging bells from their steam locomotives, so they simply shipped those bells to EMD and they remounted them on their new switcher units. One railroad that did such a "swinging bell on diesels" requirement, for example, was Northern Pacific.
Hotwater...
Well, that's what I thought, too, but this thread started out referencing models of early geeps having the need for a nose bell, and it sounded like the comments/suggestions following referred to the swinging types. Ergo, I thought I might have missed something along the way.
Thanks for the response.
KD
Got them coming from Minitures by Eric. Thanks for everyone's help.
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