Jailbar Sriped Thunderbolt 1000 (BUMBLEBOLT)

[NKTBOLT]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqXXbKF8i00

[coastalsyrolover]

That’s Uber epic. Nice find! Is this the one I see floating around YouTube all the time or is this one that might actually run?

[NKTBOLT]

There is actually like 4 more jailbars in this system, that could be activated any time, but the city doesn't use them anymore.

[Tyler]

That’s Uber epic. Nice find! Is this the one I see floating around YouTube all the time or is this one that might actually run?

Afaik, this unit in particular lost it's controller a long time ago. The entire system was activated by telephone relay and I highly doubt the things would activate at all if they even tried.

[NKTBOLT]

That’s Uber epic. Nice find! Is this the one I see floating around YouTube all the time or is this one that might actually run?

Afaik, this unit in particular lost it's controller a long time ago. The entire system was activated by telephone relay and I highly doubt the things would activate at all if they even tried.

Oh thats not what I heard. This siren would not activate, but I heard the other sirens in the system may still be connected to power and have a remote/telephone relay still intact.

[coastalsyrolover]

Hey sometimes control boxes hide. I know there is one original jailbar bolt floating around somewhere but I could’ve sworn it wasn’t this one given the mount setup but hey idk...

[freebrickproductions]

I want to say there are three known Jailbar Thunderbolts with the original striping on the horn that survived into the 21st Century:
This one in Knoxville, TN (out of service)
One somewhere up in Michigan (out of service, may have been removed?)
One in Denver, CO (replaced)

[Tyler]

I want to say there are three known Jailbar Thunderbolts with the original striping on the horn that survived into the 21st Century:
This one in Knoxville, TN (out of service)
One somewhere up in Michigan (out of service, may have been removed?)
One in Denver, CO (replaced)

There are/were more than that, but a lot of the ones faded over the years and are either completely yellow now, or completely black except the chopper cap.

[Brendan W]

That’s Uber epic. Nice find! Is this the one I see floating around YouTube all the time or is this one that might actually run?

Afaik, this unit in particular lost it's controller a long time ago. The entire system was activated by telephone relay and I highly doubt the things would activate at all if they even tried.

Could be wrong, but I was always under the assumption that the controls were inside of that little building at the substation. But then again, it would not be logical to have controls for it literally across the place from the siren.

[Tyler]

That’s Uber epic. Nice find! Is this the one I see floating around YouTube all the time or is this one that might actually run?

Afaik, this unit in particular lost it's controller a long time ago. The entire system was activated by telephone relay and I highly doubt the things would activate at all if they even tried.

Could be wrong, but I was always under the assumption that the controls were inside of that little building at the substation. But then again, it would not be logical to have controls for it literally across the place from the siren.

I remember reading a post a long time ago Adam Pollak made about that particular one and he said the controller for it was gone. I can’t completely remember. That might not have even been who said that, but I know the pictures in the topic were taken by him.