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Listen to this Thunderbolt
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:19 am
by coppercarl
This thunderbolt sounds sick and in need of repair.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or8se05I ... re=related
***This video is not mine. All credit goes to mountainwizard419***
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:20 am
by Charlie Davidson
The video would have been better without those loud scanner tones..
Isn't that the same Thunderbolt in the "FAIL SIGN" picture where the Thunderbolt can be seen platform-mounted in the background?
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:23 pm
by SirenMaster2000
That's not good. If it isn't fixed soon it'll probably head to its own Graveyard.
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:07 pm
by ver tum
Probably just needs new brushes, or the slip rings are dirty. The old Trunnel Thunderbolt here in Louisville sounded almost just like this one for nearly 20 years.
If this Thunderbolt had an unusually fast wind-down, that would be a more urgent problem, because that would mean that the bearings were probably getting ready to lock up. .
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:47 am
by dilloncarpenter
It's a collector ring problem. You can hear the pitch change as it rotates.
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 2:07 am
by Federal Signal 2001
soccerdude7330 wrote:Isn't that the same Thunderbolt in the "FAIL SIGN" picture where the Thunderbolt can be seen platform-mounted in the background?
I was wondering that same thing when I saw this video!