Tim,

Tim Hale wrote:

Those bells on the website are the small type not the big free standing monsters - which can be heard from 200m+, the small ones were normally located in the stellwerke (signal box).


Many thanks for the clarification! 200m! Was that so that the warter/warterin could hear it from anywhere in town (or wake from dead-sleep?) I presume that not all gatekeepers lived right at the crossings?

Peace and thanks for keeping me aimed on the true path ,

Jim