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Hmm. Sorry, devon_metro, but I'm not convinced. Our FGW▸ platform staff (the excellent Dave) certainly wore orange - I was under the impression that's the 'recognised' colour for platform staff? See http://www.satra.co.uk/spotlight/article_view.php?id=209 Whereas the European standard permits several different colours of high visibility materials, the railway standard specifies an orange colour.
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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Railway group standard is for orange HV, but it is only necessary when working "on or about the line" - there is no rule-book requirement at all for staff to wear HV clothing in public areas. Other "group standard" specifications include the pattern of reflective tapes on the garments (these are picked up very effectively by train headlamps in the dark) and also the requirement for them to tear off easily, with either velcro or press-studs at the shoulder and waist, should the wearer become hooked on a moving piece of equipment. Drivers and guards are always to the best of my knowledge competent in "personal track safety", and will carry with them HV clothing in case they need to do anything at the lineside. The same is not always (or ever, these days?) true of platform staff.
I've seen and heard various explanations for orange rather than green as the standard colour, I have no idea which if any is the correct one. The suggestions are the orange is less inclined to blend in with line-side vegetation, that it enables railway personnel to be distinguished quickly from emergency services at the scene of an accident, or that in the dark yellow HV can look like a green flag if it catches the light. The last one has a veneer of plausibility, until you remember that hand-signalling in the dark is done using lamps, not flags.
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« Reply #18 on: November 19, 2009, 10:46:11 » |
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I always assumed orange was the Hi Vis colour for track-side staff because if they wore yellow they woudl not be so easy to see if they were standing in front of the yellow safety paint on the end of trains and other plant.
IIRC▸ amateur photographers are not suposed to wear hi-vis on platforms and in stations so that they do not get mistaken for trackside staff. Slightly hypocritical for a professional railway prhotographer to do the same then.
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« Reply #19 on: November 19, 2009, 14:23:30 » |
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a professional railway prhotographer
Using the modern day equivalent of a "Box Brownie" ? |
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« Reply #20 on: November 19, 2009, 17:51:45 » |
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« Reply #21 on: November 19, 2009, 19:48:35 » |
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How do those stations compare to Dyfi/Dovey Junction (no road access, but a 3/4 mile-long footpath from Glandyfi) in terms of isolation?
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« Reply #22 on: November 19, 2009, 22:52:25 » |
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Ignore all this tosh about the colour of the vests...surely the Adonis (admire him as I do) should be clocking these snaps and demanding "everyday" improvements!!  |
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« Reply #23 on: November 20, 2009, 01:33:46 » |
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How do those stations compare to Dyfi/Dovey Junction (no road access, but a 3/4 mile-long footpath from Glandyfi) in terms of isolation?
I'll throw Berney Arms into the mix. http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/sjp/BYA/plan.htmlAccording to Wikipedia, it's 3.5 miles from the nearest road and only accessible by train, boat, on foot or horseback. Not sure what you do with your equine friend if you plan to board a train - unless you've got a folding horse! Also, just look at the platform 'shelter'. Can't shelter from much in that...  |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
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« Reply #24 on: November 22, 2009, 01:49:24 » |
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I wonder which is the most rural/isolated on the FGW▸ network?
Not necessarily the most rural/isolated FGW operated station, but definitely the hardest to get to/from by train: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/sjp/pil/plan.htmlJust one 'parliamentary' service a week in each direction! (Now, just for fun..... There is one public station on the UK▸ network that is only accessible by train. No road or footpath access at all.....?) |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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« Reply #25 on: November 22, 2009, 02:32:26 » |
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Coombe, in Cornwall?  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #26 on: November 22, 2009, 02:45:29 » |
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Coombe, in Cornwall? Nope  There appears to be a footpath to the platform at Coombe (Junction <Halt>)..... http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~owend/I/R/stnpages/coombejunction.html....dunno where it goes though! |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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« Reply #27 on: November 22, 2009, 03:12:50 » |
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Smallbrook Junction
Edit: For those who don't know it's on the Island Line =]
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« Reply #28 on: November 22, 2009, 03:19:58 » |
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Well done, Ollie. And quick edit as well. No point replying to a non existent post  |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
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« Reply #29 on: November 22, 2009, 03:22:49 » |
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Well done, Ollie. And quick edit as well. No point replying to a non existent post In my original post I mentioned Berney Arms  Until I looked up the page and saw you had put it, and then read what you had said properly  |
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