Everyone:
I have had a long term interest in the railways of the British Isles and want to ask about the
following practices used by them:
First-Why have British trains used strange headlight types? Would it be better if railways used
stronger headlights and ditch lights similar to the ones used by North American railways?
Second-What exactly is the rule that requires the use of yellow on front ends of equipment?
I understand that it has something to do with visibility - could other bright colors that would
go better with a given color scheme (my favorite is red as used by the London Underground
or a zebra stripe red and white combination used by Chicago's Metra in the US) instead of
having to use yellow on the front ends? I also find the lack of front end identification on rail
equipment interesting - numbers and heralds are small and in cases few and far between...
I look forward to any replies and will thank all in advance...MACTRAXX
I have had a long term interest in the railways of the British Isles and want to ask about the
following practices used by them:
First-Why have British trains used strange headlight types? Would it be better if railways used
stronger headlights and ditch lights similar to the ones used by North American railways?
Second-What exactly is the rule that requires the use of yellow on front ends of equipment?
I understand that it has something to do with visibility - could other bright colors that would
go better with a given color scheme (my favorite is red as used by the London Underground
or a zebra stripe red and white combination used by Chicago's Metra in the US) instead of
having to use yellow on the front ends? I also find the lack of front end identification on rail
equipment interesting - numbers and heralds are small and in cases few and far between...
I look forward to any replies and will thank all in advance...MACTRAXX
EXPRESS TRAIN TO NEW YORK PENN STATION-NO JAMAICA ON THIS TRAIN-PLEASE STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING TRAIN DOORS