by timberley
Hello all,
I was wondering if anyone could explain why VIA Rail has added a red dot to the end of all of their coaches? I'm sure it is meant as an end-of-train marker, but I wonder why they need it when most (all, apart from some of the Ren cars) have red marker lights on them. Does anyone know the rationale? Since it doesn't light up, I don't know what good it would be at night (even if it's reflectorized, it isn't as good as a marker light), and during the day the end of the train does not become any more visible with that extra dot.
They are on LRC, HEP-1, HEP-2 and Renaissance coaches.
If you're not sure what I'm talking about, see here:
On a Renaissance car:
[Image is from Flickr user Bobolink, and is not mine. All credit for this photo is his]
On an LRC coach:
[Again, image is from Flickr user Bobolink, and not me. All credit for the photo is his. His Flickr page can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobolink/]
I can't at the moment find a shot of one on an HEP-1 or -2 car, but I have seen them on both (in fact, they had them before the LRC or Ren cars got them).
I was wondering if anyone could explain why VIA Rail has added a red dot to the end of all of their coaches? I'm sure it is meant as an end-of-train marker, but I wonder why they need it when most (all, apart from some of the Ren cars) have red marker lights on them. Does anyone know the rationale? Since it doesn't light up, I don't know what good it would be at night (even if it's reflectorized, it isn't as good as a marker light), and during the day the end of the train does not become any more visible with that extra dot.
They are on LRC, HEP-1, HEP-2 and Renaissance coaches.
If you're not sure what I'm talking about, see here:
On a Renaissance car:
[Image is from Flickr user Bobolink, and is not mine. All credit for this photo is his]
On an LRC coach:
[Again, image is from Flickr user Bobolink, and not me. All credit for the photo is his. His Flickr page can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobolink/]
I can't at the moment find a shot of one on an HEP-1 or -2 car, but I have seen them on both (in fact, they had them before the LRC or Ren cars got them).
Tim
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