The detonators are effectively a railway signal. They are a last line of defence. A train is normally brought to a halt before the preceding signal if a possession is on as was clearly the case here. The driver then rings the signaller or picop if a Hand signaller isn’t present and will be given instructions as to what the driver must do. One thing that was wrong was the positioning of the detonators. They must be 20 metres apart and the stop board is meant to be 20 meters beyond again. It’s no good placing two detonators that close with one right on the board. If a driver doesn’t see the stop board he might not see the detonators and he will need to do a bit of laundry afterward. There’s also meant to be a third detonator preceding the two as well. A fair bit of walking and some get lazy. But they are playing with safety and it’s a safety critical industry. The driver is usually instructed by the hand signaller to proceed to the engineer in charge of the work site and there will be a board with yellow lights placed in the 4ft. Picop or hand signaller then tells the driver to proceed once he has signalled him it’s safe to do so. Usually when he has lifted the detonators. And then gone to a place of safety. The rules may have changed a bit but I don’t think they will have changed a lot
Two Class 60s in one shot! Liked.
god that is one heck of a dip joint just before the crossing
Bloody speed hump 😂
A fantastic video belfast northern ireland
Excellent shots ! 👍
Wow! You get awfully close
Excellent Footage mate 👏
@ 7:10, Perfect shot with the two Class 60s.
Looks like Roy Orbison!
British made trains 👍👍👍
British built locos, Polish built freight wagons unfortunately.
Nice locations. Quality footage 👍
Well timed at 7:14 etc!
1:25
What do detonators do?
When a train goes over them they pop and alert the driver to the reason they are there, workmen on the line, stranded train etc
They act as a last line of safety for people on the line
Detonate. 😁
The detonators are effectively a railway signal. They are a last line of defence. A train is normally brought to a halt before the preceding signal if a possession is on as was clearly the case here. The driver then rings the signaller or picop if a Hand signaller isn’t present and will be given instructions as to what the driver must do. One thing that was wrong was the positioning of the detonators. They must be 20 metres apart and the stop board is meant to be 20 meters beyond again. It’s no good placing two detonators that close with one right on the board. If a driver doesn’t see the stop board he might not see the detonators and he will need to do a bit of laundry afterward. There’s also meant to be a third detonator preceding the two as well. A fair bit of walking and some get lazy. But they are playing with safety and it’s a safety critical industry. The driver is usually instructed by the hand signaller to proceed to the engineer in charge of the work site and there will be a board with yellow lights placed in the 4ft. Picop or hand signaller then tells the driver to proceed once he has signalled him it’s safe to do so. Usually when he has lifted the detonators. And then gone to a place of safety. The rules may have changed a bit but I don’t think they will have changed a lot
. One thing that seems to have changed is the strap for the detonator. It used to be just a length of lead. Now it seems to be quite a posh clip
tidy
Pure Grunt..😤