Michael_Evans
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I have a question about UK locomotives. How come they all have yellow paint on the front of them? Did all the railroads just agree on that? Is it a safety feature?
Michael
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In more recent times the yellow panel has become more discreet, with the mandatory use of fixed beam halogen headlamps on traction units (three on most recent builds such as the Class 66 freight loco and Class 175/180 etc. DMU's).
Why do you need to see anything apart from the signals? In England we used to arrange things so that two trains didn't try to use the same bit of track at the same time. We found it was safer that way.No headlights till sometime after the 60's?How the heck do you see anything when its night and your driving a 1500t freight on a heavily trafficed mainline?
Why do you need to see anything apart from the signals? In England we used to arrange things so that two trains didn't try to use the same bit of track at the same time. We found it was safer that way.
Paul