A BR training video for Personal Track Safety (PTS) covering the major points like phoning a signaler after a incident and how to behave around the railway.
Worked on the railway in the UK for 5 years. Now work for CP in Canada. A whole new set of rules, operating methods etc, a hugely exacting job but always hugely rewarding too.
@@notyourdinner3446 better money, more exciting work in two provinces. I get to travel a lot different parts of the network and meet interesting people.
I remember being a PICOW all them years ago. Then it changed to COSS (controller of site safety), we still have COSS and also Safe Work Leader backed up with PIC (Person in Charge) who is responsible for making sure the safe system of work proposed is suitable and implemented properly. We do still use the safe system that the PICOW set up in the video but it has to be the very last option and authorised by senior management. Lot of safety improvements over the years, will always be down to people doing what they supposed to do mind and following the rules or potentially it's still as dangerous an industry as it always was
I worked Pway 1985 to 95, luckily there were no Mobile Phones in my day. Many times saw our Look Out man with a Big Dew drop hanging off his nose. Poor old bugger was Frozen. I do miss the Railway. Love these vids,, sitting watching and Shouting at my TV lol. Thanks for sharing. 👍
Hi guys Having been a railway nurse checking men out for certification for PTS , It has been my pleasure to examine personnel for these certifications , and its down to these gentlemen to do their upmost to keep themselves healthy , however personal must be honest when asked questions , honesty is vital as there life depends on it ,
2:47 "It only needs trains to be coming in both directions, and you can be the filling in a very nasty sandwich." Not gonna get the image of a blood-and-guts sandwich out of my mind now. Probably the intention of the video, heh.
@@EM-yk1dw its funny,, I've even seen tomatoes growing out of the ash in the old dmu sidings,, someone old sandwich seeded itself. Great place the railway. I do miss the Pway. You take care out there 👍
Yeah they are very unnerving when your a fresh railwaymen and that TOWS (Train Operated Warning System) goes off your panicking and dont know what to do get used it to it though.
Nice video with a lot of informations on what not to do. Like in aviation with more procedures, checklists etc the less accidents. Normal traffic could learn a lot... Cheers Adam
@@SuperSirwanksalot Network rail is quite different from the TOCs (Train Operating Companies). Yes the infrastructure is state owned but the train operating companies using it aren't (except in some cases; eg LNER on the East Coast Mainline is back in public ownership).
The cleanest and least injured person I have ever seen after being hit by a train. Usually its pieces into a body bag, even those cooked by electricity are worse than Ian. If before Christmas, it reminds you to fill your freezer.
0:51 *he literally turned the wrong way round when the train was coming and wasn't even on the right track and just fell into the train* Well Done British Rail You've Hired The Right Actors 👌
@@FnafFanProductions Don't use title case in body text. It makes it hard to read. Also, this video is old and is designed for safety. Information > acting in this context.
What a dangerous job to have .... but did it have to be as dangerous.... if I was a rail line technician I would expect to be paid good money... but I would expect my look out to be paid much much more .... short sighted people would say ...easy money just standing 8 hours a day looking down a railway track looking for a train coming .... how many of us could do that job 5 days a week 8 hours a day... without getting side tracked for more than a few seconds ... ain’t that all it would take ... to loose someone’s life ....massive responsibility
On certain sections of lines, for example between Liverpool Central to Bootle Junction (Between Bank Hall and Bootle Oriel Road) is signalled for Bi-Directional running - which means that trains can run wrong line - depending on the circumstances!
7:33ish, oh boy that sounds like a few techs I know. If that sounds insane to you, realise that often you've got 30/40 seconds before the train gets to you.
The sinister music is a track called 'Satanic' composed by Richard Harvey. It falls under American Production Music APM, but you can find it on youtube as it was used in the cartoon Ren and Stimpy, and probably on the likes of Spongebob too. Which takes me out of the serious tone entirely!!
You can't step foot near the track these days without a line blockage granted where no trains will pass through the site of work...that is until a signaller has a lapse of concentration. We're all human, so it will happen at some point, with devastating consequences no doubt...I still think lookout protection is one of the safest most efficient methods of work, obviously not counting a T3 possession...maybe incorporated with modern technology early warning systems alongside the flag and horn.
Asking for a Block !!! No chance mate,, roll him down the cess. Carry on plate oiling . Lol Never mentioned the flying Turd Bombs from under the train. I had to move some turf in Shrewsbury station,, it was upsetting the passengers. It was them fuckers that put it there. All over our nice new Track mats. Thanks for sharing. 😂👍👍
@@TheTankTacticianofEngland - Nope. I have this video on an idenxed archive of rail safety videos. This was filmed in March 1985 and published in September 1985.
The men working on the Watford DC line. It has a 3rd and 4th rail electrification as the Bakerloo also runs on the same alignment, the West Coast mainline runs beside much of its length.
Never had all that when I was doing lookout duty in the 70s, on our length all the blokes knew every inch of track so no need to tell 'em where was safe.. my first lookout job after finishing the course was on a curving four road junction on the MML, no second lookout, just me, H&S wasn't quite so intense back then, but we all lived to tell the tale..
