The cess came about from the good ol' days when the toilet tube pointed at the trackside and outside the cess was considered safe from splattery delights that would certainly make for an interesting day and in later trains like the MK1's this was aimed a little inwards to the track and more downwards as someone using a toilet thundering through a station, the angle caused the ahem "spray" to ricochet from the platform drop, back up the bogies and into waiting passengers faces adding new dimensions to railway travel horrors. Ask any old track worker about blind eels, wrigglers and other wonders of humanity and why they didn't put septic tanks on trains a LOT earlier... :P
I don’t know where you got this information from, but it’s not correct. Toilet dump pipes were located such that the discharge landed in the four foot. At speed this discharge would form an aerosol which was really unpleasant for anyone on or near the line, and occasionally for people on platforms. However, the word cess is of obscure origin, but most likely means “access” as it’s almost always been the walking route for track workers.
Contradiction in rail safety videos. I just watched a British Rail video which said that a blue and white checker sign said limited clearance with no refuges within the structure where as this one says none on the side of the blue and white sign. Presumably on the opposite side to a blue and white checker sign there would be a red and white checker sign?
Correct. A continuous position of safety or refuges are only available along the cess on the opposite side of the running lines. The side where the sign is displayed has neither a continuous position of safety nor refuges. In the case that there are no refuges on both sides, then an Access Prohibited sign will be displayed, not 2 'No Refuges'
This is only half of the videos u need for pts go onto network rail RU-vid playlist pts there's 20 short videos they are the same as this but there's a lot more
The locations chosen in this film must have been specially cleared of vegetation. Most of the lineside is completely covered in buddleia and tree saplings, thanks to this companies' poor maintenance.
Yes, it is permitted for 1 person to be track side, I have walked 100s of miles IWA, Individual walking alone, You must be trained & certified to undertake these duties, You must have a complete Safe work pack which out lines the work to be undertaken, contact details for local control, signal box, Hospital, ECO (Electrical Control Office, These look after the overhead power supply & / or 3rd rail DC Traction power) You must maintain, contact with a control person, (if they don't hear from you at a set time they will try to contact You, if that fails a search will instigated to fine you, This can include trains running at caution around your last known position. You may not enter area's of restricted clearance (place with out a position of safety to stand for the passage of trains) you must be able to maintain good visibility of any running lines. hope this helps to some degree.
@@MrOnly1dad Thank you so much Mel. While you are about, could you please explain the red/white and blue/white restricted access signs such as on bridges and tunnels. My understanding is that blue/white means no recesses and red/white means with recesses. Does that mean that a tunnel could have a red/white plate on one side (eg left) and a blue/white plate on the other side (right side) where refuges are provided on only one side?
A refuge or position of safety must be availble for teack workers to stand to allow safe passage of trains, a position of safety needs to 4 feet / 1.25 meters from the nearest rail if the line speed is up to 100 mph, if the line speed is over 100 mph up to 125 mph (NWR Maximum speed) then a position of safety must be 6 foot 6 inches from neares line, a position of safety is generally availble to the side of the track, in some areas that could be restricted to a refuge usually big enough to accommodate 2 / 3 People, these can be a recess in a tunnle wall, a small engineered platform on a long bridge, if a position of safety is not available but refuges are the red / white sine will be displayed, if no refuges are available blue and white sine will be displayed, if neither option are available then the the area will classede as red zone working prohibited, which means at least one line must blocked to passage of trains before access is allowed. sorry its long winded.
