Buckley Wells Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Can anyone tell me when the new style triangular warning flashes first appeared? I'm looking to find when they were first introduced and what was the "legal" timescale for train operators to switch. Finally, did people tend to switch ahead of the deadline or was there still a lot of stuff around right up until the last moment as it were? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted September 14, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 14, 2011 http://www.rgsonline.co.uk/Railway_Group_Standards/Energy/Railway%20Group%20Standards/GMRT1041%20Iss%201.pdf Railway Group Standard GM/RT1041 Issue One Date August 1997 Warning Signs and Notices for Electrified Lines Replaces EHQ/IN/S/032 and ECP 033. 5 Existing warning signs 5.1 To be compliant with Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 341, which came into force on 1 April 1996, all red warning flash signs and associated supplementary signs shall be replaced. The replacement signs shall comply with clause 4.4 of this Standard. Replacement should be staged such that, so far as is practicable, confusion does not arise at interfaces between new and old. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckley Wells Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 Looks like I'm going to be backdating some stock then! The joys of sectorisation to privatisation! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted September 14, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 14, 2011 Looks like I'm going to be backdating some stock then! The joys of sectorisation to privatisation! Stop, stop, stop! The Group Standard refers to the lineside signs. I know nothing about the rolling stock signs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugsley Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 1998-ish was roughly the time when the new style flashes first appeared, although they may have started appearing in 1997. HTH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted September 15, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 15, 2011 Stop, stop, stop! The Group Standard refers to the lineside signs. I know nothing about the rolling stock signs. Paragraph 2.1 says it "applies to all rail-mounted vehicles" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted September 15, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 15, 2011 Paragraph 2.1 says it "applies to all rail-mounted vehicles" Phew. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckley Wells Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 Thanks all.....looks like the transfers order after all then! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 1998-ish was roughly the time when the new style flashes first appeared, although they may have started appearing in 1997. HTH I would agree with that, the very first batch of Coalfish for example had the older ones on, I shot one in 2004 which still had them so the occasional bit of stock later than that with a wrong one on is believable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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