I was watching a Class 66 being driven around inside a freight yard and two things surprised me:
- The sun was going down and it was dusk. The driver started the Class 66 and drove away from me with no rear red lights illuminated, then reversed and drove past me with front white lights illuminated but again no rear red lights illuminated. Do the rear red lights not come on automatically?
- The driver drove past a ground-level signal. I couldn't see the small lights on the signal, but I could see that the football-sized LED signal sat on top of it was displaying red, before and after the Class 66 passed it. Is this normal - do arrangements in some yards allow this?
I'm not a train driver and am interested in the answers to these questions. I don't intend to name or contact the operating company involved.
- The sun was going down and it was dusk. The driver started the Class 66 and drove away from me with no rear red lights illuminated, then reversed and drove past me with front white lights illuminated but again no rear red lights illuminated. Do the rear red lights not come on automatically?
- The driver drove past a ground-level signal. I couldn't see the small lights on the signal, but I could see that the football-sized LED signal sat on top of it was displaying red, before and after the Class 66 passed it. Is this normal - do arrangements in some yards allow this?
I'm not a train driver and am interested in the answers to these questions. I don't intend to name or contact the operating company involved.