Almost every NR employee I've seen is dressed head to foot in orange overalls, safety boots etc.
This morning at my local station, there were 2 casually dressed young lads. No saftey boots. One had a generic yellow hi viz vest, the other an orange one with a hand drawn NR logo on the back.
They had some sheets of paper and were wandering around the platforms and over the level crossing.
The one on the orange vest seemed to have some kind of learning difficulties from his behaviour and way he spoke. He also looked left and right when going over the crossing, as though he expected a train might appear when the barriers were open.
He also walked down the platform edge for no particular reason, then bollocked a bloke for standing a bit over the yellow line.
Some people ran across the level crossing when the warble came on but before the barriers came down and he started telling at them from the platform, way too far away for them to hear.
He then got into conversation with another passenger, who was asking for train running info. "I don't work for the train company, I work for Network Rail what owns the tracks".
Finally, as we departed I observed him running alongside the train making curious gestures.
I've tweeted NR about it but wonder whether I should have done anything else?
I'm pretty sure they weren't NR employees, but 2 of societies less fortunate individuals playing out some kind of fantasy.
This morning at my local station, there were 2 casually dressed young lads. No saftey boots. One had a generic yellow hi viz vest, the other an orange one with a hand drawn NR logo on the back.
They had some sheets of paper and were wandering around the platforms and over the level crossing.
The one on the orange vest seemed to have some kind of learning difficulties from his behaviour and way he spoke. He also looked left and right when going over the crossing, as though he expected a train might appear when the barriers were open.
He also walked down the platform edge for no particular reason, then bollocked a bloke for standing a bit over the yellow line.
Some people ran across the level crossing when the warble came on but before the barriers came down and he started telling at them from the platform, way too far away for them to hear.
He then got into conversation with another passenger, who was asking for train running info. "I don't work for the train company, I work for Network Rail what owns the tracks".
Finally, as we departed I observed him running alongside the train making curious gestures.
I've tweeted NR about it but wonder whether I should have done anything else?
I'm pretty sure they weren't NR employees, but 2 of societies less fortunate individuals playing out some kind of fantasy.
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