While i recently discussed Mr H Horseman's attitude to work with some of my colleagues from around the country and we came up with the following questions to be brought to the attention of management;
Can the Headless Horseman be relied upon to activate track circuits, or should signallers work AB when he is about?
Does his horse require a tail light?
When dealing with old headless in a HSM role, should the instructions be directed at his shoulders, or the bag with his head in it?
Would an appropriate train ID be 6X66?
If i should need to relay a message from the signalman, should i avoid saying "thats from the horse's mouth"?
If he came into the box to sign the train register, should such warning notices as "Mind your head" be removed to avoid offence?
Where axle counters are in use can the headless horesman be guaranteed to produce a consistent count in and out of the section?
What i wanna know is slash if he passes the ES marker boards without ES letting him into worksite is that still a signal passed at danger?
Would the PICOP have to ride with him from start of possesion to ES worksite or take the reins and lead him down the four foot?
Will the horse have water and hay provided at worksite?
But the burning question is who cleans up after the horse takes a dump in the worksite? Would it be a blockage of the line? does he pass this signal at danger then obey all others?
One day i'll print these off and hand them to 'Arvey, should be an interesting response