Photos by Nathan Berelowitz, 13 June 2010Nathan wrote:At either end of Hermanstad loop, a yellow painted box containing spare scotches has been conveniently mounted. Should any problems arise, this will alleviate hunting for elusive squashed scotches!
Here is a series of photos depicting the newly fitted boxes for the scotches.
Scotch Boxes
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Love the Scotch Boxes. Well done Chaps!
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Another idea is to give your Scotch blocks a quick coat of bright yellow paint as well! The yellow paint makes them more visible to the eye and will lessens the chance of them not being seen when conducting a walk around, prior to moving rollingstock. We use cheap line marking paint in a pressure pack and give each block a quick re-coat every 24 months or so, as they will faid and become dirty.
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Rob
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Rob
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Thanks. That is the idea, its just that I got this box up and next will be to paint them yellow.
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Thanks, Rob. I am impressed that your scotch blocks last 24 months - most of ours get squashed before they reach that grand old age! We do normally paint them yellow, but this is a new batch introduced after the Rovos Rail crash - everybody is making extra efforts now to ensure that stationary rolling stock remains stationary.
The yellow boxes, incidentally, appear to be old fire extinguisher boxes repainted from red to yellow.
The yellow boxes, incidentally, appear to be old fire extinguisher boxes repainted from red to yellow.