Stenciling says “6 & 7TH / PDE & 3RD” It’s the only pink tie on this track.

  • markstos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    341·
    9 months ago

    It’s marking the joint between two track segments. Look just above it. On both tracks there’s a series of bolts indicating that two track segments have been bolted together.

    Not sure why the other joints aren’t marked.

    • perviouslyiner@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      9 months ago

      if that was an insulated joint for track circuit separation there would be cables attached at each side and the two bolted plates would be aligned?

      • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
        12·
        9 months ago

        You can see 3-4 wires connected on either side of the plates.

        I’m not sure if those particular plates are insulating connections though. Doesn’t really look like it, but I’m no expert on rail connections.

        • perviouslyiner@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          9 months ago

          good spot, those wires are smaller than I am used to seeing - so it is a track circuit boundary as well as whatever the pink means.

    • chaogomu@kbin.social
      11·
      9 months ago

      Rail is most often welded together, not joined like this.

      So you likely don’t need more than one marking.

  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
    191·
    9 months ago

    Lmao at that completely ineffective ladder lock…

    One side’s harder to climb I guess.

      • 9point6@lemmy.worldEnglish
        71·
        9 months ago

        Oh well that’s a funny coincidence, this month was about it being aware of you

  • Dr. Bob@lemmy.caEnglish
    15·
    9 months ago

    It appears to have been painted after it was placed and after the track was laid. If you zoom you can see the paint does not run under the rails. Also there is paint on the rail clip that ties the rail to the sleeper. The bolted connection is called a fish plate I think.

    • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      That’s a good point. I was wondering how I’d walked past this so many times and not noticed a hot pink railroad tie before. Looking closer, there is even a stray rock in the middle of the tie that also go painted pink, so I think it was pretty recent.

  • Gojimbo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    9 months ago

    Just a stab in the dark but they may occur at regular intervals, and similar notation may be on the poles and other infrastructure. In the event of a rail emergency you give the operator that info and they will halt all trains that could be affected by the emergency

    • Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.socialEnglish
      61·
      9 months ago

      I was gonna guess a memorial like a union member passed or something, because it seemed odd it’d be pink and not orange or red like the little wireflags I usually see. Is there a pink infrastructure marker?

      • Gojimbo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        9 months ago

        Not sure, my experience with this is in Australia, they’re all over the rail corridor but not on the sleepers as far as I know. There’s usually a specific phone number you call to alert, say emergency x3, your location and the nature of the emergency.

  • perviouslyiner@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    9 months ago

    possibly a change of measurement system? Look at the mileposts each side to see if there is a discontinuity in the numbers (although those would be painted yellow here in the UK - maybe search “golden tie”)