A BR training video for Personal Track Safety (PTS) covering the major points like phoning a signaler after a incident and how to behave around the railway.
I remember being a PICOW all them years ago. Then it changed to COSS (controller of site safety), we still have COSS and also Safe Work Leader backed up with PIC (Person in Charge) who is responsible for making sure the safe system of work proposed is suitable and implemented properly. We do still use the safe system that the PICOW set up in the video but it has to be the very last option and authorised by senior management. Lot of safety improvements over the years, will always be down to people doing what they supposed to do mind and following the rules or potentially it's still as dangerous an industry as it always was
I worked Pway 1985 to 95, luckily there were no Mobile Phones in my day. Many times saw our Look Out man with a Big Dew drop hanging off his nose. Poor old bugger was Frozen. I do miss the Railway. Love these vids,, sitting watching and Shouting at my TV lol. Thanks for sharing. 👍
Worked on the railway in the UK for 5 years. Now work for CP in Canada. A whole new set of rules, operating methods etc, a hugely exacting job but always hugely rewarding too.
@@notyourdinner3446 better money, more exciting work in two provinces. I get to travel a lot different parts of the network and meet interesting people.
Hi guys Having been a railway nurse checking men out for certification for PTS , It has been my pleasure to examine personnel for these certifications , and its down to these gentlemen to do their upmost to keep themselves healthy , however personal must be honest when asked questions , honesty is vital as there life depends on it ,
2:47 "It only needs trains to be coming in both directions, and you can be the filling in a very nasty sandwich." Not gonna get the image of a blood-and-guts sandwich out of my mind now. Probably the intention of the video, heh.
Nice video with a lot of informations on what not to do. Like in aviation with more procedures, checklists etc the less accidents. Normal traffic could learn a lot... Cheers Adam
@@EM-yk1dw its funny,, I've even seen tomatoes growing out of the ash in the old dmu sidings,, someone old sandwich seeded itself. Great place the railway. I do miss the Pway. You take care out there 👍
Yeah they are very unnerving when your a fresh railwaymen and that TOWS (Train Operated Warning System) goes off your panicking and dont know what to do get used it to it though.
The cleanest and least injured person I have ever seen after being hit by a train. Usually its pieces into a body bag, even those cooked by electricity are worse than Ian. If before Christmas, it reminds you to fill your freezer.
@@SuperSirwanksalot Network rail is quite different from the TOCs (Train Operating Companies). Yes the infrastructure is state owned but the train operating companies using it aren't (except in some cases; eg LNER on the East Coast Mainline is back in public ownership).
0:51 *he literally turned the wrong way round when the train was coming and wasn't even on the right track and just fell into the train* Well Done British Rail You've Hired The Right Actors 👌
@@FnafFanProductions Don't use title case in body text. It makes it hard to read. Also, this video is old and is designed for safety. Information > acting in this context.
On certain sections of lines, for example between Liverpool Central to Bootle Junction (Between Bank Hall and Bootle Oriel Road) is signalled for Bi-Directional running - which means that trains can run wrong line - depending on the circumstances!
What a dangerous job to have .... but did it have to be as dangerous.... if I was a rail line technician I would expect to be paid good money... but I would expect my look out to be paid much much more .... short sighted people would say ...easy money just standing 8 hours a day looking down a railway track looking for a train coming .... how many of us could do that job 5 days a week 8 hours a day... without getting side tracked for more than a few seconds ... ain’t that all it would take ... to loose someone’s life ....massive responsibility
The sinister music is a track called 'Satanic' composed by Richard Harvey. It falls under American Production Music APM, but you can find it on youtube as it was used in the cartoon Ren and Stimpy, and probably on the likes of Spongebob too. Which takes me out of the serious tone entirely!!
7:33ish, oh boy that sounds like a few techs I know. If that sounds insane to you, realise that often you've got 30/40 seconds before the train gets to you.
The men working on the Watford DC line. It has a 3rd and 4th rail electrification as the Bakerloo also runs on the same alignment, the West Coast mainline runs beside much of its length.
Asking for a Block !!! No chance mate,, roll him down the cess. Carry on plate oiling . Lol Never mentioned the flying Turd Bombs from under the train. I had to move some turf in Shrewsbury station,, it was upsetting the passengers. It was them fuckers that put it there. All over our nice new Track mats. Thanks for sharing. 😂👍👍
You can't step foot near the track these days without a line blockage granted where no trains will pass through the site of work...that is until a signaller has a lapse of concentration. We're all human, so it will happen at some point, with devastating consequences no doubt...I still think lookout protection is one of the safest most efficient methods of work, obviously not counting a T3 possession...maybe incorporated with modern technology early warning systems alongside the flag and horn.
@@TheTankTacticianofEngland - Nope. I have this video on an idenxed archive of rail safety videos. This was filmed in March 1985 and published in September 1985.
Never had all that when I was doing lookout duty in the 70s, on our length all the blokes knew every inch of track so no need to tell 'em where was safe.. my first lookout job after finishing the course was on a curving four road junction on the MML, no second lookout, just me, H&S wasn't quite so intense back then, but we all lived to tell the tale..
"Forgot me spanner"
"Where did you leave it?
"In the middle of the four foot, 100 yards away, where I always leave it..."
Yeah I didn’t understand that part
That opening scene really proves it's point. It shows bluntly the dangers of carelessness.
Safety is a serious business in that work. Respect to all involved.
That lying down in the " six foot" was always something I thought about .
Just make sure you are in the 6 foot, don't panic and end up in the 4foot
Don't walk on the sleepers you may wake them up
Groan.
Don’t step on the rail lines you may bend them
Yeah funny. You slip up your gone mate. 25yrs on track. No jokes
Don't walk in front of a train. You'll probably get killed.
@@sj-ll6wcyou Australian?
3:09 'Do not tread on the sleepers or rails...they may be slippy' 6:54 They're walking on the sleepers and rail 🤣🤣
Plot twist: they appear at 15:10 again 🤔
Yup and it's a pretty good way to get yourself killed.
Someone tell them it’s slippy
Thought slippy was Pittsburghese
Do as I say not as I do 😂
Ian obviously didn't see this video. Well since it's him in it, he couldn't have seen it...never mind.
I remember being a PICOW all them years ago.
Then it changed to COSS (controller of site safety), we still have COSS and also Safe Work Leader backed up with PIC (Person in Charge) who is responsible for making sure the safe system of work proposed is suitable and implemented properly.
We do still use the safe system that the PICOW set up in the video but it has to be the very last option and authorised by senior management.
Lot of safety improvements over the years, will always be down to people doing what they supposed to do mind and following the rules or potentially it's still as dangerous an industry as it always was
I worked Pway 1985 to 95, luckily there were no Mobile Phones in my day.
Many times saw our Look Out man with a Big Dew drop hanging off his nose. Poor old bugger was Frozen.
I do miss the Railway.
Love these vids,, sitting watching and Shouting at my TV lol.
Thanks for sharing. 👍
I did not have the time to read that
Hello
@@ianjones4116 poor lookout
Totally agree. S+T for 20yrs
Worked on the railway in the UK for 5 years. Now work for CP in Canada. A whole new set of rules, operating methods etc, a hugely exacting job but always hugely rewarding too.
What's it like in Canada mate? Better money? Better work?
@@notyourdinner3446 the trains are much more american
@@notyourdinner3446 better money, more exciting work in two provinces. I get to travel a lot different parts of the network and meet interesting people.
@@Scotford_Maconochieis the Canada more tougher
I saw a guy with one of them tooters yesterday (09/11/19) and his colleagues didnt heed the first warning! He looked panicked
wait a minute..............that's 9/11 the date
@@alihanate3927 yea November 9th or September 11th
Hi guys Having been a railway nurse checking men out for certification for PTS , It has been my pleasure to examine personnel for these certifications , and its down to these gentlemen to do their upmost to keep themselves healthy , however personal must be honest when asked questions , honesty is vital as there life depends on it ,
'Personal must be honest'?
9:26 love how he walks on the third rail
obviously disconnected mate lol
@@pukeylukey8538 Sort of looks like a train approaching towards the end of the clip
That isn't a 3rd rail there I think it's a spare rail left in the 4 foot
That's the wrong location for a conductor rail.
That’s a spare rail
Mark partridge was a trainer at the BR Technical Training Centre in Derby.
He was the instructor on a course I did there once
Cool
This might have just answered my question as to why the roadworks on motorways always have one man working and 15 just standing about.
No different on the railway lol
I literally said the same thing when I started working on the rails. It alll makes sense now
This gives me a Hornby section at Beatties vibe
Scary to work in the tunnel. They’re brave men to work on the railways.
Pretty sure you don't inspect tunnels on an open line these days. Either full closure or line blockage.
I work for network rail and we are not allowed in them now unless the line has been blocked or it's an emergency @@lolzlolz102
RIP IAN
Thank you for your kind words. 😎
@@ianjones4116 aaaaaarrgh heeees baack
Er ........ it wasn't real, you fool ........ they were fucking ACTING🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@@rossmckenzie2433 r/whoooosh
@@rossmckenzie2433 what do you mean?
2:47 "It only needs trains to be coming in both directions, and you can be the filling in a very nasty sandwich."
Not gonna get the image of a blood-and-guts sandwich out of my mind now. Probably the intention of the video, heh.
@Mario Lisa with lead-paint crust
Mmm lunch
Or as I like to call it "the spin-cycle of death"
I don't know why I'm watching this at 9 in the evening, or why it was even suggested to me
16:51 ish... check that you are wearing clean.....
my mind: underwear
Narrator: high visibility clothing
me: wonder if you can get high viz yfronts?
No one gonna talk about the bravery of the camera man?
Nice video with a lot of informations on what not to do. Like in aviation with more procedures, checklists etc the less accidents. Normal traffic could learn a lot... Cheers Adam
When walking across the track watch out for buddleia, pots of grease and old bits of rail, Network Rail are not renowned for good housekeeping.
There's shit dumped all over
The wife cant understand why I hate Budlea bushes so much. She even bloody paid for one from a Garden Centre lol.
@@ianjones4116 lol Ian because once they take root if they are not dealt with they multiply.
@@EM-yk1dw its funny,, I've even seen tomatoes growing out of the ash in the old dmu sidings,, someone old sandwich seeded itself. Great place the railway. I do miss the Pway.
You take care out there 👍
@@ianjones4116 You too Ian. The British Pway is a disgrace now.
Thanks for the upload, good archive footage
"This is a joint in the four ft"
Me "this is a joint in my hand" :D
The tunnel thing is creepy
It sounds like a sound you would hear in a fighter jet, speeding up as you were being pursued by a cruise missile.
Yeah they are very unnerving when your a fresh railwaymen and that TOWS (Train Operated Warning System) goes off your panicking and dont know what to do get used it to it though.
If it was my first day in the tunnel and I heard that alarm...spare clothes would be required
Between Walton Junction and Kirkdale, there are safety refuges in the wall of the cutting and the tunnels.
Very cool
Thankfully, alot has changed since this was made, for the better!
Like the actors in Star Trek wearing a red suit in the away team, Ian's fate was sealed....Because he was called Ian.
I always to be with someone who's qualified and be with a group who are qualified. Also including policies and procedures, and good team work.
I still remember "Robbie" and his football boots. Don't mess with trains kids.
0:51 Ian's acting skills need a little bit of improvement.
fergot me spanna
The fact that the train was going in the opposite direction
10/10 production quality 👌
😂
12:14 that could be really creepy especially in a tunnel
@@TheOldFossil yeah, sounds like Chile's eas alarm th-cam.com/video/L7-qbWdLmMM/w-d-xo.html
Remember, always obey the pie car.
04.02 we’ve all been Bob at one point or another “fuck my life I’m fucking freezing”
The cleanest and least injured person I have ever seen after being hit by a train. Usually its pieces into a body bag, even those cooked by electricity are worse than Ian. If before Christmas, it reminds you to fill your freezer.
This is a work safety video, not Jaws.
Bring the railways back into public ownership and the return of British Rail
They are state owned,network rail is part of the public sector🤔
@@SuperSirwanksalot Network rail is quite different from the TOCs (Train Operating Companies). Yes the infrastructure is state owned but the train operating companies using it aren't (except in some cases; eg LNER on the East Coast Mainline is back in public ownership).
Anyone else got recommended this?
0:51
*he literally turned the wrong way round when the train was coming and wasn't even on the right track and just fell into the train*
Well Done British Rail You've Hired The Right Actors 👌
Well, they're not going to actually now someone down with a train, or even run that risk, so it's fine. It gets the image across.
@@cantthinkofaname3344
Yeah True You Do Have A Point There. But They Could've Tried To Make It A Little Real.
@@FnafFanProductions Don't use title case in body text. It makes it hard to read.
Also, this video is old and is designed for safety. Information > acting in this context.
The last few seconds resembled the ending of 'Menace II Society' pretty closely.
Some of the scenes were filmed around the Centre Siding Depot at Bletchley, with some of the non-speaking parts played by lads from the P-Way.
On certain sections of lines, for example between Liverpool Central to Bootle Junction (Between Bank Hall and Bootle Oriel Road) is signalled for Bi-Directional running - which means that trains can run wrong line - depending on the circumstances!
What a dangerous job to have .... but did it have to be as dangerous.... if I was a rail line technician I would expect to be paid good money... but I would expect my look out to be paid much much more .... short sighted people would say ...easy money just standing 8 hours a day looking down a railway track looking for a train coming .... how many of us could do that job 5 days a week 8 hours a day... without getting side tracked for more than a few seconds ... ain’t that all it would take ... to loose someone’s life ....massive responsibility
Very educational
2:47
Disappointed they didn’t say “All it would take is two trains coming either direction, and you would’ve been a Jill Sandwich.”
6:09 Right How many feet to see each other on the cess?
Line watch in hot 🥵 weather for buckling track always a favourite.🥴
For those wondering, this video was made in 1985
The sinister music is a track called 'Satanic' composed by Richard Harvey. It falls under American Production Music APM, but you can find it on youtube as it was used in the cartoon Ren and Stimpy, and probably on the likes of Spongebob too. Which takes me out of the serious tone entirely!!
Jimmy savile and Keith chegwin kept British rail going during the 70s and 80s
and Gary Glitter
9:28 man He stepped on the fourth rail because the electricity didn't work.
7:33ish, oh boy that sounds like a few techs I know. If that sounds insane to you, realise that often you've got 30/40 seconds before the train gets to you.
Why do tracks have 3rd rails & fourth inside the 4ft? I notice that these exist quite a bit on the high speed.
The men working on the Watford DC line. It has a 3rd and 4th rail electrification as the Bakerloo also runs on the same alignment, the West Coast mainline runs beside much of its length.
Only London Underground lines have the 4th rail. But they do sometimes share tracks with the rail network.
Great video. 9:35
You never know when Pip and Emma could be coming down the track.
BOB LOOKS A CHEERFULL SOUL BET HE WAS A BARREL OF LAUGHS ON A NIGHT OUT NOT!
Didn't know the Tardis was using the train tunnel!!!!
Bring Back Loco Hauled Services and BR
Might be soon
16:53, (If accident happens or prevention…) “Check that you are wearing clean safety reflector gear …..and clean underwear, mum always says.
Asking for a Block !!! No chance mate,, roll him down the cess. Carry on plate oiling . Lol
Never mentioned the flying Turd Bombs from under the train.
I had to move some turf in Shrewsbury station,, it was upsetting the passengers. It was them fuckers that put it there. All over our nice new Track mats.
Thanks for sharing. 😂👍👍
I found the white words on the blue wallpaper quite creepy lol
That's Richard Briers doing the narration isn't it?
It does sound very much like him, quite a unique voice.
You can't step foot near the track these days without a line blockage granted where no trains will pass through the site of work...that is until a signaller has a lapse of concentration. We're all human, so it will happen at some point, with devastating consequences no doubt...I still think lookout protection is one of the safest most efficient methods of work, obviously not counting a T3 possession...maybe incorporated with modern technology early warning systems alongside the flag and horn.
Dennis the distant look out looked lower than shark shit
02:50 You could be the filling in a very nasty sandwich! This term also applies to prisons..
Would like to know what year this was produced. Perhaps mid 90's
1985
you would wonder who would actually want to carry out work on a railway line not closed for an engineering posession.
Don’t think Ian would look like that you’d be picking pieces up
Sounds like Ray Brooks.
Is it not Richard Briers?
@@videocritical Definitely Ray Brooks
PICOP are now known as COSS (Controller Of Site Safety) if that’s any help :)
A PICOP IS STILL A PICOP , A PICOW IS NOW A COSS
@@brianhunter7044 thank you for that, I got it mixed up. :)
PIC and COSS are separate now
0.27 is that Ian Wright?!
God that looked bitterly cold and raw
I would rather be the look out
Um where are Audible Warning Devices(Detonators)
Good old navi in a suit
That was very eduacational, even for a non-british guy. Lots of important stuff there. Is the movie somewhere from 1990s? Best regards.
Thanks for the support and glad you enjoyed it, it was made somewhere in the early 1990's; around '93-94.
TheGreatBritishRailwayman Thanks for the info!
*somewhen
@@TheTankTacticianofEngland - Nope. I have this video on an idenxed archive of rail safety videos. This was filmed in March 1985 and published in September 1985.
bob is going to sound his horn, turns down volume. ah not needed then was it
How times change, we are now having a ban on lookout working shortly.
Would love to know how they do it these days.
@@Gump1Gump2 it’s all going to possession or line blockage working. With all the accidents/ near misses and unfortunately fatalities.
@@jamiemills6070 sorry, I'm about to start my PTS... Does your comment mean that, potentially, most work won't be on "live" lines?
Now it become network rail
0:49 Death by Duff!
RichardAndewSwayne more like accident train kill
It's a Brush
Du** is for those people who don't like the Class
So, how is that bloke that got hit by the train? is he ok?
It wasn't real.
IAN!
when was it recorded?
Late 1980s
@@cantthinkofaname3344 cheers mate
1985
BR
It’s weird to think this was the same railway as those steam engines in the 50s
Some old guys in that work gang lol
oops
Is that a young Ian Write ? 😂
I thought drivers were supposed to travel at a reduced speed when they know people are working on the track so they can stop in time.
Most of the time they still run at line speed, some specific forms of work may require trains to be run at reduced speed
Sounds like him of bulls eye
Iam doing the pts course soon is hard can you let me please thank you
what? Is everyone in these comments drunk?
If you look carefully, Ian faked getting hit by a train. 0:51
Never had all that when I was doing lookout duty in the 70s, on our length all the blokes knew every inch of track so no need to tell 'em where was safe.. my first lookout job after finishing the course was on a curving four road junction on the MML, no second lookout, just me, H&S wasn't quite so intense back then, but we all lived to tell the tale..
You might have done, but plenty didn't...there's a reason the rules are stricter now.
What's that word that keeps cropping up that sounds like 'pykal' ?
B0B1N0 it's PICOW and it's Person In Charge Of Work. :)
Literally explains in the video what it is, you are not very bright are ya?
Empyrean They didn’t explain what the abbreviation stood for. No need to insult people. That way you present yourself as being not very bright.
Richard van Pukkem they do, go to 3:38
Now known as the COSS (controller of site safety).
I’m so scared that someone will get hit, I’ll have to wait and see
EDIT: OMG HE GOT HIT 😬😬😬😥😥😱😱
Waring. Look. Both ways
6mins 55secs..........They ALL stepped on the sleeper, ha ha.
scary intro
About time England made their train horns louder.
Its deafening
I live in America, why am I watching this? 😂
If you ever find yourself on the train track you will be glad you have
The algorithm has determined that we would be entertained by it. In my case it was correct.