Scotch Boxes

John Ashworth · Posted: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:12:42 +0000

Nathan 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.

Photos by Nathan Berelowitz, 13 June 2010

LIESEL HAGEN · **Joined:** Fri, 02 May 2008 18:16:52 +0000 **Posts:** 66

Love the Scotch Boxes. Well done Chaps!

Rob Stanier · Posted: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:09:05 +0000

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.

Cheers
Rob

Nathan Berelowitz · Posted: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 05:08:52 +0000

Thanks. That is the idea, its just that I got this box up and next will be to paint them yellow.

John Ashworth · Posted: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:01:40 +0000

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.

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