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What is this pink railroad tie for? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world
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Stenciling says "6 & 7TH / PDE & 3RD" It's the only pink tie on this track.

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[–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    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?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years 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.

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