Because yellow is the nationally accepted colour of 'DON'T STAND IN FRONT OF THIS', maybe?
apropos of nothing: why does every train in the UK have a yellow front? this is bugging me, it messes up train aesthetics
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right but then why do Brits need to be told this; anywhere else you go the trains have a unified color scheme
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I dunno, but I feel like it's *probably* related to regulations
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you're probably correct--but what a silly regulation, if so...
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it's the law
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oh, as of last year it's not so now it's just cause they haven't been repainted
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(it was to make them more visible to people working on the tracks when diesel traction engines became more common)
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