Which after a while will be brown so it probably won't get noticed. The note about short circuiting bars is that presumably it won't work as its in contact with the insulation.
They are there specifically to warn you not to use the short circuit bar at that location. As stated in post #3, Usually seen in complex s&c areas because that specific running rail is not the normal traction return path, so the short circuit bar will cause avoidable damage.
Unfortunately after about a year these yellow covers are as brown as the rest of the conductor rail and the writing is illegible.
See post #6.
It is included in the DC electrified lines module of the rule book, section 6.3
Thx will look that up.
Speaking as a non-railwayman, but as one who knows a little bit about electricity, it looks to me like an insulator to reduce leakage currents from the third rail to earth. I notice that it is attached to the ramped end of the third rail where the clearance between the bottom of the 'bent down' section and the ballast will be minimal. As it is known that a lot of the third rail amps just leak away without driving a train it looks to me to be a simple way of minimising such losses at the point where leakage is very likely to occur, especially if the ballast is wet.
No, the reason is as given in earlier posts by David737, myself and DY444 as above.
From what I’ve seen the sections of strips can ‘walk’ along the foot of the con rail. The gap at the left may be the explanation for the strip extending beyond the end of the ramp...
