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'Off the Rails' video clips - 'Off the Rails' is a rail industry video about the dangers and consequences of railway crime


Boy running by side of track (2.98MB)B	Boy on swing (3.53MB)	Boy throwing paint spray can (2.42MB)	Boy crawling under train carriage (2.02MB)	Boy walking on railway track (3.43MB)

Real life video clips


Jade's story Video about Jade who was killed on the railway track (34MB)	Dangers of playing on railway tracks (24MB)	CCTV of boys messing about on track as a train is coming (4.23MB)	Video taken from police helicopter of boys by a track running away (5.90MB)	Video taken from police helicopter of boys walking on a track (3.96MB)

Boys near moving freight train (460KB)	Interview with girl about burns from overhead electric wires (3.11MB)	Interview with girl about how she got a shock from overhead electric wires (2.25MB)	Interview with mother who has lost her son as a result of railway crime (11.0MB)	Interview with police officer re telling parents about their son's death (5MB)

CCTV of boys putting objects on tracks (4.44MB)	Express train travelling at 125mph (1.33MB)	Jeep on railway track (2.64 MB)	Boys on railway line at station (2.19MB)	Boys walking on railway line (2.19MB)

Interview with a young man who was hit by a train after a night out (23.7MB)	Youth 'playing chicken' in front of express train (14MB)	Man walking with two young girls by side of track (by courtesy of Allan Wright, Plymouth) (5.96MB)	Man 'playing chicken' on railway crossing (4MB)	Rail trespass at railway station (4MB)

Throwing stones at train (736KB)

Animated safety message clips


Cool guide character (1.35MB)	Bouncing head – Danger live rails (1.39MB)	Danger live rails2 (1.46MB)	Danger live rails3 (1.96MB)	Get a life – don’t lose it! (1.14MB)

Mobile phone with British Transport Police hot line number (2.60MB)	Report it, don’t ignore it (1.99MB)	Bouncing head (1.27MB)	Bouncing head – Danger high voltage (1.30MB)	Overhead wires warning (5.31MB)

Stay on the right side of railway fence (1.08MB)	Safe ways of crossing (4.04MB)	Hotline card (2.57MB)	What’s railway crime (4.32MB)	Warning live rail (1.80MB)

Scarred face (3.51MB)	CCTV cameras (2.44MB)	Train heading towards you (3.73 MB)	It’s a crime (1.74MB)	Train stopping distance (2.74MB)

'A Very Special Train'video clips - a rail industry animated video about railway crime


Stone throwing (8.89MB)	Police searching for boy (6.0MB)