Taxi Driver Online

I got asked this by a customer this morning (as part of a general conversation on scottish tourist attractions) customer was on their way to pick up a train to Scotland.

The best answer i could come up with is that it is required to as part of it's heritage status

is that correct or can some of you scottish lads enlighten me further ?

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

It's been painted in new rust proof paint which will last 25 years before it needs doing again. All the old paint has been blasted off and new paint added.

Its because the steel and iron came from englandshire, and would not stand up to scotlandshire weather, and started to rot, so we started painting it in red oxide to stop that happening, after 500 coats the paint is stronger than the steel, especially since shuggy poured some iron bru into the mix

you missunderstood the question with todays modern paints the bridge could be painted any colour and still withstand the weather in the firth of forth is there a particular reason the historical colour is retained other than for heritage purposes

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

I doubt that it was red oxide.

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Grandad,

Because Wee Eck couldn't find a tin of Tartan paint big enough for the job.

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Its called the Red rail bridge threfore its fundamental that it shall be red.

The 64,800 tons of steel required came from 2 steelworks in Scotland, and one in Wales.

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Former taxi driver

According to a bitter together spokesman:

"It's another important question to which Alex Salmond has failed to provide answers.
Others include Where are Donald's troosers? and Is it really a braw, bricht, moonlicht nicht?"

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And he's not confirmed or denied yet that the hen Panda at Edinburgh Zoo is really pregnant.......now come on Eck...get your act together.

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Was it called the red bridge before it was first painted red or after?

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Grandad,