. The trackman's helper, a handbook for track foremen, supervisors and engineers . Fig. 84. Foot Guard When connecting up switches with piping fromtowers, the person in charge should ascertain that thetrack is to proper grade and not likely to settle beforethe foundations for pipe lines are set; then these canbe placed to a proper height. In heavy snow storms trains should be cautioned topass over switches that are interlocked, with care, asit is often advantageous to disconnect certain partsto keep the plant running. For instance, detectorbars, being so long, get filled and thus are renderedh
. The trackman's helper, a handbook for track foremen, supervisors and engineers . Fig. 84. Foot Guard When connecting up switches with piping fromtowers, the person in charge should ascertain that thetrack is to proper grade and not likely to settle beforethe foundations for pipe lines are set; then these canbe placed to a proper height. In heavy snow storms trains should be cautioned topass over switches that are interlocked, with care, asit is often advantageous to disconnect certain partsto keep the plant running. For instance, detectorbars, being so long, get filled and thus are renderedhard to move; these can be disconnected. If the locks 362 THE TRACKMAN\S HELPER and switches, owing to the severity of the storm, arerendered useless from the tower, it is to the foremansadvantage to have these disconnected also, and throwthe switches by emergency stands. This is an extremecase and should only be resorted to when a tie-up isimminent; and as trains then have to move on a hand. Direction of Traffic
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