. Elements of railroad track and construction . If 187, Fig. 109, ex-cepting the top of the post is 5^ feet above the top ofrail. On a whistle post a W 7^ inches high and on aring post an R 7J inches high is painted. They arepainted according to the same rules mentioned inIf 187. These posts are set facing the approaching trainat the distance before each grade crossing, station, etc.,that will give the best warning. 190. Road Crossing Signs.—Railroads are compelled12 178 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION. by law to erect signs giving warning at all road cross-ings, particularly grade crossings.
. Elements of railroad track and construction . If 187, Fig. 109, ex-cepting the top of the post is 5^ feet above the top ofrail. On a whistle post a W 7^ inches high and on aring post an R 7J inches high is painted. They arepainted according to the same rules mentioned inIf 187. These posts are set facing the approaching trainat the distance before each grade crossing, station, etc.,that will give the best warning. 190. Road Crossing Signs.—Railroads are compelled12 178 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION. by law to erect signs giving warning at all road cross-ings, particularly grade crossings. Formerly thesesigns read as in Fig. Ill, B, ^^Look out for the Loco-motive/^ but at the present time the wording in , A, ^^ Railroad Crossing, Stop, Look, and Listen,^ isin most general use, the old wording still being in forcein some States. It has been said that the man who ad-vised the use of the words, Stop, Look, and Listen,received the highest price per word ever received by awriter. These signs are made in many different Fig. 111. The standard Pennsylvania Railroad signs consist of anoval plate 18| inches high and 4 feet wide, made of cast-iron, on the same general plan of the section sign plates,and mounted in the same way, the words railroad^crossing, look, and, and listen being 3 inches high, andstop 4 inches high, and in the other sign the words forthe are 3 inches high and all the rest of the Avords are 4inches high; the face of the letters and the border arepainted white on a black ground, and the back of thesign and the post are painted black. lU MAINTENANCE OF WAY. 179 191. Trespass Signs.—It is customary for railroadsto place trespass signs at certain points along its general trespass sign usually reads, ^^ Caution! do notwalk nor trespass on the railroad/^ These signs ar^usually placed at all points where there is a break in theright-of-way fence. At each end of a bridge is placeda sign which reads, ^^Caution! do not walk nor trespass
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