. Railway track and track work . Plan. Fig. 113.—Property Monument; Lake Shore &Michigan Southern r p^ j ss J -Red Sleeper Fig. 123. -Yard Limit Sign;Central Ry. Maine the shaded block letters are 12 ins. wide, with If-in. lines and \-m. shade each end is a 13-in. panel for the distances from Cincinnati and Chattanoogarespectively. The board is black, with gilt letters and edge. For the lessimportant stations a 12-in. board with yellow letters is used. It is an excellentplan to make the name of the station in large clear letters of white stones, shells,flowers, etc., on a turfed


. Railway track and track work . Plan. Fig. 113.—Property Monument; Lake Shore &Michigan Southern r p^ j ss J -Red Sleeper Fig. 123. -Yard Limit Sign;Central Ry. Maine the shaded block letters are 12 ins. wide, with If-in. lines and \-m. shade each end is a 13-in. panel for the distances from Cincinnati and Chattanoogarespectively. The board is black, with gilt letters and edge. For the lessimportant stations a 12-in. board with yellow letters is used. It is an excellentplan to make the name of the station in large clear letters of white stones, shells,flowers, etc., on a turfed strip or a leveled surface of cinders just beyond theplatforms. Warning Signs.—The Baltimore & Ohio Ry. uses a trespassing sign in theform of a cast-iron panel 272XIO5 ins., with socket to fit into a 3-in. pipe post8 ft. long (5 ft. above ground). This is lettered Warning in 4-in. letters, TRACK SIGNS. 187 and beneath is Trespassing Upon Railway Property is Forbidden. The Cin-cinnati Southern Ry. uses a sign 34i X IS ins., lettered Caution. Uo Not Walkor on the Railway. Also a boar


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