CAUSE
WAYS
Ø Where frequent
stagnation of water on the track and the current of water will not affect the
track is called Causeway .
Ø Indication posts are
fixed at either end with flat-bar, one at each end of the level portion at the
Causeways.
Ø Stationary Watchmen
shall be posted at each Causeway round the clock during Monsoon seasons by the
Engg officials.
Ø The indication posts
(above 1.2. meters in height) shall be painted black and white and the
flat-bars, painted white.
When water does not overflow the ballast
level.
Ø The LP of a train
may pass over the Causeway cautiously.
Ø If he finds that the
permanent way is likely to be affected by water, he shall stop the train at the
next block station and issued a message personally to the SM and the PWI.
When water rises above ballast level but is
below rail level.
Ø Whenever water has
risen above the ballast level, watch man shall arrange to protect trains from
either direction as per extant rules.
Ø Watch man shall stop
the train first.
Ø If the track has not
been disturbed, the train shall be piloted by the two men walking abreast one
at either end of the sleepers ahead of the train.
When
the water rises above rail level but not exceed the flat-bars.
Ø Train shall be
stopped.
Ø JE/ P.Way should
walk over and examines the condition of the track and if it is safe for the
passage of the train he shall issue a certificate to the LP and pilot the train
by walking ahead of the train.
Ø If the track is
found unsafe, the JE/P.Way shall inform the Guard and LP, who shall protect the
train as per GR 6.03.
When water rises above the level of the
flat-bars.
Ø If water has risen
above the level of the flat-bars, no attempt shall be made to pass the train
over the Causeways.
Ø The train shall be
passed over the cause-way only after the water subsides.
