MONSOON PATROLLING (SR-15.04-1, 2) INSPECTION OF P.WAY-(SR-15.04-1)
The key man of each gang must walk daily over his length starting at sun rise and when necessary more frequently than once daily. He must tighten or replace any loose keys on fastenings. On lines with light and in frequent traffic this patrolling by key man may be once in two days under approved special instructions. Patrolling of lines during monsoon. (SR-15.04-2)
1.The line is to be patrolled at night from the commencement until the close of the monsoon ordinarily from June 1st until October 31st, but exact date of commencement and termination will be decided by the Asst. Engineer of the section. Patrolling should not be started until the monsoon actually arrives on any section.
2. Patrol chart is prepared by Divisional Engineer for different section will be distributed to the AEN, P.Way Inspectors and Controller and copy of the relevant portion of the chart will be supplied to each SMs with instructions to I. Record timing of arrival and departure of patrol man in the patrol books and initial them. II. Record timing of arrival and departure of patrol man’s names in his station diary.
3.The patrol man whose beat commences at station ‘A’ will present the patrol book to the SM ‘A’ who will enter there in the date and time of arrival and departure of the patrol man and sign the book and return it to him. He will then walk over his beat and hand over the patrol book to the patrol man of the next beat and so on until the books from station ‘A’ continue its journey to station ‘B’ and vice-versa. The SM at ‘A’ is to enter the date and time of arrival of patrolman in the book for station ‘B’, sign it and hand it back to the patrolman for re-transmission to station ‘B’ and so shall be done by SM ‘B’ . In this manner the patrol book makes one journey in each direction per night. If patrolman, on arrival at the end of the beat does not find the next patrolman waiting to take over his book, he must not wait, but must walk on until he meets him and should report the absence of any man from his beat, to the gang mate in the morning.
4. Station master will see that the patrolman come on duty so far. If a patrolman does not turn up within 15 minute of his scheduled time of arrival, the SM on duty will take the following action.
I. He must stop run-through trains proceeding into the block section.
II. He must advise the SM at the other and of the section to take similar action and also advise the Controller.
III. He must issue a caution order T/409 to all trains proceeding into the block section advising to the driver to be on the alert and specify a speed restriction of 40kmph during day and visibility is clear and 15kmph during the night or during the day when visibility is not clear.
IV. He shall also initiate action to ascertain the reason for the patrolman not turning up by either sending a gang man or pointsman, if available in the concerned section.
V. The caution order shall be issued until the patrolman has arrived and report the line is safe for passage of train.
