PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-680

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 680

JULY 2009
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-680 - Page 28 of 33
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PS 680
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Put chock blocks in place before
loading or unloading. You’ll Fnd this
info on Page 506 of the
General Code of
Operating Rules
(GCOR).
Chock blocks are not available in
the Army’s supply system—yet! In the
meantime, you can order them on this
website:
Once on the website, click on the
Catalog tab. Then click on rail dock
safety and these product categories: rail
skids, wheel chocks or car wheel blocks.
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Twice in recent years, rail cars loaded with equipment rolled free from staging areas on
Army installations and struck other rail equipment. Both incidents happened after the cars
were loaded and left unattended.
To avoid accidents, keep these PM pointers in mind before heading down the track:
•
Before
loading,
check
with
Army rail crews to make sure the
rail car’s hand brake is set. This
procedure follows the
Air Brake and
Train Handling (ABTH)
rule book,
paragraphs 22.3 and 22.3.2 on pages
39-42, that’s available through the
US Army Transportation School. Page
627 of the rule book has a chart that
shows the number of hand brakes
that must be set before a car is
uncoupled from the locomotive and
left unattended.
Set the Hand Brakes
Rail Cars…
Set the Hand Brakes
for more info on chock
block products, take a
look at these websites…
rail accidents
damage
railcars and
loaded military
equipment…
oh boy…
we’re gonna
hear about
this one!!!
Set rail car’s hand brake this way…
…or this way
Use chock
blocks for
rail cars
Different blocks are available commercially
…not to
mention causing
possible injury
or death to
anyone nearby.
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