1675. Crossing watchmen and gatemen will report to and receive instructions from the track foreman or from designated officers, and will not absent themselves from duty until properly relieved.
Where there is more than one watchman at a crossing and there is no interval between the time that watchmen relieve each other, the one on duty will protect the crossing until relieved, or all the hours of protection at the crossing by watchmen have expired.
1676. They will provide themselves, through the track foreman, with the following flagging equipment, keep it in good order and ready for immediate use:
| Day | A regulation stop disc | |
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A red flag 4 red fusees 4 torpedoes |
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| Night | A red lantern | |
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A white lantern 4 red fusees 4 torpedoes |
Gatemen will, in addition, have sufficient red lanterns for use on gates.
1677. When a train, engine or motor car is approaching, they must place themselves in the middle of the street or highway near the track and will display a "Stop" disc by day, holding it in a an upright position so that the flat side can be seen by any person approaching on the street or highway. At night or when the "Stop" disc cannot be plainly seen, they will take the same position and protect the high traffic with red lantern, displaying it in both directions, care being used not to give stop signals to approaching trains. The crossing will be protected until the entire train has passed.
1678. Where there are two or more tracks, they will, when practicable, take a position near the opposite track from the one on which a train, engine or motor car is approaching, where they can best warn highway traffic of train, engine or motor car approaching on the other track.
1679. Where gates are provided, crossing gate lamps will be attached to the gate arms at night showing red toward the highway in the approaching direction, and no light will be visible toward the track.
1680. The gates must be completely lowered on both sides of the track in ample time before approaching trains, engines or motor cars reach the crossing and must be kept lowered until such movement has passed beyond the crossing and no other train, engine or motor car is approaching on other tracks.
1681. When gates are out of order, they must protect the crossing with hand signals.
1682. When a train is switching over a crossing, or in case a freight train has stopped and the train is separated so as to avoid blocking the crossing, they must be especially careful and cooperate with the train crew in the safe movement of persons and vehicles crossing the tracks.
1683. In case of accident, they must try to obtain the names and addresses of persons injured and as many witnesses as possible. They will also obtain the license number, and name of state by which issued, of vehicles involved. This information must be furnished promptly to the track foreman or officer of the Company only.
1684. The crossings must be examined frequently after the passage of vehicles to see that the rails are not obstructed.
1685. They will be held responsible for sanitary conditions in and about watch house and will keep them in a clean, neat and orderly condition.
Unauthorized persons must not be allowed to loiter in or about watch houses, and trespassers should be warned off the tracks.
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