Railway Painting Inspection and Monitoring

Painting of Telecom Equipment

• Paint acts as a protective barrier between equipment casing and the corrosive environment, providing good aesthetics and ensuring long life.
• Equipment should be procured with lifelong painting, achieved through modern painting techniques like Powder Coating.
• Repainting is required when damage to the equipment casing takes place.

Items of Equipment Requiring Painting

• Regular painting:
  • Antenna towers
  • Emergency telephone socket posts and socket boxes
  • Marking on OHE masts for the position of telecommunication cable joints
  • Battery stands
  • Telephone stands
  • Train control telephone apparatus
  • Modem stands
  • Outdoor telecom items made of metallic case exposed to rains and direct heat
  • Cable route marker
  • Poles & Boards of passenger amenities boards
• Occasional painting:
  • Control room equipment
  • Way station control equipment
  • Equipment racks and ladders

Colouring Scheme

• All wood work should be finished with natural color varnish.
• Original color scheme adopted by manufacturers should be followed in repainting.
• When there are patches of blistering, scaling, or cracking, these patches should be cleaned and treated like a new structure.

Precautions

• Paints should be stored in a cool, dry place away from flame or naked light.
• Containers should be kept securely closed when not in use to avoid loss of material due to skinning and contamination.
• Paints, especially quick-drying paints, should not be left open to the atmosphere.

Mixing of Paints

• Paints should be prepared in accordance with standard specifications.
• Linseed oil turpentine should not be added to ready-mixed paints.
• Mixing of kerosene with paints is forbidden.

Painting of Steel Works

• The surface of metal should be clean and free from dirt, scale, old paint, and rust before applying paint.
• Painting should be done preferably during dry weather.
• For new steel work, 3 coats of paints should be applied, including an approved primer and a specific color and quality.

Inspection

• Each SSE/JE should ensure that outsourced painters are making satisfactory progress and following instructions.
• Each SrDSTE should ensure that the painting program is strictly adhered to and completed in due time.

Painting Programme

• Each SSE/JE should draw out a schedule of painting for all equipment under their charge.
• The quantities required should be worked out based on the scale of paints to be fixed by the Sr.DSTE.

Painting Register

• Each SSE/JE should maintain a painting register, one page or more for each equipment on their section.
• Record of painting work done with dates of commencing and completing the work should be regularly entered in this register.

Painting of Telecom Towers

• Telecom towers should be painted as per Civil Aviation Regulations.
• Repainting of towers should be done every five years or earlier depending on the conditions of the towers and climatic conditions.
• Painting of towers should be done with international orange and international white colors, alternating each 5-meter band, starting with international orange at the top.

Additional Points

• Emergency telephone socket posts should be painted with alternatively black and white paints for 15 cm length each.
• Marking on OHE masts for the position of telecommunication cable joints and Emergency Socket post where available should be of red paint.

Painting of Telecom Equipment

• Painting acts as a protective barrier between equipment casing and corrosive environment, provides good aesthetics, and ensures long life.
• Equipment should be procured with life-long painting achieved through modern techniques like Powder Coating, etc.

Items Requiring Painting

• Antenna towers
• Emergency telephone socket posts and socket box
• Marking on OHE masts for the position of telecommunication cable joints
• Battery stands
• Telephone stands
• Train control telephone apparatus
• Modem stands
• Outdoor telecom items made of metallic case exposed to rains and direct heat
• Cable route marker
• Poles & Boards of passenger amenities boards

Colouring Scheme

• All wood work shall be finished with natural colour varnish.
• Original colour scheme adopted by manufacturers should be followed in repainting.

Painting Intervals

• All wood work is polished once in 2 years.
• All outdoor equipment is painted once in 3 years.
• All indoor equipment is painted once in 4 years.
• Emergency telephone socket posts and on OHE masts for cable joints and emergency socket posts are painted once a year.

Painting Programme

• Each SSE/JE is responsible for painting and maintaining equipment under their charge.
• A schedule of painting for all equipment should be drawn up, including quantities required.
• Work should be executed by an outsourcing agency.

Painting Register

• Each SSE/JE must maintain a painting register, with one page or more for each equipment on their section.
• Record of painting work done, including dates of commencing and completing work, should be regularly entered in the register.

Emergency Telephone Socket Posts

• Posts should be painted with alternatively black and white paints for 15 cms length each.

Marking on OHE Masts

• Marking on OHE masts for the position of telecommunication cable joints and emergency socket posts should be of red paint.

Precautions

• Paints should be stored in a cool dry place away from flame or naked light.
• Containers should be kept securely closed when not in use to avoid loss of material due to skinning and contamination.

Mixing of Paints

• Paints from pigments and pastes should be prepared in accordance with standard specifications.
• Linseed oil turpentine should not be added to ready mixed paints.
• Mixing of kerosene with paints is forbidden.