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CHAPTER 4:- Loading of Goods _________________________________________________________________ Loading Register:- Details of outward consignments are recorded in loading register.This register has following columns:- 1. Invoice number and date 2. Railway Receipt number and date 3....

CHAPTER 4:- Loading of Goods _________________________________________________________________ Loading Register:- Details of outward consignments are recorded in loading register.This register has following columns:- 1. Invoice number and date 2. Railway Receipt number and date 3. To station 4. Wagon Nos. 5. Owning Railway 6. Type of wagon 7. Carrying capacity 8. Tare weight 9. Floor area 10. No of packages 11. Description goods 12. Weight 13. Railway marking 14. Placement date and time of wagons for loading in goods shed. 15. Date & time of loading completion. 16. Signature of loading supervision. 17. Remarks. Loading Precautions– In covered wagons - 1. While selecting a wagon following aspects should be examined a. Water tight/ non-water tight b. Return Date c. Wagon doors and parcels d. Sealing arrangements etc. 2. prior to loading floor of the wagons should be cleaned. 3. Package should be handed according to the directions of pictorial and instructional labels on packages. 4. Geographical and scientific loading of packages should be done. 5. Equal loading should be done on all axels of the wagon. 57 6. Hooks should not be used for loading of bagged consignment in wagons. 7. While loading Bagged consignment gap of 15cms should be left on all sides and 45cms near door. 8. Dangerous offensive and oily goods should not be loaded with general goods. 9. Barrels, containers or tins containing liquid substances should be loaded facing upside and rubber tyres should be used for loading and unloading. 10. While loading liquid substances in tank wagons. It should be ensured that valves of the wagon are correctly closed. In open wagons:- 1. Goods should be loaded up to the marked spot in open wagons. 2. For safe carriage of fire wood, timber, bamboos and ballies in open wagons, wooden slicks should be used at all ends of the wagon and should be lied with ropes. 3. A check line should be drawn after loading of loose commodities. 4. Proper packing should be given near tyres while loading motor car or tractors and should be tied with chain & rope. 5. Dimension of large packages should be such and they do not exceed wagon length by 0.5 meter both sides. 6. After loading goods in BFR and BRH wagons for safe carriage goods should be tied with iron chains and special packing conditions should be followed :- 7. Height of goods loaded is open wagons should not be more than 3.5 meters on BG and 3.2 meters on MG. During the rainy season: - On central railway rainy seasons is from 1st June to 31st October, exception - Manmad - Daund - Pune section where it is from 1st May to 31 October. 58  Following rules should be followed during rainy seasons to prevent goods from getting damaged. 1. Goods sheds should be repaired prior to start of monsoon. 2. Goods likely to damage by rain water should always be stacked in covered goods sheds. 3. If no room is available in covered goods sheds, they should be tacked in a safe place and covered with tarpaulin. 4. Tarpaulins as per requirements should be called for. 5. Goods prone to damage by rain/water should always be loaded in covered and water light wagon. 6. In open wagon, bagged consignments should be loaded in a conical shape, should be covered with tarpaulins and tied with rope. 7. Goods should be properly examined at the time of acceptance 8. If any defect is noticed in goods at the time of acceptance, a remark to that effect should be obtained on forwarding note and same should be passed on Railway receipts as well. 9. Bituminized gunny strips should be used while closing door. 10. Efforts should be made to deliver goods prove to damage by rain/water at the earliest. 11. If any commodity has a nature of absorbing moisture, such remark should be obtained on forwarding note and remark should be passed on Railway receipt as well. Claim arising against railways can be minimized if above mentioned loading and monsoon precautions are followed. Riveting, Sealing, Locking - Rivetting :- Object:- i. To prevent wagon doors from opening during transit, ii. Safely of goods. On every closed wagon door there is an arrangement to affix 5 rivets. After affixing the rivets should be titled in an angle of 90 degrees. In case nut bolts are used in place or rivets, threads of the bolt should be defaced after placing bolt into the nut. 59  Wagons loaded with following goods should not be riveted: - a) Dangerous and explosive goods b) Offensive goods c) Dry goods d) Firewood e) Minerals f) Charcoal g) Livestock h) h)Inflammable goods Sealing: After riveting the wagon, seals are affixed on seal card tied with wagon door. Seals are affixed on each door of covered wagons and each handle of open wagons. Objects:- 1. To detect any illegal interference to the wagon during transit. 2. To send the wagon to correct destination. 3. Safety of goods. Type of seals:- 1. Wax/ Lakh seal 2. Lead wire seal Wax / Lakh Seal:- This seal is affixed on wagons loaded with general goods. Following materials are required for affixing this seal - 1. Cotton tape 2. Seal card. 3. Wax / Lakh 4. Lamp 5. Station seal Lead wire seal: - This seal is affixed on wagons loaded with dangerous goods. Following materials are required for a ffixing this seal. 1. Lead wine 2. Small lead tablet 3. Seal card 4. Punch of station. 60 Locking:- After the wagon has been riveted and sealed by Railway, consignor can lock the wagon by using personal locked if he desires. In case private lock is affixed, such remark should be passed on seal - card, summary and railway receipt. Keys should be deposited with station master. Which will be put in an envelope and send to destination station with guard. Whenever required for transshipment points or other places, Railway has right to open/break the lock. If the consignee does not make arrangement to unload goods at destination station, Railway administration is empowered to unload the goods after opening/breaking the lock. Defective Seal:- Seals which are not affixed or not found as per rules are known as defective seals, such as: 1. Double impression of station seal 2. Seal without seal card. 3. Wax/lead tablet found broken 4. More than one knot on cotton tape 5. Seal & Seal card separated 6. Tape/lead wire found in one ring of the door. 7. Ring of the door found open Checking of Seals:- A.Checking of seals at forwarding station : At forwarding station guard should check the seals. If seals are found with intact card but rivets are found missing, then rivets should be affixed again and remark should be passed in seal check Register. But if seals are found defective or missing then guard should issue memo to station master for checking of goods. Goods will be checked in presence of RPF. 61 B. Checking of seals at Intermediate statio n - i. At Intermediate stations were trains halt for adequate time, seals should be checked by Station master, RPF and guard. If rivets are found missing, then rivets should be affixed again and such remark should be passed in seal check register. If seals are found defective then guard should issue a memo to Station master for checking of goods. Goods will be checked in presence of RPF. ii. If checking of goods is not possible on train itself, then the wagon will be re-sealed with signatures of station master, RPF and guard on the seal card. The wagon will be detached and goods will be checked in presence of RPF. Seals will be kept in safe custody. Wagon will be resealed and dispatched to destination station. iii. If facilities for checking do not exist at the station master wagon will resealed as per rules and will be dispatched by the some train to a station where such facilities exists and message will be given to that station. iv. Wagons loaded with perishable goods will not be detached enroute, instead they will be resealed and dispatched to destination station. Message will be given to destination station for checking of goods, a copy of the same will be given to guard. C. Checking of seals by guard at stations at the end of duty: - At The last station of his run, guard should check the seals and handover complete charge of train to his reliever. At the time of handing over charge, if rivets are missing they will be affixed again and remark should be passed in seal check r egister. If defective seals are found he should issue a memo to station master for checking goods. D. Checking of seals at destination station & wagons : - At destination station inward consignments will be placed for unloading at goods shed. Before unloading seals will be checked. If seals are found defective, seals will be opened and goods will be unloaded in presence of RPF. These seals will be kept in safe custody as record. If any damage or deficiency is noticed, manage will be issued. 62