Through Packing: Conventional Maintenance By Beater Packing:–
General: Operations in sequence:- O M S A G P R B
Through packing shall consist of the following operations in sequence. The length of track opened out on any one day shall not be more than that can be
efficiently tackled before the end of the day:
- Opening of the road.
- Examination of rails, sleepers and fastenings.
- Squaring of sleepers. Slewing of track to correct alignment.
- Gauging. Packing of sleepers.
- Repacking of joint sleepers. Boxing of ballast section and tidying.
- Through packing is best done continuously from one end of a gang length toward
- the other.
Each of the above operations should be carried out as detailed below :–
(a) Opening of Road:
