Hello all,
A reminder that an orange or yellow flag displayed in the marker bracket of a piece of railroad equipment indicates a service connection to that piece of equipment. Rule 24, page 15.
Anyone may inspect for and remove such service connections; it follows that after doing so you also remove the orange or yellow flag so as to not give a false indication.
Also: remember we prefer to keep 52’s block heater plugged in at all times in the winter, when parked outside.
Punch line: if you use 52- and find it with an orange or yellow flag and disconnect the block heater for use, when you are done PLEASE plug the block heater back in and ensure the flag is back up.
We were frustrated yesterday to find the flag displayed but block heater not plugged in. We didn’t use 52 yesterday as a result and altered our work plans accordingly. It was probably just a matter of the last operator forgetting to do so, however I wanted to both post a reminder of the service connection flag concept and ask everyone to act with your best diligence for the sake of our other members.
Thank you,
Jason
