WAY AND STRUCTURES
43. Maintenance. Way and Structures were maintained in in good order during the year.
44. Track. The main line track was maintained to a very good standard. Four lengths of cracked rails due to defective materials were detected and replaced. All the fishplates in the main line track were inspected and greased.
Expansion gaps over a distance of 5 miles of the main line track were adjusted and 2,850 rail anchors were added. The maximum rail creep recorded during the year was 31⁄2 inches.
In all, 3,510 hardwood sleepers were renewed and 980 tons of stone ballast were used.
45. Signalling. All signal bridges, posts, brackets, arms, point indicators and fouling points were overhauled and painted.
The point wire for operating the north points of Yaumati Station was re-aligned to give smoother operation of the points.
46. Kilometer and Gradient Posts. All kilometer and gradient posts were repaired and painted.
47. Tunnels. All tunnels were inspected and maintained in is good order as funds permitted during the year.
A length of 73 yards of No. 2 Tunnel (Beacon Hill) were horoughly cleaned with high pressure jets from a mixture of Teepol and water and sprayed with inch cement mortar by the
'Aerocem" spraying process.
The broken stone copings on the wing walls above the south portal of No. 5 Tunnel (Taipo Kau) were renewed.
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