Badly worn rails on the section of the Whampoa Dock siding between the Dock and Gillies Avenue were replaced by good old 85 lb. section rails and the sleepers replaced by cement concrete footing preparatory to surfacing of Baker Street by the Public Works Department.
The trolley shed siding in Kowloon station yard was re-aligned and the worn rails were replaced with good old 85 lb. section rails.
To reduce excessive wear on the sharp curves in the main line, 6 additional rail flange lubricators were installed at Miles 14, 6, 61, 113, 151 and 151,
A total of 360 anchors was added to the track. Rail creep was kept completely under control. No creep of more than one inch was recorded.
38. Repair to Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages. As a result of continuous exceptionally heavy rains in the early part of May, four washouts occurred at the embankments between Mile 51 and Mile 61 on 21st May, 1957. Through traffic at reduced speed was resumed at 06.00 hours on 25th May, 1957 after re-aligning the track and filling the washouts with 1,400 tons of spalls, earth and ashes. Improvement was made to drainage along these embankments including the construction of an additional 5'x5' cement concrete culvert and some 900 ft. of open channel.
The passing of typhoon 'Gloria' in September also caused damage to the buildings and fence at Hung Hom Workshop, the seawall between Mile 9 and Mile 134, the invert and stone pitching of bridge No. 17 and the embankments at Lo Wu. Repairs were completed during the
year.
39. Signalling. The installation of new signalling at Ma Liu Shui station was completed in July.
One five-doll signal gantry and one two-doll signal bracket damaged during an accident on 15th December, 1956, were restored.
All signal bridges, posts, brackets, arms, point indicators and fouling points in all stations were overhauled and painted.
40. Tunnels. All tunnels were inspected during the year and main- tained in as good order as funds permitted. A length of 230 linear yards of No. 2 tunnel (Beacon Hill) was thoroughly cleansed with high pressure jets consisting of a mixture of detergent and water and sprayed with 1" cement mortar by the ‘AEROCEM' process to protect the brick lining and to combat moisture.
41. Bridges. Major repairs were done to bridge No. 31 near Mile 18 and bridge No. 38 at Lo Wu station. Bridges Nos. 27, 28, 29, 30, 32,
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