question Driving tracked vehicles around rail tracks.

I was looking through a driver's manual and didn't see anything useful so I checked the instructor's manual also to no avail.

How does one manage tracked vehicles around rail lines?

Obviously if you are just crossing the tracks then it's just a minor ridge and should be crossed at right angles but what if you need to travel along the line... say a narrow trestle is the only across a river so you have to get one track over the rail line?

thanks as always.

Obviously if you are just crossing the tracks then it's just a minor ridge and should be crossed at right angles

NO absolutely not !:mad: Any vehicle with track plates should never be driven straight across rail tracks, you should always take them at an angle. Tracked vehicle operators manuals normally specify this - Weasel ones certainly do. Flex in the track bands allows two plates to lock down over a bull head rail and bring proceedings to an abrupt halt.

Well, I'm doubly glad I asked then as I see where extrapolation would have got me!

Well, I'm doubly glad I asked then as I see where extrapolation would have got me!

Yes, railroaded!

trevor

Any use of steel tracks on rails should at the very least be cushioned by conveyor belting.

Any marking on the rail head can cause a Stress Raiser that can create a flaw in the rail that may only appear at a future date.

And if crossing rails - either remove the aerials or make sure the rail company has the power turned off to the overhead catenaries (sp?). There was an incident in Germany in the late Seventies when a US unit went to cross a rail track and neither precaution was taken..... :(