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0 0 12-2 MAINTENANCE OF WAY . -ERATING RULES—December 2, 2009 12.2 Special Operating Guidelines You may perform maintenance with production rail grinders or rail detectors while a train is passing on an adjacent main track or controlled siding. You may perform maintenance with other on-track equipment, referenced in MWOR 12.3, while a train is passing on an adjacent main track or controlled siding if: • A Track Bulletin Form B is in effect on the adjacent main track(s)or controlled siding. • The employee in charge has instructed the passing train to pass people and equipment at: - 40 MPH or less on tangent track or - 25 MPH or less where curves or gradients obscure vision EXCEPTION: When three or more main tracks are in service, and if the on-track equipment occupies the middle track,stop the on-track equipment if trains are passing on both adjacent main tracks at the same time. Workers on the Ground.Workers required to foul an adjacent track while performing a task associated with the track on which they are working must be protected by a lookout if working limits are not established on the adjacent track. The provisions for lookout protection must be strictly complied with, and under no circumstances may equipment or material foul the adjacent track under lookout protection. Workers on the ground must not work between the tracks while a train is passing. 12.3 Work May Continue While Train is Passing If equipment will not foul the adjacent track, the equipment may continue to work if the employee in charge has instructed the passing train to pass people and equipment at: • 40 MPH or less on tangent track or • 25 MPH or less when curves or gradients obscure vision Use the following tables to determine which pieces of equipment will continue to work.