Let Trans-Canada Audit assist you in designing a comprehensive Rail Operations Site Map to ensure your critical rail assets are clearly identified and understood by all those involved and your Rail Operations.

A comprehensive Rail Operations site map should include;

* Numbering/Identifying all tracks and turnouts within the site

* Placement, direction of travel (if one way only).

* end and/or entry/exit points

* location of mainline tracks passing through the site where traffic may impact movement on the tracks within the site.

* Secure access gates

* Location of Fire Extinguishers and or firefighting equipment.

* Emergency Shut down switches

* Restricted height or side clearances

Derails, Switches, Frogs, Turnouts

* Insulations joints, Grounding wire connection point to the tracks

* Grounding rod locations

* Crossings

* End of track Car Stops and signage

* Foul markers to denote the point beyond which rail equipment on one track cannot be parked to prevent contacting rail equipment operating on an adjacent track.

* Electrical lines which may pose a danger to rail operations

* Nearby pipelines that may be impacted by rail operations

* If the site has a restriction on how far along a given track a switching (shunting) locomotive can travel, that point should be clearly identified on the track map and signed on the track.