SafeRack HOME >> PRODUCTS >> LOADING TERMINAL EQUIPMENT >> RAILCAR – LOADING TERMINAL PRODUCTS >> RAILCAR CHOCKS AND BLOCKS WE CAN HELP Railcar Chocks and Blocks QUESTION, GET A QUOTE, LIVE DEMO OR REQUEST AN ON-SITE VISIT OUR EXPERTS SIMPLIFY THE COMPLEX ORDER NOW REQUEST ON-SITE VISIT Moving and stopping 100-ton freight cars requires special equipment and with decades of experience in terminals and rail yards, SafeRack has a full range of wheel chocks, derail equipment, railroad warning signs, and FRA and OSHA-mandated rail safety products. Manufactured by Aldon, railcar wheel chocks feature rail-biting steel spurs for superior holding power. Chock styles for exposed and flush rails. Railcar Chocks are an important safety item in any rail yard or repair facility, and SafeRack’s railcar wheel chocks provide fast blocking of all types of railcars. Choose from cast steel railcar wheel chocks, rail-clamping wheel blocks the newly introduced urethane railcar wheel chocks… all of which provides worker safety and meets OSHA regulations to safely prevent railroad cars from moving during loading or unloading operations, including OSHA regulations 1910.110(15), 1910.11(13) and 1910.110(A) (5). STEEL RAILCAR WHEEL CHOCKS AND CLAMPS Railcar chocks, blocks and clamps are made of heavy-duty steel to prevent rail car’s movement. Rail car is securely held in place due to heat-treated steel spurs. Available in exposed rail or flush rail version. Our chock meets OSHA regulations. STEEL RAILCAR CHOCKS URETHANE WHEEL CHOCKS Urethane Wheel Chocks have spark-proof urethane head. Designed for tank cars and freight cars loading or unloading hazardous materials. Available in exposed rail or flush rail version. URETHANE WHEEL CHOCKS Railcar chocking procedures Idle Railcar on Storage Track and Railcar Being Worked Double Chocks on each end of the car provide two-chock blocking against movement in either direction. Railcar on Slope or Hill Do not use wheel chocks. Use rail skids or car stops instead. Railcar Being Worked – Slight Dip On uneven track if the car tends to roll in one direction, single chocks on the foremost wheel of both wheel sets may be sufficient. Multiple Railcar Chocking Procedures Use double chocks. On flat track, where a line of rail cars remain coupled together, and are moved forward progressively to be loaded/unloaded: Brake and chock the car to be worked (chock both ends of the car). It may be necessary to brake and chock several cars behind the car to be worked depending on your operating conditions. When the first car is ready to be moved, remove the chocks and release the brakes on both cars. Move cars forward and repeat the braking and chocking procedure. If cars are uncoupled to be worked separately, brake and chock each car. Railcar Wheel Chocks OSHA regulations OSHA mandates the use of wheel chocks in addition to car brakes wherever rail cars are being worked, loaded or unloaded. A gust of wind is enough to cause a 260,000 pound freight car to start rolling. Thanks to roller bearings, freight car wheels offer very little resistance to movement. In fact, the contact area of each wheel on the rail is smaller that the size of a dime. This is why moving heavy loads by rail is so efficient! But at the same time, all this mass, so easily moved, needs to be securely blocked while the car is being worked. Loading freight cars increases the strain on the car brakes. Liquid pouring into a tank car or a forklift moving back and forth in a boxcar create dynamic forces which can overcome the holding power of the brakes. Slack in mechanical car brakes can be enough to allow a wheel to move forward a few inches and dislodge a dock board or strain a hose line LOADING PULP AND PAPER RAILCARS 1910.261(c) … (4) Handling pulpwood from flatcars and all other railway cars. (V) Flatcars and all other cars shall be chocked during unloading. Where equipment is not provided with hand brakes, rail damping chocks shall be used. (vi) A derail shall be used to prevent movement of other rail equipment into cars where persons are working. LOADING TANK RAILCARS 1910.111(b) … (iii) Caution signs shall be so placed on the track or car as to give necessary warning to persons approaching the car from open end or ends of siding and shall be left up until after the car is unloaded and disconnected from discharge connections. Signs shall be of metal or other suilable material, at least 12 by 15 inches in size and bear the words ‘’STOP-Tank Car Connected” or ‘’STOP-­Men at Work” the word, “STOP,’ being in letters at least 4 inches high and the other words in letters at least 2 inches high. (iv) The track of a tank car siding shall be substantially level. (v) Brakes shall be set and wheels blocked on all cars being unloaded. 1910.110(b)(15) … (iii) While cars are on sidetrack for loading or unloading, the wheels at both ends shall be blocked on the rails. FREIGHT RAILCARS IN GENERAL 1910.178(k) (2) Wheel stops or other recognized positive protection shall be provided to prevent railroad cars from moving during loading or unloading operations. (4) Positive protection shall be provided to prevent railroad cars from being moved while dockboards or bridge plates are in position. 1910.178(m) … (7) Brakes shall be set and wheel blocks shall be in place to prevent movement of trucks, trailers, or railroad cars while loading or unloading. 1910.30(a) … (5) Positive protection shall be provided to prevent railroad cars from being moved while dockboards or bridge plates are in position. 1910.176 … (f) Rolling railroad cars. Derail and/or bumper blocks shall be provided on spur railroad tracks where a rolling car could contact other cars being worked, enter a building, work or traffic area. Customer Reviews 5 5 John was very responsive, and did a wonderful job supporting us throughout the project. By Walter Chang from Interplastic Corporation on 4/9/13 5 5 Customer service and sales provided quick responses when I had questions. 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