For auction is a Safety Rules book from the former Chessie System Railway. It is dated June 15, 1979. Chessie was a merger of three railroads - the Chesapeake & Ohio, the Baltimore & Ohio, and the Western Maryland in 1973. This rule book contains the Chessie's rules for safety, as agreed to by its labor unions. Topics include boarding and descending from locomotives and rolling stock, track cars and work equipment, operating hand brakes, coupling and uncoupling equipment, welding and cutting, handling materials and equipment, trucks and tractors, cranes and derricks, Barney yards and piers, operating switches and derails, more.
