Railroad Accidents, Their Cause and Prevention — John Shaqi
Railroad Accidents, Their Cause and PreventionRichards, R. C. (Ralph Coffin)
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Railroad Accidents, Their Cause and Prevention
Richards, R. C. (Ralph Coffin)
Railroad accidents
3. The engine bell must be rung upon approaching and passing
through stations, cities, towns, and villages.
4. It must be understood that a train is due to arrive at a
station upon its schedule departing time at preceding station.
A train must not leave a station in advance of its schedule
leaving time.
5. Passenger trains will not exceed twenty-five miles, and
freight trains fifteen miles per hour, passing over interlocking
switches.
6. All regular freight trains, extras, and work extras will pass
into and through all stations and will approach all isolated side
tracks, and also all water tanks and coal sheds with train under
full control, expecting to find trains at such points. Speed must
be reduced; enginemen and trainmen must commence to get their
train under control one mile from all such specified points, so
that under no circumstances whatever shall it be possible for
them to strike any train, car, or engine that may be within the
switches of any regular station, or that may be taking coal or
water at any coal shed or water tank. Trains occupying main track
at stations, as an additional precaution, must protect themselves
as per Rule No. 7.
PROTECTION OF TRAINS BY FLAGMEN.
7. _For this purpose flagmen shall have for_ DAY SIGNALS _not
less than two torpedoes and a red flag._
_For_ NIGHT SIGNALS _not less than two torpedoes, two red fusees,
and red and white lanterns._
CONDUCTORS _shall see that flagmen have these signals when they
go on duty._
UNSCHEDULED STOPS.
_When any train makes an_ UNSCHEDULED STOP _(whether at a station or
between stations, or whether such stop be caused by accident to the
train, or by signal, or in any other way), the train shall be
protected as follows_:
_a._ _In the_ NIGHT-TIME _the flagmen shall immediately place a
lighted_ RED FUSEE _in center of track about five hundred feet
behind the rear of train._
_He shall then go back as rapidly as possible with_ RED _and_
WHITE LANTERNS _to a point less than three-fourths of a mile
(twenty-four telegraph poles) distant from rear of train and until
he reaches a point where the danger signal can be seen not less
than one-fourth of a mile (eight telegraph poles) by the engineman
of any approaching train. When the character of the road or
weather makes it necessary the flagman shall go a greater distance
with signals, so as to_ INSURE ABSOLUTE SAFETY.
_b._ _In the_ DAYTIME _he shall carry a red flag and proceed to a
like point._
_c._ _When he reaches such point, whether in the night-time or
daytime, he shall at once place_ ONE TORPEDO _on the rail on the
engineman's side and shall remain at that place until recalled. If
a train approaches he shall flag it and remain until the train
stops._
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