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
22. Passenger trainmen will be required to securely close
vestibule doors and platform traps of all passenger cars when in
motion; and after departure from a station will observe whether or
not there are any passengers clinging to the hand-rails of the
vestibules.
23. Passenger brakemen will place themselves at the steps of
coaches at stations, and will assist passengers in entering or
leaving the cars. Special care must be taken with children and
aged and infirm passengers, assisting them to and from trains,
giving them ample time to insure safety. They will prevent
passengers boarding or leaving the train while in motion, see that
passengers are provided with proper tickets, and that they take
the right train.
24. When a passenger train has stopped at a station platform, it
must not move to take coal or water or do other work until the
conductor permits by the usual signal.
25. Freight conductors and brakemen must be on hand not less than
thirty minutes before the leaving time of their trains. They shall
examine their trains while stopping at stations on the road and
see that everything is in proper order.
26. Freight train employees are required to examine very carefully
the condition of all brakes and ladders that they are to use, and
to know that they are safe and in good condition before using
them. If brakes are unsafe, or ladders out of order, brakemen will
report them to the conductor at once.
27. Conductors leaving cars on side tracks will see that they are
properly secured and sufficiently clear of the main line. In
leaving loaded cars at any station they will place them most
conveniently for unloading. The cars must be so placed as not to
project over line of highway crossings. If a car be set out
without a brake, conductors must securely block the wheels.
Cutting off engine and cars before a train has stopped and
allowing the balance of train to follow is prohibited.
28. Conductors must call the attention of the repairer of cars, or
that of the station agent in his absence, to any damage which may
have been done to the cars, or to any which may come to their
knowledge, that they may be promptly repaired, and they must note
these in their reports. Cars in bad order, set out at stations,
will be reported at once by the conductor, by telegraph, to the
train dispatcher, stating number and initials of car, contents,
nature and extent of damage, and will note the nature of defect on
waybills.
29. Enginemen must use every precaution to prevent damage by fire
from their engines. They should report all defects in netting, ash
pans, etc., at the end of their run. Ash pans or front ends must
only be cleaned at designated points.
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