Stokers and pokers : $b or, The London and North-Western Railway, the electric telegraph, and the railway clearing-houseHead, Francis Bond, Sir
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Stokers and pokers : $b or, The London and North-Western Railway, the electric telegraph, and the railway clearing-house
Head, Francis Bond, Sir
London and North-Western Railway; Railway Clearing House (London, England); Telegraph -- Great Britain
8. On a stopping Train, or one travelling slowly, passing an
intermediate Station, the Red Signal will be shown for =Five
minutes=, to stop the Engine of any following Train, when the Green
Signal will be turned on for =Five minutes= more, to complete the ten
minutes precautionary Signal: on the Liverpool and Manchester Line,
the Red Signal will be turned on =Three= minutes only and the Green
=Five=.
9. On an Express Train or single Engine passing, the Green Signal
only need be shown for =Five minutes=.
10. The Red Signal will be shown while a Train is stopping at a
Station, and for =Five minutes= after its departure, when the Green
Signal will be turned on for =Five minutes= more.
11. On a Train entering a long Tunnel the =Red= Signal will be
turned on for =Ten minutes=, or until the Policeman shall have
received Telegraphic notice that the Train has emerged from the
other end, when the =Green= Signal will be turned on to complete the
precautionary Signal.
SEMAPHORE SIGNALS.
DAY.
1. The Signals are constructed with either ONE or TWO Semaphore Arms.
2. The Signal is _invariably made_ on the =Left-Hand= Side of the
Post as seen by the approaching Engine-Driver.
3. The =All Right= Signal is shown by the Left-Hand Side of the Post
being clear, the Arm being within the Post, thus:--
[Illustration]
4. The =Caution= Signal, to slacken speed, is shown by the Semaphore
_Arm_ on the Left-Hand Side being raised to an angle of 45 Degrees,
thus:--
[Illustration]
5. The =Danger= Signal, always to stop, is shown by the _Arm_ being
raised to the Horizontal position, thus:--
[Illustration]
When the two Arms are raised both Lines are blocked.
(_Semaphore Signals._) =NIGHT.=
6. The Arm and the Lamp are both worked with the same hand lever, and
at the same time.
7. The =All Right= Signal is shown by the =white= Light.
8. The =Caution= Signal by the =green= Light.
9. The =Danger= Signal by the =red= Light.
JUNCTION SIGNALS.
10. Every Junction is provided with Two Semaphore Signal Posts,
corresponding with the two meeting Railways; and the _Signals_ for
each Line are shown on the _Signal_ Post appropriated to it.
11. The Signals for Caution and Danger, by Day and Night, are shown
in the same way as on the Station Signal Posts.
12. The Semaphore Arms and the Lamps for DAY and NIGHT Signals at the
Junctions are always set at =DANGER=, and no Engineman is allowed to
pass without the Arm is lowered to =CAUTION=, or the =Green= Light is
shown by the Lamp.
N.B. At the Junctions there are no =ALL RIGHT= Signals, as it is
necessary in passing them to go cautiously and slow.
AUXILIARY SIGNALS.
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