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
1. No Engine shall pass along the wrong line of Road, but if, in
case of accident, an Engine shall be unavoidably obliged to pass
back on the wrong line, the Engineman is to send his Assistant, or
some other competent person, back a distance of not less than =800=
yards, before his Engine moves, to warn any Engine coming in the
opposite direction, and the Assistant shall continue running, so as
to preserve the distance of not less than =800= yards between him and
the Engine. If dark, the man shall take his light and make a signal
by waving the same =UP= and =DOWN=, and the Engineman of the Engine
moving on the wrong line shall keep his Steam Whistle constantly
going, and must not move in the wrong direction farther than to the
nearest shunt, where he is instantly to remove his Engine off the
wrong line of Road; and it is expressly forbidden that any Engine
should move on the wrong line of Rails at a greater speed than =four
miles an hour=.
2. All Engines travelling on the same line shall keep =800= yards
at least apart from each other, that is to say,--the Engine which
follows shall not approach within =800= yards of the Engine which
goes before, unless expressly required.
3. No person, except the proper Engineman and Fireman shall be
allowed to ride on the Engine or Tender, without the =special=
permission of the Directors, or one of the Chief Officers of the
Company.
4. The Engineman and Fireman must appear on duty as clean as
circumstances will allow, and every Driver must be with his Engine 30
minutes, and every Fireman 45 minutes, before the time appointed for
starting, in order to see that the Engine is in proper order to go
out, has the necessary supply of coke and water, and that the Signals
are in a fit state for use.
5. The Front Buffer Light of a Passenger Train is =White=, and of a
Goods or Cattle Train =Green=, except on the Liverpool and Manchester
Section.
6. Every Engineman shall have with him at all times in his Tender the
following Tools:--
1 complete set of Lamps
1 complete set of Screw Keys
1 large and small Monkey Wrench
3 Cold Chisels
1 Hammer
1 Crow Bar
2 short Chains with Hooks
1 Screw Jack
A quantity of Flax and Twine
4 large and small Oil Cans
Plugs for Tubes
2 Fire Buckets
Fog Signals and Red Flag
7. When the Engine is in motion, the Engineman is to stand where he
can keep a good look-out a-head, and the Fireman must at all times be
ready to obey the instructions of the Engineman, and assist him in
keeping a look-out, when not otherwise engaged.
8. No Engine is permitted to stand on the =main line= (except under
very special circumstances) when not attached to a Train, and the
Engineman shall not at any time leave his Engine or Train, or any
part thereof, on the main line, unless there be a competent man in
charge to make the necessary signals.
9. No Engine shall cross the Line of Railway at a Station without
permission.
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