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
49. All Trains passing from or to the Liverpool, Manchester, and the
Grand Junction Railways at Newton, are to slacken speed so that the
same shall not exceed =Five= miles an hour before passing from one
line to the other.
50. Engines passing from the Chester Line to the Main Line at Crewe
are to come to a stand before entering the Main Line.
_Inclined Planes._
51. The Assistant Engine is invariably to return down the left-hand
Line, and no Luggage Engine is to leave any part of its Train on the
Main Line unless in case of urgent necessity. No Luggage Engine is to
attempt to ascend the =Sutton= and =Whiston= Inclines with a greater
load than their Engines, assisted by the Bank Engines, can manage:
and if any doubt exist whether the Engines are or are not able to
take up the whole load at one trip, the Train must be stopped at the
bottom, and the requisite number of Waggons be shunted, and left in a
=siding= and =not= on the Main Line.
52. In the event of any Waggons being left upon or at the foot of
the Incline, and a succeeding Engine coming up, such Engine is not
to commence propelling or drawing the said Waggons until the Engines
which left them shall have returned.
53. No Engine, either with Passengers, Coals, or Merchandize, is to
go down the Inclined Plane at a greater speed than 30 miles an hour,
and no Engineman is to attempt to make up lost time in going down any
Inclined Plane; and coming down =Whiston Incline=, no Engineman shall
begin to increase his speed till he reaches =Huyton Quarry= Station.
54. In going down the Inclined Planes, Enginemen, Guards, and
Breaksmen must take care that they have complete control over the
speed of the Trains by applying their Breaks.
55. Enginemen with Trains requiring assistance up the =Whiston= and
=Sutton= Inclined Planes are required in all cases to go up the bank
first and let the Assistant Engine follow.
56. All Enginemen are required to give one loud whistle as they pass
=Platt’s Bridge=.
MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM SECTION.
57. An interval of not less than =Five Minutes= must elapse between
any two Trains travelling in either direction on the same line of
Rails between =Store Street Station= and the =Sheffield Junction=;
and on this part of the Line, all Engines, with or without Trains,
must proceed at such a reduced speed as will enable the Engineman to
stop almost instantaneously, if required so to do.
58. Every Train from the Manchester and Sheffield Line must stop
before arriving at the =Junction=, and wait until the Policeman in
charge of the Junction Points indicates that the Line is clear.
Should the Manchester and Birmingham Down Train have exceeded the
proper time of passing the Sheffield Junction, and the Manchester and
Sheffield Train have arrived at its proper time, or before the other
is in sight, the Sheffield Train will proceed =First= to the Station.
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