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
59. Enginemen on approaching the Sheffield Junction, from whatever
direction, with or without a Train, are invariably to blow the Steam
Whistle as soon as they arrive within a quarter of a mile of the
Junction, and they must not pass that place at a greater speed than
=Five= miles an hour.
TRENT VALLEY SECTION.
60. Enginemen proceeding to the Trent Valley Line are to open
their Whistles once when they arrive within a quarter of a mile of
the Junctions at Stafford and Rugby, motion with their hand, or
hand-lamp, as a signal to the man at the Junction Points, and must
invariably slacken speed to =Five= miles an hour. Engines to or
from Birmingham are to give =two clear whistles=, with an interval
between them, on approaching the Junctions. The slackening of speed
is especially enjoined on the Enginemen from Birmingham in case of a
Train to or from the Trent Valley being in the act of crossing.
BOLTON BRANCH.
61. Enginemen having charge of Coal or Ballast Trains travelling so
as to meet a Passenger Train, are not to pass any Siding or Station
at a less interval than =fifteen minutes= before the time at which
the next Passenger Train is due, and every Engineman must make
himself well acquainted with the time of the Passenger Trains.
62. Enginemen are required to slacken speed previous to crossing the
Turnpike Roads at Daubhill, Chequerbent, and Crook Street.
63. All Enginemen are directed not to pass through the Points at the
Double Road on Dean Moor at a greater speed than =eight= miles an
hour, nor over the =curve= between Leigh and Bradshaw Leach Stations
at a greater speed than =twelve= miles an hour.
SECTION V.
REGULATIONS FOR GUARDS.
1. Each ordinary Train on the Main Line is to have at least =two=
guards, and the short Trains on the Branch Lines =one= Guard. If the
Train is very heavy, additional Guards will be sent with it, at the
discretion of the Superintendent.
2. Every Guard is to be at the Station from which he is to start
=half an hour= before the appointed time, that he may see to the
marshalling of the Carriages, and the arrangement of the Passengers’
Luggage, Parcels, &c.
He is to see that he has on the Train,
1 Pair of Signal Flags and Case.
1 Hand Signal Lamp and Box.
2 Canisters of Fog Signals and Blue Lights.
12 Links and Box.
1 Pair of Levers.
1 Box for Despatches.
3. Until the Train starts the Guards will be under the order of the
Station Master.
4. Every Guard is to see that his =Signal lamps= are in a fit state
for use and properly trimmed; the Senior Guard will ascertain that
the Tail and Side Lights are securely fixed before the Train starts,
and is responsible for their being lighted at sunset as well as
during a Fog.
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