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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
5. The Train, when in motion, will be under the order and control
of the Senior Guard; the Passengers and their Luggage must be
considered in his charge, and he will be responsible for the safety
and regularity of the whole. He is to keep the time of running,
and will be answerable that any Carriage which is to be left at an
intermediate Station is detached.
6. With through Trains (viâ the Trent Valley) in which the whole
journey is performed without change of Guard, there will be =three=
Guards between London and Rugby, and the following will be the
arrangements:--
The Senior Guard will run between =London and Liverpool=, and have
charge of the whole service connected with that portion of the Train
including the Traffic to the North through Parkside and that to
Chester; delivering the former at Warrington and the latter at Crewe,
to the Branch Guards there. The same on the return journey.
The Second Guard will run between =London and Manchester=, and will
have charge of the whole service connected therewith, and also the
road-side business in Parcels, Luggage, &c., between Rugby and Crewe.
He will also keep the time between Crewe and Manchester, and make out
his Way Bill for that Line.
The Third Guard will run between =London and Birmingham=, and have
charge of the whole service connected therewith, and also the
road-side business in parcels, Luggage, &c., between London and
Rugby. He will also keep the time between Rugby and Birmingham, and
make out his Way Bill for that portion of the journey.
7. When there are =two Guards= with a Train, the under Guard will
ride in the Van next to the Tender. He will stand with his back to
it, and keep his attention fixed on the Train, looking alternately
=down= either side, and noting any irregularity in the running--any
particular oscillation of a Carriage, or any signal which may be made
by a Passenger.
He will be provided with the means of immediately communicating with
the Engineman in the event of any circumstance arising which may
render it prudent or necessary to stop the Train.
The place of the Senior Guard will be on the last Passenger Carriage,
which must always be a =Van= or a =Break Carriage=, and his duty will
be to look =forward= and communicate with the Second Guard on the
leading Carriage.
With through Trains when there are =three= Guards with a Train, their
position will necessarily be regulated by the division of the Line
to which their section of the Train is proceeding, but the duties
of the Guard on the =leading= and =last= Carriage will always be as
stated above, the =middle= man communicating between them.
8. On arrival of a Train at a Terminus the Guards are not to leave
the Platform until they have delivered over all =Parcels= as well as
=Luggage= to the Porters appointed to take charge of them, and if any
article is missing they are immediately to report the same to the
officer in charge of the Station.
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