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
2. Every Inspector is to see that the Policemen, Pointsmen, and
Gatesmen in his district are at their posts--=clean= in their
persons, sober, and attentive to their duty; and to ascertain that
they are =conversant= with their orders, and that the Points are in
good working order, =cleaned=, and =oiled=.
3. He is to see that each Police Box has a =copy= of the standing
orders relative to Police Signals and Duties, and a copy of any order
specially relating to the men at that particular post.
4. Every Inspector is to have a =list= of the names and places of
abode of every Policeman in his district, so that in case of need he
can summon them.
SECTION IX.
REGULATIONS FOR POLICEMEN AND POINTSMEN.
1. Every Policeman on duty is to stand upon the Line =clear= of the
rails, and to give the proper signal on the passing of an Engine.
2. Every Policeman will be supplied with a =whistle=, to aid in
calling the attention of the next officer in communication with him
to a signal; and no signal must be considered to be received until
answered by the Policeman to whom it is passed.
3. On a Train stopping at a Station after sunset, the Policeman on
duty is to see that the Tail and Side Lamps are lighted and in
order, and, if not, he is to report the same to the Guard of the
Train, as well as to the Clerk on duty.
4. On a Goods or Coal Train stopping at a Station, the Policeman on
duty is to ascertain from the Breaksman at which Station the Train
is =next to stop=, that he may inform the Engineman and Guard of the
following Train. This precaution is more especially enjoined during
foggy weather.
5. On a Policeman having to stop a Train, he is to tell the Engineman
the cause, and then let the Train proceed, unless he has orders to
detain it, in which case he is to desire the Engineman to draw on
until the whole Train is well =within= the Signal Post, to admit of a
following Train stopping at the Signal, without risk of collision.
6. When a Train stopping at a Station extends beyond the Signal Post,
the Policeman on duty is to go back in =rear= of the Train with
his Hand Signal, to a distance sufficient to ensure its being well
observed by the Engineman of any other Engine that may be following.
7. This precaution, though at all times necessary, is more
particularly so with the Up Trains at Weedon, Roade, and Leighton.
8. The Policeman stationed at the New Canal Bridge, near Birmingham,
when he cannot discern the Signal at the Junction of the Gloucester
Railway, is to show the =Green Signal= to every Engine passing
towards Birmingham, and the Engineman is then to bring his Engine to
a stand at the Ticket Platform unless there signalled to proceed.
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