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
REGULATIONS FOR GATEMEN AT LEVEL CROSSINGS.
1. Every Gateman will be provided with Day and Night Signals, which
he must keep in proper order.
2. Gates must always be kept =closed= across a road, except when
required to be opened to allow the Railway to be passed.
3. Before opening the Gates, the Gateman is to satisfy himself that a
Train is not in sight; he will then exhibit his Red light, and always
allow the Signal to remain until the Railway is =clear= and the Gates
closed.
4. If an Engine follow another within =three minutes=, the Danger
Signal is to be shown; from three to seven minutes, the Caution
Signal must be exhibited.
5. In all cases, the Gateman, when signalling, is to stand on the
=opposite side= of the Railway, that he may be seen by the Driver of
the Train.
6. The Gatemen must make themselves well acquainted with the Signals,
as laid down in =Sections 2 and 3=.
SECTION XI.
REGULATIONS FOR BALLAST ENGINEMEN AND PLATE-LAYERS.
1. When a Ballast Engine is discharging or taking in ballast, blocks,
sleepers, or other materials, on the Main Line, the Engineman is to
send a Ballastman back =600= yards with a red signal-flag; and this
Ballastman is to remain on the look-out till the Ballast Train is
ready to move, and he is to stop any approaching Train, and inform
the Driver of the position of the Ballast Train. (See Rule 17, page
182.)
2. All persons in charge of Ballast Trains are to obey the orders of
the Company’s Agents, Inspectors, and Police, so far as relates to
the time of their running on the Line; and no Ballast Engineman is
to =leave a siding= in front of an expected Train, or without the
permission of the Officer in charge of the point.
3. No ballasting is to be carried on in =foggy weather=, except under
urgent circumstances, or by express permission.
4. Ballast Enginemen are to take particular care always to have a
proper supply of Coke and Water in their Tenders, so as to prevent
the possibility of any detention on the Line from deficiency; and
they are also to take care to attach only such number of waggons as
can be drawn with certainty, and on no account to leave their Engines
while standing on the Main Line.
5. A Red Signal must always be stationed =800= yards back before a
Rail is taken out, or any obstruction caused to the Main Line. (See
Rule 17, page 182.)
6. A Green Signal must be stationed =400= yards back whenever the
state of the Line requires that the Train should proceed with caution.
7. No rail, block, or chair, is to be removed in a =fog=, or during
the night, except by express permission from the Resident Engineer;
and in all cases, before taking out a Rail, the Foreman is to have at
the spot a perfect Rail in readiness to replace it.
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