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
20. When a Down Train consists wholly of loaded Waggons, and there
is not any Break Waggon at hand to be sent down in front, the
Breaksmen are first to see that at least =one-third= of the Waggons
are provided with good and efficient Breaks; otherwise they must not
venture to proceed with them down the Tunnel, until the deficiency
is supplied by attaching an adequate number of empty Waggons, with
serviceable Breaks, from the stock in the Sidings: but the Break
Waggon must, if possible, in all cases be used.
21. When a Train is composed of loaded and empty Waggons, two empty
are to be considered equal to one loaded. Not more than =thirty-five
loaded= Waggons may be taken down the Tunnel at any one time, and two
Breaksmen must attend each Train. None but the regularly appointed
Tunnel-breaksmen must ever attempt to convoy a Train.
22. Signal Lamps and Hand Lamps must be kept properly trimmed and
burning. A Red Signal Lamp, lighted, must always be fixed on the
rear of the last Waggon going down the Tunnel, and a Green Signal
Lamp lighted and fixed upon the most conspicuous part of the front
Waggon in the same Train. They must both be returned to Edge Hill
by the first set up. No persons must ever leave any Waggon standing
upon the Up Line within the Tunnel, nor upon the Down Line, without
fixing a well-lighted Red Signal Lamp thereon, and remaining with it
until removed to the bottom. The signal to =stop= must be made by
waving the Hand Lamp =Up and Down=. The man on duty at the Wheel must
look out for Waggons coming Down, and pass the word to the Breaksman
whether or not the Line is clear; the exchange of such Signal to be
made by waving the Hand Lamps =horizontally=, and then the Breaksman
may =with caution= proceed. The Signal to “_come forward_” to be made
by waving the Hand Lamps =round=.
23. Each set of Waggons drawn up the Tunnel to consist of not more
than =six=, until further orders. The man on duty at the Wheel must
examine the Endless Rope, the Messengers, the Coupling Chains, the
Van Doors, and the Loads upon the Waggons, to see that all is right
and safe to pass upwards, that the Coupling Chains are properly
hooked, that the last Waggon is provided with a good and powerful
Break, and then the same Breaksman must proceed with the set, and
look out for Down Trains, to apprize the other men in charge thereof
whereabouts any Waggons are before them, to report any impediments in
the Tunnel to the Superintendent or Goods Manager.
24. When the Rails on the Bank Head, or within the Tunnel, are wet
and slippery, they must be sprinkled with =sand=, a large stock of
which is kept constantly at the top of the Tunnel to supply the Break
Waggons.
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