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130 G e n e r a l Instruction&—Continued.
Working communication by means of Automatic Grake.—Continued.
3.--(a) Should the driver, when working the Westinghouse brake, feel
that the brake is being applied during the journey, he must put his handle
over to " release " position and look back along the train, and if he finds
that any of the discs on the carriages are in a vertical position, or hears a
whistle sounding, or finds that the placing of his handle in " release" is
controlling the application, this would indicate that the communication
apparatus has been operated by a passenger. The driver must then bring
his train to a stand as quickly as possible, having due regard to Rule 225
in the Company's Book of Rules and Regulations.
As the driver can control the application made by a passenger, except
as mentioned in paragraph 9, trains should not be brought to a stand on
an overbridge, or a viaduct, in a tunnel, on catch points, or any other place
of a similar character, unless, in the opinion of the driver, there is urgent
need for this to be done. ( B . 1575).
(b) When the guard observes that the communication has been applied, he
must act as circumstances require, and if he should have reason to believe
that the communication chain has been pulled' but has not been noticed by
the driver, he should take steps to stop the train by the application of the
brake from his van, bearing in mind the instruction in paragraph 3 (a).
The application by the guard must also be made in accordance with Westinghouse
Rule 14, or Vacuum Rule 6, as the case may be.
4.—When the train has been brought to a stand it must be protected as
prescribed in the Regulations, and when it is not under the protection of
fixed signals, and there is only one guard, the fireman must go back and
protect the train whilst the guard attends to the requirements of the passenger
who used the communication.
5.—The guard must take steps to ascertain why, and by whom, the communication
has been applied, and should the alarm have been mischievously
given, or for an insufficient cause, the names and addresses of all passengers
in the compartment must be taken, in order that the offending passenger
may be properly dealt with.
6.—The guard must, in addition to the notes on his journal, specially
report any use that may have been made of the communication on the
journey, or any failure in its action.
7.—After the chain has been pulled, the guard must take care that the red'
discs at the end of the carriage are replaced in their normal position.
8.—Signalmen on hearing the communication whistle (Clause (a) paragraph
2), the sound of which can easily be distinguished from the engine whistle,
must act in accordance with Rule 17 of the Block Telegraph Regulations.
9.—A communication by a passenger operates the brake in use, and
should this be the Vacuum, the driver may find that, if his train consists
of Foreign Companies' stock, or his engine is fitted with one of the smaller
ejectors, he may not in all cases be able to control the application made by
the passenger. He should, however, if necessary, place his ejector handle