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General Instructions.—Continued. 1 3 1
Working communication by means of Automatic Brake.—Continued.
in the " brake off" position, so as to bring his large ejector into use and
control the application so far as he can in accordance with paragraph 3 (a).
There is •no sounding instrument in connection with the vacuum brake.
(B. 1575). (O. 1185).
10.--Nearly all Foreign Companies have also had their passenger
vehicles fitted with the apparatus. We may, however, receive odd vehicles
not so fitted, and in these cases care must be taken to see that the vehicles
are not sent forward on N.E. trains which travel more than 20 miles without
stopping. All such cases must be reported to the District Superintendent.
WORKING OF AUTOCARS DURING SNOW3TORMS.
General Rule 165.
During snowstorms when there is a likelihood of the snow falling or drifting
to such a depth as to cover the rails, the operating gear between the engine
and the car must be disconnected, and only the ordinary screw coupling
made use of. The engine under such circumstances must always be attached
in the front of the car. Station Masters at intermediate stations must at
once wire the terminal stations from which the autocar runs in the event
of it being considered necessary to adopt this arrangement.
Particulars of Carriages and other Coaching Stock Vehicles which
may be attached to rear of Passenger Trains ; also particulars
of Cattle Wagons which may be conveyed by Passenger
Trains. G e n e r a l Rules 165 and 194.
1.—The number of carriages or other coaching stock vehicles which may
be attached to a train behind the rear van on the various sections of the
line are as shown on pages 133 to 144.
The term " one carriage or other coaching stock vehicle" means one vehicle
of any description whether bogie, six-wheeled or four-wheeled. (O. 3580).
2.—Where only one vehicle is attached to a train behind the rear 'van it
must be fitted complete with the brake in use on the train, except on parts
of the line where one vehicle fitted only with pipe may be run as the last vehicle
3.—Where more than one vehicle is attached to a train behind the rear van,
the last vehicle must, in all cases, be fitted with the brake in use on the train
complete (except on the portions of the line where a, vehicle fitted with the
pipe only may be run as the last vehicle), and the whole of the other vehicles
must be fitted complete with the brake in use on the train or through pipe
in the proportion laid down in paragraph 1, page 127.
el.—Except on the sections of the line marked with an asterisk (*), one carriage
or other coaching stock vehicle not fitted with the brake complete but fitted
'with the Westinghouse pipe may be attached as the last vehicle of a passenger
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t,aecordance
with paragraph 1, page 127, and that the number of vehicles,
rincluding
the one fitted only with the pipe, does not exceed the number
allowed behind the rear van under these regulations.
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