general instructions. - Limit Of Shunt

152 G e n i a l Insinntions.—Continued.
WORKiNG OF AUTOCARS.
General Rule 170 (a).
Guards of Autocar trains, when a car is running first, must, in all cases,
ride in the Guard's compartment adjoining the Driver's compartment.
(O. 1028).
CLEARING OF LUGGAGE COMPARTMENTS AND VANS AT
TERMINAL STATIONS.
General Rule 170 (c).
On the arrival of trains at terminal stations, Guards must see that the
luggage compartments and vans on their trains have been cleared.
GUARDS JOINING OR LEAVING PASSENGER TRAINS
ON THE JOURNEY.
General Rule 171-
Whenever an additional guard joins a train on the journey to work a
van which is nearer the engine than that in which the other guard is travelling,
the additional guard must, as soon as the train has come to rest, and
before he joins the van, inform the driver that he will give him the signal
to start, and also advise him how far he will accompany the train.
When a guard leaves a train on the journey, and the signal will afterwards
be given by a guard nearer the rear, he must inform the driver before
reaching the station at which he will leave, or as soon as the train stops at
that station, that he is leaving. ( 0 , 5571).
SHUNTING OF TRAINS.
General Rules 175 and 187.
Station Masters, Inspectors, Yard Foremen, Signalmen, Guards, and
Drivers are 'required to note the following instructions with reference to
the shunting and starting of trains :—
1.—Where telegraphic communication and relief sidings are provided,
Station Masters, inspectors, Yard Foremen, and Signalmen at stations or
boxes have authority to order that trains be shunted and detained to the
extent necessary to avoid detention to more important trains. Where telegraphic
communication and relief sidings are not provided, the responsibility
as to shunting and detention of trains will rest with the drivers and guards,
but the signalman, station master, or person in charge, must call the driver's
and guard's attention to the fact of any more important train being due
or nearly so, when such is the case.
2.—Passenger trains must not be passed over loose points in the facing
direction unless they are clamped, subject to this single exception, that
autocars may pass over them for the purpose of attaching and detaching,
if they are secured by chock or common rail keys.
S.—Before a loaded passenger train or vehicles (except autocars) containing
passengers are shunted over loose points for the purpose of attaching or
detaching, care must be taken to see that the points are in all cases made
secure by means of the clamp.
4.—It must be understood that a signalman shall allow a train to precede
a passenger or other train upon the request of a Station Master or foreman
in charge of the goods yard or sidings, the responsibility in these cases resting
with the latter.