general instructions. - Limit Of Shunt

General Instructions.—Continued. 1 7 9
Horses and other Live Stock tor Roadside Stations at night—Continued.
informed what the arrangement is, and so must the sender (if the arrangement
is made at the forwarding station) and the persons, if any, in charge of
the live stock, in order that no responsibility may attach to the Company
for the delay which will necessarily arise owing to the live stock not being
taken direct to their destination according to the contract for conveyance.
3.-1f anything is noticed to be amiss with live stock detached at a station
at night, when none of the staff is there to attend to the animals, the guard
must, if the nature of the case appears to warrant it, call up the Station,
Master if practicable, and if it will not seriously detain the train.
DELIVERY OF GOODS TRAIN AT END OF JOURNEY.
General Rule 214.
Guards of Freight trains on "exchanging turns," may for the purpose of
exchanging from train to train, leave their trains unattended on running
independents or reception lines. ( O . 7415).
BALLAST TRAINS DISCHARGING OR TAKING UP MATERIALS ON
RUNNING LINES BETWEEN TWO SIGNAL BOXES.
General Rule 216.
Clause (a) of this rule also applies to Freight trains stdpping at intermediate'
sidings.
OFFICERS' SPECIALS.
General Rule 217.
When an Officers' Special is intended to stop in a section for more than
three minutes and will stand unprotected by fixed signals, the Signalman
at the rear box should be advised whenever possible.
As, however, such advice cannot always be given, Signalmen must be
prepared for Officers' Specials stopping unadvised in sections between a
Boxes, and in such cases the provisions of B.T.R. 11, and also of Rule 21'7
as to the protection of the train will not apply. ( O . 7063).
ENGINES UNABLE TO DEAL WITH TRAINS ON GRADIENT.
General Rule 221.
Under no circumstances must an engine be detached from a train fitted
with the Westinghouse Brake on a gradient, and the train or portion of train
left on the line secured only by the Westinghouse Brake. This instruction
will not apply in the case of trains when standing at passenger stations
or when engines are running round their trains. ( 0 . 3468).
WRONG LINE ORDER FORMS.
General Rules 221 and 222.
The forms A. B, and C, after being used, must be sent by the signalman
to the Station Master, along with a report giving particulars of the circumstances
which called for their use. These forms must not under any circumstances
be made use of for more than one journey, and only then in the
authorised direction.