general instructions. - Limit Of Shunt

20 Extracts from Block Telegraph Regulations for the guidance of Engine
Drivers and others not supplied with a copy of the
Block Telegraph Regulations.—Continued.
Single Lines worked by Electric Train Staff and Electric Train Tablet. —
Continued.
Regulation 14A.
traffic — is likely to be stopped for a considerable time, special arrangements
must be made for working the trains to and from the staff or tablet station
on (a) each side of the point of obstruction. The staff or tablet must be retained
to Swork h otrains u lbetween d the point of obstruction and the staff or tablet station
from a which n the staff or tablet was issued, and on the other side, the traffic
must be conducted by a pilotman, in accordance with the following
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(b) If the obstruction is caused by a derailed or disabled train, the
guard r must put the engine-driver in charge of the point of obstruction,
and, o after b giving s t him a written order instructing him not to move his
engine r uuntil che treturns
with the pilotinan, must go himself to the end of the
section to which the train was proceeding, and arrange for three or more,
as imay obe n necessary, of the printed forms provided for the purpose of establishing
o working c by pilotman during obstruction, to be filled up ; one of these
must c be delivered u to the signalman in charge of the staff or tablet station
where pilot working commences, the second must be retained by the pilotman
and r the third , must be conveyed by the pilotman with the relief train to the
engine-driver a
in charge of the point of obstruction. The pilotman must
wear n the distinctive badge provided for that purpose, which, until the regular
badge can be obtained, must be a red flag tied round the left arm. So soon
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as he is satisfied that the arrangements are understood, trains may be allowed
to tgo
on to the single line under the control and by the permission of the
pilotruan. h The engine-driver, when put in charge at the point of obstruction,
e must hand the staff or tablet to the fireman, and instruct him to take
it back to the staff or tablet station from which it was issued, to work trains
between that station and the point of obstruction until the line is clear.
(c) The regulation badge is a red armlet, with the word " Pilotman " shown
thereon in white letters.
(d) The line on each side of the obstruction must be protected in accordance
with Rule 217 in the Book of Rules and Regulations, and the guard and
fireman will be held responsible for taking care that this is done until the
men are appointed specially to perform the duty.
(e) When the line is again clear, no train must be allowed to pass the point
where the obstruction existed without the staff or tablet ; the pilotman
must accompany the first train carrying the staff or tablet to the staff or
tablet station to which the train was proceeding at the time of the accident.
After the engine-drivpr has given up the staff Qr tablet to the signalman,
and the pilotman has withdrawn his arrangements for pilot-working, the traffic
must again be conducted in accordance with these regulations.
(I) In no case of obstruction away from a staff or tablet station must a
staff or tablet be restored to the instrument at either end of the section until
the section is clear, except as laid down in Regulation 19.