general instructions. - Limit Of Shunt

22 Extracts from Block Telegraph Regulations for the guidance of Engine
Drivers and others not supplied with a copy of the
Block Telegraph Regulations.—Continaed. I
Single Lines worked by Electric Train Staff and Electric Train Tablet
— Regulation 16.
Continued.
— Note.--An engine driver must not, under any circumstances, foul the single
Fouling
line for shunting purposes, unless he has received the authority of the signalman
to do so.
S i n g l
Regulation 34.A.
e (a) — Points giving communication between the sidings and the main line con-
Ltrolled i by nthe
tabla or staff cannot be opened without the tablet or staff for
Controlling
e that section of the line where the siding is situated, and the tablet or staff
cannot S i be d removed i n guntil
the points have been placed in proper position for
f o
trains s to pass upon the main line, and securely locked so as to prevent
r vehicles passing from the siding on to the main line.
b y
S (b) hOn arriving u at a siding, the points of which are controlled by tablet or
m e a
nstaff tthe engine-driver i
must hand the tablet or staff to the guard or man in
n s
ncharge g of the siding to enable the points to be unlocked. When the necessary
shunting o has been completed, and the points have been placed in the proper
pposition u r
f for trains to pass upon the main line, the guard or man in charge
of p the osiding s must return the tablet or staff to the engine driver, and the
t h
elatter s must . not proceed on his journey until he has obtained possession of it.
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Regulation K.—Exchanging Staffs or Tablets.
staffs T a
- or train tablets by hand drivers must be careful not to exceed a
speed b l
When
of 10
e
miles
x c
per
h a
hour.
n g i n g
et r t a i n
o SINGLE LINES WORKED BY TRAIN STAFF AND TICKET.
r Regulation 34.—When exchanging Train Staffs by hand drivers must be
careful S not t to exceed a speed of 10 miles per hour.
a f
f . TRAIN SIGNALLING BY RECORDING TELEGRAPH
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INSTRUMENTS.
Regulation 4.
section — clear but station or junction blocked signal has been received, or the
section
(I)
is
O
already
n
occupied and it is necessary for another train to be sent
forward, the home signal must be kept at danger until the approaching train
has
l
been
i n
brought
e s
to a stand, and the driver verbally instructed to proceed
with w caution. h e
r e
(g) On lines where passenger trains are dealt with, if when a train has been
brought
p a
to
s
a stand at the home signal it is too far away for the signalman to
verbally s e caution n the driver, a green flag or green light must be she wn by the
signalman, g e r which the driver must acknowledge by giving a short sharp whistle.
The t home r signal may then be lowered and the driver must proceed with
caution on the understanding that the advance section is occupied. In such
a i
cases no verbal caution will be given by the signalman.
n s
a(h)
On lines where passenger trains are NOT dealt with when the section
clear but station or junction blocked has been received or the section is already
r
occupied and it is necessary for another train to be sent forward, the home
signal
e
must be kept at danger until the approaching train has been brought
d
e
a
l
t