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Page Bank Colliery Branch.—Continued.
4.—Trains conveying the workmen must only consist of the carriages
and vans provided for the purpose.
5.—Messrs. Vell Brothers to provide a guard to take charge of the trains
by which the workmen may be conveyed ; the guard of the mineral train
must, however, accompany each train and render such assistance, under
the instructions of Messrs. Bell's guard, as may be necessary to ensure safety
in working.
6.—The engine or engines must be in the leading position in each
•direction, except when working double loads up the Bank by two engines,
In which case an engine must be attached at each end.
7.—The speed of the trains must not exceed 15 miles per hour. (0, 7425)
ROSEDALE BRANCH.
In cases when two engines are working on the Rosedale Branch at the same
time, the driver of the first engine to leave Rosedale West must personally see
the ring for the West Rosedale and Blakey Junction section, and leave it for
the second engine. • He must take possession of and carry the ring for the section
of the line he is going to work over from Blakey Junction, i.e., Incline Top or
East Rosedale, as the case may be. The second driver to carry the ring for West
Rosedale and Blakey Junction, also the ring for the section he is going to work
over from Blakey Junction.
On arrival at Blakey Junction, the second engine driver must leave the ring
for the section West Rosedale and Blakey Junction in the Staff Cabin. The
driver of the first engine to return from Blakey Junction to West Rosedale must
attach the ring he has been working with to the West Rosedale and Blakey
Junction ring and leave them both in the Staff Cabin, in order that the driver
of the second engine may know he is the last one from Blakey Junction to
West Rosedale. All the rings to be carried by the last engine from Blakey
Junction to • West Rosedale. ( O . 5416).
SHILDON LODGE COLLIERY BRANCH.
1.—A stall is not provided for this line, which is worked upon the principle
that only one engine is to be allowed on the branch at one time. The
branch commences at Shildon Gas Works Crossing and terminates at the Shildon
Lodge Colliery. The shunter at the former place is in charge of the working.
2.—The entrance to the Soho Fields Siding is from this line, and the key of
the points controlling the entrance is kept in the Gas House. When an engine
has entered these sidings, and the points have been locked, an engine may be
allowed to proceed to Shildon Lodge Colliery. The engine when proceeding
from Shildon Sidings to Shildon Lodge Colliery must draw the load from
Shildon Sidings to St. John's Road Crossing.
:3.—When an engine is at Shildon Lodge Colliery and one is required to go to
Soho Fields Siding, it must travel from the Gas Works Crossing on the loop line,
and must not pass on to the colliery 'line immediately at the East side of St,
John's Road Crossing, until the guard has satisfied himself that the first engine
has not left the Colliery. When the engine has got into the Soho Fields Sidings,
it must not leave there until the guard has satisfied himself that there is no
engine on the line from Shildon Lodge Colliery, and when
- it must this return h to a the s Gas bWorks e eCrossing n by the loop line.
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