general instructions. - Limit Of Shunt

General Instructions.—Continued. 6 9
Instructions for Protection of Brake Fitters, etc. Continued.
(C)—General Instructions.
14.—Where there are Repairing Shop Sidings, or where Sidings are set
apart for the purpose, wagons and other vehicles must (as far as practicable)
be repaired or lifted in such Sidings.
15,—Shunters and others must keep a good look-out when shunting on
Lines and Sidings adjacent to those occupied by vehicles on which men are
at work, and must, before commencing such shunting, warn the men
engaged on the vehicles, what they are about to do.
I6.—Each Department concerned and each Private Wagon Repairing
Firm will supply the Red Flags and Lamps of a pattern approved by the
Railway Company concerned for their own staff.
17.—The attention of the Company's staff concerned • is specially directed
to Rule 24 in the Book of Rules and Regulations. -
NOTE.—The Instructions in regard to placing a red flag at the end of
each train do not apply in the case of through trains, but if it is necessary
for any of the men concerned to carry out work on these trains, they must
inform the Station Master or other person responsible for despatching the
train, who must see that great care is taken in attaching any vehicles to
the train, and must not start it until he is satisfied that the men have
ceased from working on the train, as set out in General Rule 107.• -
(O. 9986)
WORKING OF CRANES.
General Rule 109.
Accidents have frequently occurred in the working of cranes owing to the
men making use of the cogs of the wheel for the purpose of steadying the
load, winding up and letting out slack chain, etc.
The practice is a very dangerous one, and the working of cranes by means
of any part of the machinery except the proper gear is strictly forbidden.
(O. 7564). •
PRIVATE OWNERS' ENGINES REQUIRING TO WORK ON N.E.. LAE.
General Rule 111.
The practice to be Observed under Rule 111, dealing with the above, is as
follows :—
In all cases in Which application is made for engines belonging to Contractors
or other Private Owners to work upon this Company's line, the
application must, in the first instance, be referred to the General Superintendent,
and when the engine and men have been certified by the Chief
Mechanical Engineer as fit to run upon the railway, the application must
be submitted to the General Manager in order that the requisite authority.
under the Rule may be given
The rule is not intended to apply to the ease of Private engines required
to be forwarded in steam for ordinary transit over the line.