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LINES BLOCKED BETWEEN EDINBURGH AND NEWCASTLE.—
DIVERSION OF EAST COAST TRAINS.
General Rule 115.
See separate pamphlet entitled :—" Lines Blocked between Edinburgh and
Newcastle : Instructions in regard to the Diversion of East Coast Trains,"
dated 4th July, 1921. ( H . 4967).
'Trains diverted via Carlisle.
Up trains must stop at Riding Mill Station Box, and Down trains at
Prudhoe Station Box, when the Guard must inform the Signalman of the
identity of the train, so that arrangements may be made for it not to pass
-any other train on the opposite line at Stocksfield Station.
If there are Mail Vans on any of the Down East Coast trains, the trains
must be brought to a stand outside Corbridge Tunnel, and then proceed
-slowly through the Tunnel. Arrangements must be made to ensure the •
Traductors and Nets of Mail Vans being on the side opposite to the " 6-ft."
way.
Trains diverted--
(1) To the Myth and Tyne, via Manors North ;
(2) To the Blyth and Tyne, via Benton South East Curve ; or
(3) Via Tynemokith and Hartley by way of Wailsend or Riverside Branch.
Two East Coast trains must not be allowed to pass each other between
'Hartley (Junction with Avenue Branch) and Seaton Delaval.
RESTRICTIONS REGARD TO WORKING OF G.N. AND N.E. JOINT
AND NORTH EASTERN CORRIDOR VESTIBULE STOCK.
General Rules 115, 90, 165. -
G.N. and N.E. Joint and North Eastern Corridor Vestibule -
must vehicles not be allowed to work between Newcastle and Carlisle, or between
Hartley (Junction with Avenue Branch) and Backworth, except in East
Coast trains which are diverted to either of those routes, or in complete
trains for which the same arrangements must be made as for East Coast
trains ( B . • 424).
See pamphlet dated 4th 'July, 1921, entitled "Lines blocked between Edinburgh
and Newcastle" ; Instructions in regard to Diversion of East Coast trains.
SECTIONS OF LIME OVER WHICH EAST COAST, G.N. & N.E. MINT
AND NORTH EASTERN VESTIBULE STOCK, ALSO ORDINARY
STOCK EXCEEDING 54 FEET IN LENGTH OVER HEAD-
STOCKS IS NOT PERMITTED TO WORK.
General Rules 115, 90 and 165.
East Coast, G.N..& N.E. Joint, and North Eastern vestibule stock must.
not be allowed to work over the following lines':—
Hartley (Junction with Avenue Branch) and Backworth,
except as provided for above.
Newsham and Blyth.
Bedlington and Newbiggin.
Gateshead (Greensfield Junction) and Dunston, except on empty
.Coaching stock trains.