general instructions. - Limit Of Shunt

General Instructions. Continued. 8 5
Reporting of Accidents—Continued.
10.—Accidents which result in the obstruction of any line whereby trains
are likely to be delayed must be immediately reported by telegram as set out
in General Rule 115, care being exercised in seeing that all places concerned
in the starting of trains over the portion of the line affected are advised so
that the despatch of engines from sheds and the train arrangements generally
may be regulated.
11.—As soon as the person responsible for the removal of the obstruction
can approximately estimate the time at which ordinary working may be
resumed, an intimation must be sent to the starting point to this effect,
and a further advice when the obstruction has entirely been removed.
(O. 1794).
12.—When an accident is reported by telegram it should be clearly stated
in all cases whether a passenger train is affected, whether there is any personal
injury, what lines are blocked, how many vehicles are off the rails, and any
other information which the special circumstances of the case make it desirable
that Heads of the Departments should know. ( O . 2270).
EXTRACTS RE ACCIDENTS, NARROW ESCAPES, EXCEPTIONAL
DELAYS, IRREGULARITIES, ETC.
General Rule 115.
Extracts referring to accidents, narrow escapes from accidents, exceptional
delays to passenger trains, irregularities or failures in block working,
failure of signal lamps, trains without proper signals, irregular working of
signals, signalmen late on duty, or anything observed unusual or exceptional
about a train when passing a box, or in regard to an intermediate box being
closed or opened at any other time than that shewn in the Appendix, must
be passed at once to the Station Master, and by him forwarded to the District
Superintendent, with such additional information as he may be able to
obtain.
LAMPS ON LEVEL CROSSING GATES BURNING DURING
CESSATION OF TRAFFIC.
General Rule 116.
At level crossings where the gates stand across the railway at nights, and
there is no attendance owing to there being no railway traffic, the lamps
must burn during the night. Lamps with larger vessels are provided at
such places and they must be extinguished and lighted daily, except at the
week-ends when they must be allowed to burn from Saturday night until
Monday morning except as under :—
During certain seasons of the year at stations where attendance' is given
on Sunday mornings and eyenings, and the lamps can be extinguished and
lighted without the staff having to come specially on duty, this course must
be followed.
Ordinary paraffin oil to be used. ( 9 . 2587).