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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 2, 1910.
CHAPTER IV.
SYSTEMS OF WORKING TRAINS.
Working.
62. All trains running between Stations will be worked on System of the following systems as the case may be:--
(a) One engine only.
(b) Line Clear Message.
(c) Absolute Plock.
CHAPTER V.
ONE ENGINE ONLY.
of the One
63.- Where trains are worked on the one engine only system, Essentials only one engine in steam, or two or more engines coupled together, Engine only shall be allowed on the line at one and the same time.
System.
Application
Engine only System.
64. Trains may be worked on the one engine only system of the One only on short branch railways having a single line of rails.
in Case of
(1) If a train becomes disabled and requires assistance, or if Procedure an accident occurs which renders it impossible for the engine (or,
if Accident. two of mitre enges are coupled together, for either or both of such engines) to proceed, the Guard in charge of the train must instruct the Engine Driver to keep the engine stationary until his
and must them proceed to the station from which assistan can best be obtained, and must inform the Stationmaster there of the cresiances.
tetura,
(Such Stationmaster may then allow another engine to ente! the line.
(3) Such other engine must be accompanied by the Guard in charge of the disabled train, who must explain to the Engine Driver where, and under what circumstances, the disabled train is situated
(4) Suck Guard shall be responsible for the safe and proper working of the line until each engine has left it and it is again clear.
(5) If there be no Guard in charge of the disabled train, the Fireman, or, if necessary, the Engine Driver, must perform the dunes imposed by this rule on the Guard.
CHAPTER VI.
LINE CLEAR MESSAGE SYSTEM.
65.--Where trains are worked on the Line Clear Message Essentials for system, no train shall be allowed to leave a station unless—
permission to approach has been obtained by telephone'
from the station ahead, and
(b) the Engine Driver has been given a written authority to proceed, certifying that the line on which he has to travel is absolutely clear of trains.
66.---Such permission to approach shall not be given unless the line on which the train is to travel is absolutely clear of trains and all other known obstructions up to the Quter signal and the whole of the last preceding train has passed inside the facing points or has arrived at the place at which trains usually come to a stand. 67.-(1) Every authority to proceed shall be delivered by the Stalu master, or by some railway servant appointed in this behalf un ler special instructions to the Guard in charge of the train, who shali hand it personally to the Engine Driver, or countersign it and then send it to the Engine Driver either by the Stationmaster or by some railway servant appointed in this behalf by special instructions
Working the Line Clear Sisterin
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