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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 2, 1910.
Signals Lamps,
Leaving vehicles in sldings out. side station limite
Obstruction
of line.
113. Every railway servant in charge of signals must see that the greatest care is taken in the cleaning, trimming and lighting of signal lamps.
114. No railway servant shall leave any vehicle in a siding outside station limits, unless the vehicle is clear of all running roads, and, except under special instructions, unless the wheels thereof are properly secured.
115.-No railway servant shall commence loading, shunting or other operation by which any running road may be fouled or obstructed, without obtaining the previous sanction of the Station- master, or of some railway servant appointed in this behalf by special instructions, who must see that all necessary steps are taken for the protection of traffic while such operation is being carried on. (a) When it is necessary to block any portion of the line between stations for Engineer- ing purposes, the Permanent Way Inspector will apply to the Traffic Superintendent for Line Block orders to be issued. The line must not be blocked for minor works such as removing and replacing a rail. Such work must be done under protection of the prescribed signals
(b) The time for blocking the line must be arranged so as to interfere as little as possible with the train service. Twenty four hours notice must be given to the Traffic Superintendent that Line Block is required, and the application must be in the following specific terms from which no deviation whatever is authorised:—
Block line between (station).
frooi hrs......
.and Station.
..to lirs
.....on (date..
Preparation
for running trains.
Finding of los articles.
(c) The Traffic Superintendent will issue orders to:--
1)
The Station Masters of the Stations between which the line is to be blocked, (ii) alt Train Ordering Station Masters who have power to order trains over such part of the line, the Stations Masters of stations from which trains thus ordered would commence their journey.
(1) The Traffic Superintendent must be equally precise in his orders which must be Issued in the following form from which no deviation whatever is authorised :—
(e)
The Station Masters of the stations between which the line is blocked as well as the ar în Ordering Station Masters of the Section and the station Master at the other end of the train ordering section, will immediate- ly acknowledge receipt of the order in the following terms :---
"I note line barween (station).
(1)
,will be blocked between hours of...
on (date)
.and. copy P. W. 1. or A. E. (as the case may be).”
and station!
When an order is recolved from the Traffic Superlutendent that the ling is to be blocked, this order must be copied in ink in bobl handwriting across the page following the authority to proceed for the last Train that entered the section. This must be done in the Train Register book for Block Instruments and a copy of the message must be placed across the Bell plunger of the Block instrument, as à visual reminder of the state of the section. The Train Ordering Station Mister must take care that he orders no Special grafns whose running would be interfered with by the line block.
(2) (1) Until advice withdrawing the block is received no Traffic train may be allowed to enter the Blocked section under any circumstances whatever.
(1) A Ballast or Engineering Material train may, on the responsibility of the Engineering Official in charge not under the rank of Per- maneut Way Inspector, be taken into the Blocked section, but such Engineering Officiãi must furnish the Guard of such train with a written authority in the following terms:-
"You are authorised to take your train into the blocked section betweon (station).. and (station)
on (date).
.at hours.. for Engineering purposes. The line must be cleared before
hours
minutes.
(ii) Before he takes his train into the blocked section the guard must hand this voucher to the Station Master and obtain from him in return a certificate in the following terms: --
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"I note you are authorised by the Engineering department to take your train into the blocked section between (station) ......and station).........on (date) ..at hours
"The last traffic train cleared that section at...
minutes. "
1
hours..
(iv) No "Authority to proceed" must be issued for any train even though the time of the line block has expired until the fins is declared clear by the Engineering official in charge in the manner described in the next rule.
(h) When the line is clear, the Engineering official in charge of the work for which the line was blocked must advise the nearest Station Master in writing that the line is clear. and if any train entered the section for Engineering purposes he must state in the advice where that train is at the time of his advice. This advice must be recorded in the Train Register at the station where it is received.
If such train is stated to have been despatched to the station at which the advice is re- reived, the Station Master there must satisfy him-elf that it has arrived complete: if the train was despatched to the station at the other end of the section he must ascertain by telegraph whether it has arrived at that station, the Station Master there satisfying himself before reply- ing, that the train has arrived.
(1) When these orders have been carried out, and the Station Master who received the advice has satisfied himself that the line is clear he must immediately telegraph to: ----
(i) The Station Master at the other end of the block Section on which the line was
blocked.
us follows: --
(ii) The Station Masters referred to in Rule (e) (1), ii) and (iii) and (iii) Traffic Superintendent,
"Line block between station) Department on date
.ut.
hours..
and (station) .minutes. "
removed by Engineering
(j) This telegram must be recorded in the Train Register book of the station to which it is addressed, and thereafter Station Master may resume passing Traffic trains into the Section.
116.-The staff must always be prepared, without previous notice, for the running of trains.
117.-Any railway servant who finds on the railway or in any vehicle any article (whether belonging to the Railway Administra- tion or to a private owner) which appears to have fallen from a train or to have been lost, must immediately deliver or send such article to the nearest Stationmaster, to be dealt with in accordance with special instructions.
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