built sufficient for the traffic which is likely to offer for some time to come. The pier at Blackheads has been repaired and re-decked and has been in use on several occasions in connection with landing material for the Chinese Section. As all the land on the Reclamation will not be required exclusively for Railway purposes, it is proposed to lease out certain lots on temporary leases and a plan is in course of preparation by the Director of Public Works showing the various lots available.
Gang Huts for the gangmen working along the line have been built at every three miles along the line to accommodate a mate, and eight men.
Signalling.
The system of Signalling is practically that used in India for Single Lines and consists of a bracket Signal close to the points and an Outer 1,500 feet away. The points are locked with Annetts Locks and when the road is thrown over and the points locked, the key for the bracket signal corresponding to the setting of the road, is released and the signal lowered by hand. The lowering of the Home Signal engages the Distant or Outer which is then pulled off from just behind the bracket. It is impossible to lower the Outer unless by foul means, until the bracket signal is lowered and it is impossible to lower the bracket until the points are set and locked for the road which is required. A key box would convert the system into a fully interlocked one. The sidings are trapped by scotch blocks rodded to the points. There is a ground lever frame at Hung Hom Bridge signalling the Loco Yard. As Messrs. Leigh and Orange were still working at the time of opening, a Signal was introduced, tappet interlocked in the frame. This enabled them to work, without fouling the Main Line except when their Engines were going to shed.
Trains are worked on the Block System by means of Neales Block Instruments which were installed during the year. The instruments are placed in pairs at each Station, each instrument containing tokens of different grooves which makes it impossible to insert a token into the wrong instrument. Each instrument is electrically connected with the correspondingly grooved instrument at the next station and only one token can be withdrawn at a time in any particular block section.
Loco Yard.
A shed, the material for which was mostly obtained from the dismantled sheds at Blackheads and those of the various sheds at Beacon Hill Tunnel, has been erected for the stabling of the coaches when not in use. This will in future help to protect the outside of the coaches from the smoke of the harbour and the dust from the Cement Works.
The Loco Yard has been laid out to the North of Gascoigne Road between the Main Line and the portion of the Old Gascoigne Road running by the China Light and Power Company's premises.
built sufficient for the traffic which is likely to offer for some time to come. The pier at Blackheads has been repaired and re-decked and has been in use on several occasions in connection with landing material for the Chinese Section. As all the land on the Reclamation will not be required exclusively for Railway purposes, it is proposed to lease out certain lots on temporary leases and a plan is in course. of preparation by the Director of Public Works showing the various lots available.
Gang Huts for the gangmen working along the line have been built at every three miles along the line to accommodate a mate, and eight men.
Signalling.
The system of Signalling is practically that used in India for Single Lines and consists of a bracket Signal close to the points and an Outer 1,500 feet away. The points are locked with Annetts Locks and when the road is thrown over and the points locked, the key for the bracket signal corresponding to the setting of the road, is released and the signal lowered by hand. The lowering of the Home Signal engages the Distant or Outer which is then pulled off from just behind the bracket. It is impossible to lower the Outer unless by foul means, until the bracket signal is lowered and it is impossible to lower the bracket until the points are set and locked for the road which is required. A key box would convert the system into a fully interlocked one. The sidings are trapped by scotch blocks rodded to the points. There is a ground lever frame at Hung Hom Bridge signalling the Loco Yard. As Messrs. Leigh and Orange were still working at the time of opening, a Signal was introduced, tappet interlocked in the frame. This enabled them to work, without fouling the Main Line except when their Engines were going to shed.
Trains are worked on the Block System by means of Neales Block Instruments which were installed during the year. The in- struments are placed in pairs at each Station, each instrument con- taining tokens of different grooves which makes it impossible to insert a token into the wrong instrument. Each instrument is electrically connected with the correspondingly grooved instrument at the next station and only one token can be withdrawn at a time in any par ticular block section.
Loco Yard.
A shed, the material for which was mostly obtained from the dismantled sheds at Blackheads and those of the various sheds at Beacon Hill Tunnel, has been erected for the stabling of the coaches when not in use. This will in future help to protect the outside of the coaches from the smoke of the harbour and the dust from the Cement Works.
The Loco Yard has been laid out to the North of Gascoigne Road between the Main Line and the portion of the Old Gascoigne Road running by the China Light and Power Company's premises.
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