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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 2, 1910.
Dangerous vehtele.
Travelling
crane.
Dummy trucks
Train lights.
Tall boards or tail lamps.
Speed limits.
Train running
(2) Except under approved special instructions, no vehicles shall be so loaded as to exceed the maximum moving dimensions prescribed.
40. No vehicle that is not furnished with screw couplings or with a central buffer coupling of approved pattern shall be attached to a passenger or mixed train.
41.-(1) No vehicle which has been off the line shall be allowed to run between stations until it has been examined and passed by a competent Carriage and Wagon Examiner :
(a) Provided that, in case of a derailment between stations, the Engine Driver may, if he considers it safe to do so, take slowly to the next station a vehicle that has been off the line.
(2) If a Guard or Stationmaster has reason to apprehend danger from the condition of any vehicle on a train before it can be inspected by a Carriage and Wagon Examiner, the Engine Driver shall be consulted, and, if he so requires, the vehicle shall be detached from the train.
42.-When attaching a travelling crane to a train, the Guard in charge of the train must see that the jib is properly lowered and secured, and that the crane is, if practicable, so placed that the jib will point towards the rear.
(a) When the jib of a travelling crane projects beyond its truck, or when the load in a truck projects to an unsafe extent beyond the end of the truck, an additional truck shall be attached, to act as dummy,
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43.--At night, and in thick or foggy weather-
(1) No train shall be worked outside station limits unless it
(a) the head-lights prescribed by the Railway Adminis-
tration; and
(b) in the case of an engine with vehicles attached, at least one red tail-light and two side-lights showing red towards the rear and white towards the engine; and
(c) in the case of a single engine without vehicles
attached, at least one red tail-light; and
(d) in the case of two or more engines coupled together without vehicles attached, at least one red tail- light affixed to the rear engine.
(2) No engine shall be employed in shunting within station limits or in a siding unless it has the head-lights and tail-lights prescribed by the Railway Administration.
(a) Light engines and Shunting Engines will show one red light, Ma il. Passenger and Goods train Engine will show two red lights; one on each side at the end of the front buffer beam, and the engines run- ning tender foremost two red lights, one above the other.
44.--In order to indicate by day to the staff that a train is complete, the last vehicle must be distinguished by affixing to the rear of it either a tail-board, a tail-lamp, a red flag, or such other device as may be authorised by special instructions.
45.-Every train must be run on each section of the line within the limits of speed sanctioned for that section. The sectional speed sanctioned shall be shown in the Working Time-table, a copy of which shall be supplied on issue to all concerned.
46. No train shall be run through facing points at a speed exceeding ten miles an hour, or such lower rate as may be pre- scribed by special instructions.
47.---Provided that, if the points are interlocked with a fixed signal, or are locked in a manner approved by the authorised officer, trains may run over them at such speed as may be approved by the Authorised Officer.
48.-When a train is to run, without stopping, through any through station station that is not interlocked, the Stationmaster of that station, or some railway servant appointed in his behalf by special instructions, must proceed to the facing points and satisfy himself that all facing points over which the train will pass are properly set and locked.
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