THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 2, 1910.
83. (1) The Cancelling signal cancels the last signal given The Cancelling from the station from which it is sent.
(2) Where an Is Line Clear signal has been forwarded and it is afterwards found that the train to which it referred has to be detained for shunting or other purposes at, or has returned to, the station from which that signal was sent, the Cancelling signal must be sent to the station in advance, so that the previous signal may be cancelled.
Signal.
84.-The Testing signal shall be used only for the purpose of Testing Signal. testing the instruments.
CHAPTER IX.
Possession of the Authority
GENERAL RULES APPLICABLE TO ALL SYSTEMS. to Proceed.
85.--The Engine Driver shall not take his train from a station unless he has in his possession, as his authority to proceed, either--- (a) a token for the section, taken from an electrical in-
strument, or such a token and a Caution order, or (b) a Line Clear ticket duly signed by the Stationmaster,
or
(c) a document prescribed in this behalf by special in-
structions.
An authority to proceed shall not be delivered to the Engine Driver until the procedure prescribed in the foregoing rules in Chapters 5, 6, 7 and 8, so far as it is applicable in the particular case, has been followed.
to Perdei.
86.--(1) When the authority to proceed is a token taken from No. of Token electrical instruments, the number of the token must be recorded in the Train Register book.
(2) On arrival of the train at the station in advance, the Engine Driver shall deliver up the token in accordance with special instructions, and this token shall then be placed in the instrument from which it was extracted.
(4) Whenever, in consequence of the line being under repair, or for any other reason, special precautions are necessary, the Stationmaster or other duly authorised person must make over to the Engine Driver, in addition to the token mentioned in Rule 85, Clause (a), a Caution order detailing the reasons for taking such special precautions
Note. This rale does not apply in tle ense of long continued repairs, when fixed signals are provided at an adéquate distance short of such place and have heen notified to the Traffle Department.
Proceed when
87.--If the train stops at the station, and is waiting to pass Authority to another train, the authority to proceed shall not be delivered to the to to Delivered. Engine Driver until the whole of the latter train has come in and
is clear of the running road for the former train.
88.--An authority to proceed shall not be delivered to the Engine Driver except by the Stationmaster or by some railway servant appointed in this behalf by special instructions.
89.--If two engines are coupled together, or if one engine is in front and another in rear of the train, the authority to proceed shall be handed to the Driver of the leading engine.
the Authoriy
90.-(1) The Engine Driver must see that the authority to accuracy of proceed is accurate and applies to the section which he is about to to Proceed. enter, and, if the said authority is a ticket, that it is complete and is signed in full and in ink.
(2) If the conditions mentioned in Sub-rule (1) are not com- plied with, the Engine Driver shall not take his train past or from the station until the mistake or the omission is rectified.
Electrical
91.-) If the block instruments or their electric connections Failure of should fail, permission to approach must be obtained through the Instruments electric speaking 'nstruments.
(2) When permission to approach has been so obtained, an entry to that effect must be made at the top of the Line Clear ticket at the time of issue, and in the Train Register book, and the train may then be allowed to proceed.
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