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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 31

bers are to observe the last Vehicle on all
passing Trains, to see if a Red Board or
additional Tail-lamp is affixed.

WHISTLE SIGNALS.

117. The following are the Whistle
     Signals for Trains:—
     One Short Whistle to start or go
     ahead;
     Two Short Whistles to set back;
     One Long Whistle when approaching
     Stations, Signal-boxes, or Sidings;
     Two Long Whistles, Branch Trains
     approaching Junctions;
     Three Short Whistles for Brakes;
     One Long, Two Short, one Long
     Whistles for “Train parted while
     running;”
     One Long Loud Whistle must be
     sounded at least 300 yards from
     any Level Crossing or Tunnel, and
     again on entering Tunnel;
     Whistle to be sounded whilst passing
     another Train stopping or shunting
     at a Station on the opposite Running
     Line.
     Local Codes for Shunting purposes
     will be found in the Working Time-
     tables or in the Interlocking Cir-
     culars.

WORKING OF POINTS AND SIGNALS.

118. The All Right Signal must not be
     given unless the Signalman knows posi-
     tively that the Line is clear of all Obstruc-
     tions, and safe for the Trains signalled to
     pass on, and where Stations are worked
     under Special Regulations that the Regu-
     lations have been complied with.

119. When a Train is due and approach-
     ing, and Line is clear, the proper Signals
     must be set at All Right in order that no
     unnecessary delay may be caused by
     stopping the Train.

120. When the Home and Distant Sig-
     nals have been lowered for an approaching
     Train the Distant Signal must be replaced
     at Danger as soon as the Train has passed
     it. The Home Signal will remain at All
     Right until the Train has passed within
     it or come to a stand, and then also will
     be replaced at Danger.

121. When a Train has passed the Dis-
     tant Signal at Danger in terms of Rule
     No. 80, the Home Signal only must be
     lowered to allow the Train to pass.

122. (a.) No Home Signal may be set
     at “All Right” unless the Line is clear up
     to the Starting Signal for the like direc-
     tion, and the Signals covering all inter-
     vening Fouling-points are set at Danger,
     and on Single Lines unless the Home and
     Distant Signals for the contrary direction
     are also set at Danger.

(b.) In the case of Trains not timed to
stop, the Home Signal must not be set at
All Right unless the Starting Signal and
Advanced Starting Signal where provided
for the like direction are set at All Right.
Where no Starting Signal is provided,
the Home Signal may not be set at All
Right unless the Line ahead is safe and
clear for the Train to proceed.

(c.) In case of Trains timed to stop, and
where no Starting Signals are provided,
the Home Signal must not be set at All
Right unless the Line ahead within the
Station limits is safe and clear.

123. When Trains which have to cross
     each other are approaching a Station from
     opposite directions or from converging
     Lines, and the Signals have to be lowered
     for one Train, they must not be lowered
     for the other Train until the first Train
     has come to a dead stop and the Signal-
     man has seen that the Line on which the
     other Train will arrive has been left quite
     clear.

This does not apply to Stations on Double
Lines where the approaching Trains cannot
foul each other, nor to Stations which have
been interlocked and arranged so that two
Trains can be brought in at the same
time.

124. When a Home Signal has been
     lowered for the passing of a Train, it must
     not (except in the case of accident or Ob-
     struction) be again placed at Danger until
     such Train has been brought to a stand,
     or passed within the Home Signal.

125. If, when two or more Trains ap-
     proach a Junction at nearly the same
     time, the Signalman has lowered the Sig-
     nals for a Train which should have been
     kept back for the passage of another, he
     must not attempt to alter the order of
     the Trains by reversing the Signals,
     but must put all the Signals to Danger,
     and so keep them until all the Trains
     have been brought to a stand, when
     precedence can be given to the proper
     Train.

126. When a Train has been stopped at
     a Home Signal, and it is necessary to
     bring it within the Home Signal before
     the Section ahead is clear,—

(a.) At places where Starting Signals are
provided the Signalman may, if the Start-
ing Signal is at Danger and the Line is
clear to the Starting Signal, lower the
Home Signal for the Train to draw ahead.
The Engine-driver of any Train which has
been thus stopped at a Home Signal must,
after that Signal has been lowered, go
slowly forward towards the Starting Sig-
nal, but must not pass it until it is
lowered. If the Signal-box is between
the Home and Starting Signals, the
Engine-driver must be prepared to stop
at the Box. Where the Line is not
wholly clear to Starting Signal, Engine-
driver must, on receiving a Hand Signal
or Verbal Instructions from the Signal-
man, draw cautiously past the Danger
Home Signal as far as the Line is clear,
so as to bring his Train under its pro-
tection.

(b.) At places where Starting Signals
are not provided the Engine-driver must, on
receiving Verbal Instructions from the
Signalman, draw past the Danger Home
Signal, so as to bring his Train under
its protection. If the Signalman is too
far from the Engine-driver to be able to
communicate verbally with him, the En-
gine-driver upon receipt of the necessary
Signal by Hand-lamp or Flag from the
Signalman must pass the Home Signal,
and draw cautiously towards the Signal-