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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 31

Danger until again in working-order, and a Hand-signalman need not be appointed.

(l.) The Signalman at the box in the rear must, when practicable, be advised if the Distant or Home Signal cannot be placed at Danger, and he must stop all Trains proceeding in the direction of the defective Signal and advise the Engine-drivers of the circumstance.

(m.) Hand Signals must be made by Flag by Day except in cases of emergency.

SIGNALLING IN FOGGY WEATHER, OR DURING FALLING SNOW.

148. (a.) In Foggy Weather, or during Falling Snow, it is the duty of the Stationmaster or other appointed person to take care that Fog-signalmen are employed at all the places where their services are required, and, where Surfacemen are employed for the purpose, to arrange beforehand with the Inspector of Permanent-way the Surfacemen who are to act as Fog-signalmen at the various Posts. The Foreman, Ganger, or Leading Hand must not be assigned a fixed Post, but must be left free to examine his Road as directed by Rule No. 307. He may, however, when no other competent man is available, be employed to call the Fog-signalmen, to visit them at their Posts, and distribute Detonators, &c., in accordance with Rule No. 154.

(b.) A list of the names and addresses of the Fog-signalmen, showing the Post to which each man is appointed, must be kept exhibited in a conspicuous position in the Stationmaster’s Office and Signal-box.

149. When a Fog occurs during the Day, between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m., the men appointed to act as Fog-signalmen must at once report themselves to the Stationmaster and take his Instructions. Those who have to do duty at Junctions or intermediate Signal-boxes away from a Station must report themselves to the Signalmen on duty at the respective Boxes.

150. (a.) When it is necessary to employ Fog-signalmen during the Night, between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., the Officer-in-Charge must arrange to have the men called and sent to their respective Posts. If the Fog-signalmen become aware, from their own observation or from information given to them, that their services are required during the Night, or at any other time when off duty, they must at once report themselves to the Officer-in-Charge without waiting to be called; but this will not relieve the Officer-in-Charge from the responsibility of sending for the Fog-signalmen when necessary. If the Fog-signalman, on his way to the Signal-box to report himself for Fog-signalling duty, has to pass the Signal to which he is appointed, he must, when practicable, if that Signal is at Danger, place two Detonators, 10 yards apart, on one Rail of the Line for which he is Fog-signalling, and then proceed to the Signal-box, getting back to his Post as promptly as possible.

(b.) When the Fog has sufficiently cleared away, each Fog-signalman must place two Detonators, 10 yards apart, on one Rail of the Line for which he is Fog-signalling, and then go to the Signalman at the Box in connection with which he is employed, and take his Instructions as to whether his services are any longer required for Fog-signalling duties.

151. (a.) Each Fog-signalman must, before proceeding to his Post, be supplied with not less than twenty-four Detonators, a Hand Signal-lamp, trimmed and lighted, and a Red and a Green Flag. If Fog-signalling for a Distant Signal, he must place himself outside the Signal in connection with which he works, and as far from it as is consistent with his keeping it well in sight; and whenever a Train has passed him going in the direction of the Signal-box from which the Signal is worked, and so long as the Signal exhibits the Danger Signal, he must place and keep two Detonators fixed, 10 yards apart, on one Rail of the Line for which the Signal is at Danger, and, unless Instructions are issued to the contrary, exhibit a Red Hand-signal to the Engine-driver and Guard of an approaching Train. When a Signal is lowered or taken off, he must remove the Detonators from the Rail, and exhibit to the Engine-driver and Guard a Green Hand-signal, which must be held steadily in the hand. If he become aware of any Obstruction on the Line in the immediate neighbourhood of the Signal for which he is signalling, either from a Train not having gone forward or from any other cause, he must leave the Detonators on the Rail and, showing a Red Light with his Hand-lamp, go back along the Line a sufficient distance to protect such Obstruction, and must there place on one Rail of the Line for which he is Fog-signalling three Detonators, 10 yards apart, and return to within sight of the Distant Signal. When he is satisfied that the Obstruction has been removed, he must take up the more Distant Detonators and return to his Post.

(b.) The absence of any Signal after the explosion of a Detonator must be considered equal to the exhibition of a Danger Signal.

(c.) The Fog-signalman must see that the Distant Signal which has been taken off for a Train to pass is placed at Danger after the passing of such Train. If, after a reasonable time has elapsed, the Signal is not placed at Danger, the Fog-signalman must go back to protect the Train as above directed. The next following Train must be stopped and the Engine-driver instructed to proceed cautiously and to inform the Signalman at the Box in advance of the circumstances.

(d.) When there is a Distant Signal Arm on a Home or Starting Signal post, it will not be necessary to put down more than two Detonators, although both Signals are at Danger, but the Fog-signalman must not take up the Detonators unless both Signals are lowered. Should the Home or Starting Signal be lowered and the Distant Signal remain at Danger, the Fog-signalman must continue to exhibit his Red