April 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1127

(g.) No Engine must enter upon any portion of the Single Line without the Pilotman being PRESENT and riding upon the said Engine, unless two or more Trains are required to follow in the same direction, when he must furnish the Engine-driver of each Train not accompanied by himself with a Ticket (see Specimen Form, Rule No. 287, following) properly filled up and signed, must personally start such Trains, and must himself accompany the last Train, upon the Engine of which he must ride.

The Pilotman must also inform the Guard, or Guards, that Single Line is being worked, and the points between which it is in operation.

The Ticket issued by the Pilotman will apply only to the single journey for which it is issued, and on arrival of the Train at the other end of the Section must be given up to the Officer-in-Charge, who will at once cancel it, and after ordinary working has been resumed will forward it to the District Traffic Manager.

If Telegraphic communication exists, the arrival of each Train unaccompanied by the Pilotman must be reported to the Pilotman by the Officer-in-Charge at the other end of the Section, and the Pilotman must not start another Train till he has received intimation that the preceding Train has arrived.

If no Telegraphic communication exists, no Train must be allowed to follow another Train within fifteen minutes, except by special authority of the Traffic Manager.

(h.) The Pilotman must show himself to the Signalman at each Box he passes.

(i.) The Signalman at each end of the Single Line must know the man appointed as Pilotman, and must keep at Danger the Signals applicable to Trains entering upon the Single Line until both Lines are safe and the ordinary working of the Traffic is resumed; Engine-drivers may pass the Signals at Danger, but only when so instructed by the Pilotman.

The Fixed Signals at intermediate Boxes must be worked for Trains passing over the Single Line in both directions.

Before starting any Train the Pilotman must ascertain from the Signalman and the Guard that all is right for the Train to proceed.

(j.) When the Section to be worked by Pilot is not provided at either end with Fixed Signals, competent men, with the necessary Signals, must be placed in charge at each end of the Section, as provided for in clause (a) preceding.

The man representing the Distant Signal must take the necessary steps to stop all approaching Trains, and instruct the Engine-driver to proceed slowly towards the man representing the Home Signal, who will exhibit a Clear or Danger Signal to all Trains entering upon the Single Line as instructed by the Pilotman.

(k.) Where Telegraphic communication does not exist, intermediate Sidings can be worked only by Trains accompanied by the Pilotman.

(l.) When Single Line has to be worked, and it is necessary to suspend Block Telegraph Working, this must be done only by the person who arranges the Single Line Working, by an order in writing on the Single Line Working Form; but in Foggy Weather, or during Falling Snow, or when a Tunnel intervenes, or the gradients are heavy on the Section of the Line where the Traffic has to be worked on a Single Line, Block Telegraph Working must be maintained on such Section, the Up Trains being signalled on the Up Line Block Telegraph Circuit, and the Down Trains on the Down Line Block Telegraph Circuit, or the Pilotman must accompany every Train passing over the Single Line.

(m.) When Block Telegraph Working has to be maintained, and the Block Indicator is at the “Train on Line” position for the Train which has caused the Obstruction, the Signalman at the Box in advance of the Obstruction must, in order that the Block Signalling of the Trains in both directions on the Single Line may be carried on as laid down in the foregoing paragraph, liberate the Block Indicator in accordance with the following instructions:—

(1.) When the Stationmaster in advance of the Obstruction arranges Single Line Working, and the necessary Form has been conveyed to the Signalman in the rear, the Signalman in the rear must, if the Pilotman has been conveyed by Train, and provided the Train has arrived complete, give the “Train out of Section” Signal, and the Signalman in advance of the Obstruction, after acknowledging such Signal, must release the Block Indicator for the Line which is Obstructed.

(2.) If the Pilotman is not conveyed through the Section by Train, he must, when the arrangements for commencing Single Line Working have been completed, instruct the Signalman at the Box in the rear of the Obstruction to so inform the Signalman at the Box in advance; the latter Signalman must then release the Block Indicator for the Obstructed Line.

(3.) When the Stationmaster in the rear of the Obstruction arranges Single Line Working, and the