1. When a Ballast Engine is discharging or taking in ballast, blocks, sleepers, or other materials, on the Main Line, the Engineman is to send a Ballastman back 600 yards with a red signal-flag; and this Ballastman is to remain on the look-out till the Ballast Train is ready to move, and he is to stop any approaching Train, and inform the Driver of the position of the Ballast Train. (See Rule 17, page 182.)

2. All persons in charge of Ballast Trains are to obey the orders of the Company’s Agents, Inspectors, and Police, so far as relates to the time of their running on the Line; and no Ballast Engineman is to leave a siding in front of an expected Train, or without the permission of the Officer in charge of the point.

3. No ballasting is to be carried on in foggy weather, except under urgent circumstances, or by express permission.

4. Ballast Enginemen are to take particular care always to have a proper supply of Coke and Water in their Tenders, so as to prevent the possibility of any detention on the Line from deficiency; and they are also to take care to attach only such number of waggons as can be drawn with certainty, and on no account to leave their Engines while standing on the Main Line.

5. A Red Signal must always be stationed 800 yards back before a Rail is taken out, or any obstruction caused to the Main Line. (See Rule 17, page 182.)

6. A Green Signal must be stationed 400 yards back whenever the state of the Line requires that the Train should proceed with caution.

7. No rail, block, or chair, is to be removed in a fog, or during the night, except by express permission from the Resident Engineer; and in all cases, before taking out a Rail, the Foreman is to have at the spot a perfect Rail in readiness to replace it.

8. No Truck or Lorry is to be placed on the Line except for the conveyance of materials; and any Truck or Lorry so used is to be followed by a man carrying a Red Signal, at a distance of 400 yards at least. No Lorry is, under any circumstances, to be moved on the wrong Line.

9. No Truck or Lorry is to be used in a fog; and the wheels of Lorries must be constantly locked when not in use.

10. No Lorry is, under any circumstances, to be attached to the end of a Train.

11. Should special circumstances require the use of a Lorry in the Tunnels, or otherwise than in broad daylight, it must be followed by a man with a Red Light, and notice must be given by the Foreman to the Policeman at the entrance to the Tunnel of the time he expects the Lorry will be required in the Tunnel, that the Policeman may keep on the Red Signal during the whole time, and caution any Engineman entering in the Tunnel.

12. Every Overlooker is to have a list of the name and abode of every Foreman of his district, that, in case of accident, he may be enabled to summon them immediately to assist in any way that may be deemed necessary; and should any obstruction take place, caused by snow, frost, slips, or other sudden emergency, he is instantly to collect the required strength to overcome the obstacle.

13. The Plate-layers are to desist from work when a Train is within 400 yards, and the Foreman must order his men to move to the side of the road clear of both Lines, to secure the men from the risk of accident by Trains running in opposite directions. If working in a Tunnel, and Trains are approaching in both directions, the Plate-layers must lie down between the two lines of way, till the Trains have passed.

14. If a Passenger Train approach within ten minutes of a Coal or Ballast Train, the Plate-layers must give the Signal to proceed slowly.

15. In the event of any Engineman neglecting to comply with the Signal to stop, or to proceed cautiously, as the case may be, the Foreman of the Plate-layers is to report the circumstance, in order that proper notice may be taken of it.

16. Every Overlooker is responsible that all loose timber, stones, rails, chairs, or other materials, as well as the workmen’s tools, are removed from the road, and the Line kept clear of interruption of any kind.

17. The whole Line is to be inspected every morning before the arrival of the first Up and Down Train, and care must be taken that the Rails are in gauge, and the Keys driven home.

18. On learning that an accident has occurred, a Plate-layer is to proceed with all possible despatch to the next gang, from which a Plate-layer will in like manner run to the next more distant Plate-layer, till information of the accident has by this means reached the Station.

19. Having communicated the information, the Plate-layers are immediately to return to give their assistance.

20. Every Foreman having been sworn in as a Special Constable is required to order off all persons trespassing within the fences on his district, and if such persons persist in remaining he is to take them to the nearest Station, and give them into the charge of the Company’s Police.

21. The Foreman is also to report if any gates which the owners or occupiers of land are required to keep shut have been left open, that the parties may be charged with the penalties, and any instance of sheep or cattle being on the Lines or Slopes is also to be duly reported.

22. Every Plate-layer is to make himself duly acquainted with the code of Signals in use on the Railway, as detailed in Sections 2 and 3.