For the information and guidance of Railway Officers and Railway Staff only 7 B•ITISH RAILWAYS North Eastern Operating Area No.! SUPPLEMENT TO GENERAL AND NORTH EASTERN OPERATING AREA SECTIONAL APPENDICES (THE ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS SHOWN HEREIN MUST BE MADE TO THE GENERAL AND SECTIONAL APPENDICES IN FORCE FROM 1st NOVEMBER, 1947) (Includes alterations and additions up to and including those contained in July, 1955, General Notices Programme.) YORK A. P. HUNTER AUGUST, 1955 CHIEF OPERATING SUPERINTENDENT e,c)v• 1 GENERAL APPENDIX/ • PAGE iii INDEX. Page ADD:— Breakdown Cranes ... .. ... 96 British Railway Standard Coaching Stock •rohibitions and Restrictions ... 67 Clearances, Warning to Staff ... ... ... ... ... 89 Coaching Stock, B.R. Standard—Pro mons and Restrictions 67 Conveyance of Explosives nd Dange us Goods ... 75 PAGE iv ADD:— Defective Signals and P ints. 83 Examinations of FreightI Fully Fitted Freight Trains. Side Lights 73 DELETE:--- ns ... Engines5 Coupled Together ... 57 PAGE v ADD:— 0 Hauling of Dead Locomotives owned by British Railways 57 Limited Clearances. Warning to Staff 89 Locking of Corridor and Gangway Doors on Passenger Trains 54 Locomotives in Steam Coupled Together 57 PAGE vi ADD:— • Regulations in Regard to the Acceptance and Conveyance of Privately Owned Locomotives and Travelling Cranes Running on their own wheels 110 PAGE vii ADD:— Side Lights on Freight Trains 73 AMEND:— Shields, Vestibule to read:— Shields, Gangway. PAGE viii AMEND:— Wagons containing L.N.E.R. Company's Fuel. to read:— Wagons Containing Fuel for Railway, Docks and Hotel use Stopped for Repairs. PAGE viii ADD:— Working of Cranes in Connection with Mishaps or Engineering Operations. Protection of Trains on Adjoining Lines 87 Working of Fixed Signals at diverging points 86 PAGE 18. GENERAL REGULATIONS FOR WORKING THE VACUUM BRAKE. AMEND Clause 1 (C) to read:— PAINTING OF VACUUM BRAKED AND VACUUM PIPED FREIGHT VEHICLES. In future the bodies of vacuum "fitted" and vacuum "piped" freight vehicles (except Insulated and Service vehicles) will be painted red. To enable staff to distinguish between "fully fitted" and "piped only" vehicles the colours of the vacuum train pipes will be as under:— "Fitted" vehicles—stand pipes red. "Piped" vehicles—stand pipes white. PAGE 21. GAUGE COCKS AND ENGINE LEAK DISCS. Stations. Carriage Sidings and Marshalling Yards. DELETE:— York (Marshalling Yard). York (Warehouse Yard). York (Yard North). Leeds (Armley Bridge). South Stockton (Goods). Middlesbrough (Goods). INSERT:— Middlesbrough Hull (Old Inward Yard). Filey Holiday Camp North Stockton (Marshalling Yard). Bridlington York (Skelton New Yard). York (Severus). York (No. 2 Up Goods). York (Dringhouses Down). York (North Junction). York (Warehouse Yard). Leeds (Hunslet). Darlington (Bank Top Yard). PAGE 22. The hand signal indicating the vacuum is required to be destroyed is abolished. Clause 8(b) note (ii). AMEND to read:— (ii) The intimation to the Driver to create the vacuum must be given either verbally or by hand signal as follows:— To create by Day: Arm moved vertically up and down above shoulder level. (See Diagram 1.) To create by Night: Red light moved vertically up and down above shoulder level. DELETE Diagram 2. PAGES 33/34. DELETE:— Existing Instructions headed "CONVEYANCE OF FOUR-WHEELED NON-PASSENGER-CARRYING COACHING STOCK AND BRAKED FREIGHT STOCK IN PASSENGER TRAINS", and "CONVEYANCE OF FOUR-WHEELED NON-PASSENGER-CARRYING COACHING STOCK AND BRAKED FREIGHT STOCK IN EMPTY COACHING STOCK AND PARCELS, ETC., TRAINS." A 2 GENERAL APPENDIX continued. INSERT:— CONVEYANCE OF FOUR-WHEELED NON-PASSENGER-CARRYING COACHING STOCK AND BRAKED FREIGHT STOCK IN PASSENGER TRAINS. General. 1. Four-wheeled vehicles, either non-passenger-carrying Coaching Stock or Braked Freight Stock, requiring to run in passenger trains must comply with the following requirements:— (a) Oil axle boxes. *(b) Automatic brake or through pipes. (c) Screw couplings and long buffers. (d) A minimum tare weight of 6 tons. (The minimum tare weight of 6 tons does not apply to Container wagons when such wagons are carrying containers either loaded or empty and the total load, i.e., tare weight of wagon plus weight of container is 6 tons or over). Four-wheeled vehicles conforming to the above requirements and having a wheelbase of 10 ft. or over are marked "X.P." together with the wheelbase. The term "non-passenger-carrying Coaching Stock" refers to stock not constructed for conveying passengers but includes Horse Boxes and Cattle Boxes. *Note.—This requirement does not modify the authority (where given) to attach at the extreme rear one vehicle not conveying passengers and not fitted with the continuous brake or through pipe. (See instructions headed "Continuous Brakes on Passenger trains".) When a four-wheeled vehicle is attached to a passenger train next to a bogie vehicle the screw coupling of the four- wheeled vehicle must be used and must be screwed up tightly. Instanter couplings must not be used for attaching vehicles to a passenger train and the emergency screw coupling or screw coupling of the adjacent vehicle must be used. Four-wheeled vehicle marked "X.P." and having a wheelbase of 15 ft. or over may be attached to passenger trains without restriction, unless otherwise specially prohibited. 2. (a) Passenger trains conveying vehicles with a wheelbase of less than 15 ft. must not exceed a speed of 60 m.p.h. at any point. In every case where four-wheeled vehicles of less than 15 ft. wheelbase are marshalled in the train the Guard must advise the Driver before starting so that the speed of 60 m.p.h. may not be exceeded at any point when such vehicle is, or vehicles are, attached to the trains. The note "tcp" in the W.T.T. indicates those trains on which the conveyance of four-wheeled vehicles of less than 15 ft. wheelbase is prohibited. Note.—The instructions contained in this Clause 2 (a) do not apply to "LNER" Horse Boxes with a 14 wheelbase which are lettered "May run at speeds exceeding 60 m.p.h. on "LNER" only". (b) Four-wheeled vehicles with a wheelbase of less than 10 ft. must not be conveyed on Express Passenger Trains. 3. Four-wheeled vehicles with a wheelbase of under 15 ft. should as a general rule be marshalled at the back of passenger trains and at the rear of all bogie vehicles. Where this is impracticable in the interests of traffic working, they may be marshalled as shown below:— (I) Next engine. (ii) Between bogie lion-passenger-carrying vehicles and/or bogie passenger coaches not conveying passengers when these are placed behind the last vehicle conveying passengers. (iii) According to destination when conveying Theatrical, Naval, Military or Air Force traffic when formed in trains composed entirely of such traffic. 4. Four-wheeled vehicles should not be placed next to the engine during the period when steam heating is in operation, unless the vehicle or vehicles are fitted with steam pipes. 5. Four and six-wheeled vehicles may be intermixed provided they are all marshalled at the front of all bogie vehicles or behind all bogie vehicles. CONVEYANCE OF FOUR-WHEELED NON-PASSENGER-CARRYING COACHING STOCK AND BRAKED FREIGHT STOCK IN EMPTY COACHING STOCK AND PARCELS, ETC., TRAINS. Any train (other than Passenger) composed of coaching stock, i.e., empty coaching stock train, parcels train, news- paper train, milk train, horse-box train, pigeon train, fish, meat, fruit, or perishable train conveying one or more four- wheeled vehicles of less than 15 ft. wheelbase must not exceed 60 m.p.h. at any point. In every case where four-wheeled vehicles of less than 15 ft. wheelbase are marshalled on the train, the Guard must advise the Driver before starting, so that the speed of 60 m.p.h. may not be exceeded at any point while such vehicle is, or vehicles are, attached to the train. This instruction does not apply to "LNER" Horse Boxes with a 14 ft. wheelbase which are lettered "May run at speeds exceeding 60 m.p.h. on 'LNER" only". "BUCKEYE" AUTOMATIC COUPLERS AND PULLMAN VESTIBULES FITTED TO L.N.E.R. STOCK. PAGE 35. WARNING. INSERT additional paragraph:— When a vehicle is detached from a train the coupler head should be dropped immediately and the buffers placed in the "Long" position. PAGE 36. Clause 2.—COUPLING INSTRUCTIONS. INSERT:— (c) WHEN COUPLING A VEHICLE FITTED WITH INSTANTER COUPLINGS TO A VEHICLE FITTED WITH AUTOMATIC COUPLERS, the Instanter coupling must not be used. If a loose screw coupling is available, this must be used in accordance with Clause 2(b). If a loose screw coupling is not available the emergency screw coupling must be used as in the case of a broken or defective screw coupling, telegraphic advice being sent, as provided in Clause 5, to the station where the Instanter fitted vehicle will be detached. Clause 3.—UNCOUPLING INSTRUCTIONS. INSERT between 3rd and 4th paragraphs:— When the necessary gap between the vehicles has been made the Shunter must exhibit a hand danger signal to the Driver to indicate that he wishes to proceed between the vehicles and he must obtain an acknowledgement of this hand signal working in close co-operation with the Driver before going between the vehicles. PAGE 42. STEAM HEATING OF PASSENGER TRAINS. DELETE paragraphs headed Commencement and Discontinuance and INSERT:— The following dates are those which normally must be followed in the application and discontinuance of steam heating for passenger trains:— Commencing Date. (i) All steam heater pipes to be fitted and coupled for use by 25th August. (ii) Heat to be applied:— sleeping car trains list September. Other express trains while running after 5.0 p.m. and before 10.0 a.m. All other passenger trains 1st October. 3) tinued.