The two following specimens of the directions issued on such occasions by the Company’s superintendent will best give the information required:—
London and North-Western Railway.
Superintendent’s Office, Euston Station,
22nd January, 1848.
Relaying the Rails in the Kilsby Tunnel.
The Engineer Department have given notice that the workmen are ready to commence removing the stone blocks and relaying the rails in the Kilsby Tunnel.
The Electric Telegraph having been laid through the Tunnel, the work is to commence on the night of Wednesday the 2nd of February, and during its continuance the traffic is to be conveyed over one Line from the passing of the Up Lancashire Express Train (say 9 P.M.) until 8 o’clock the following morning, when the Up Line is to be clear for the passage of the 7 A.M. Train from Birmingham.
The passage of the Trains through the Tunnel during the night is to be under the following regulations:—
The Red Signal is to be kept on at each entrance to the Tunnel during the hours the traffic has to pass over the same Line; and every Train, whether Up or Down, is to stop short of the Cross Road laid down at the Tunnel mouth.
As a guide to the Drivers where to stop, a Post has been erected, upon which a Red Light will be shown, and beyond which the Engine is not to advance.
As a further precaution during the hours of relaying, the Green Signal is to be shown at Crick, and by the Policeman stationed at Hillmorton Ballast Pit, as notice to the Drivers in either direction to shut off the steam.