MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM SECTION.
57. An interval of not less than Five Minutes must elapse between any two Trains travelling in either direction on the same line of Rails between Store Street Station and the Sheffield Junction; and on this part of the Line, all Engines, with or without Trains, must proceed at such a reduced speed as will enable the Engineman to stop almost instantaneously, if required so to do.
58. Every Train from the Manchester and Sheffield Line must stop before arriving at the Junction, and wait until the Policeman in charge of the Junction Points indicates that the Line is clear. Should the Manchester and Birmingham Down Train have exceeded the proper time of passing the Sheffield Junction, and the Manchester and Sheffield Train have arrived at its proper time, or before the other is in sight, the Sheffield Train will proceed First to the Station.
59. Enginemen on approaching the Sheffield Junction, from whatever direction, with or without a Train, are invariably to blow the Steam Whistle as soon as they arrive within a quarter of a mile of the Junction, and they must not pass that place at a greater speed than Five miles an hour.
60. Enginemen proceeding to the Trent Valley Line are to open their Whistles once when they arrive within a quarter of a mile of the Junctions at Stafford and Rugby, motion with their hand, or hand-lamp, as a signal to the man at the Junction Points, and must invariably slacken speed to Five miles an hour. Engines to or from Birmingham are to give two clear whistles, with an interval between them, on approaching the Junctions. The slackening of speed is especially enjoined on the Enginemen from Birmingham in case of a Train to or from the Trent Valley being in the act of crossing.
61. Enginemen having charge of Coal or Ballast Trains travelling so as to meet a Passenger Train, are not to pass any Siding or Station at a less interval than fifteen minutes before the time at which the next Passenger Train is due, and every Engineman must make himself well acquainted with the time of the Passenger Trains.
62. Enginemen are required to slacken speed previous to crossing the Turnpike Roads at Daubhill, Chequerbent, and Crook Street.
63. All Enginemen are directed not to pass through the Points at the Double Road on Dean Moor at a greater speed than eight miles an hour, nor over the curve between Leigh and Bradshaw Leach Stations at a greater speed than twelve miles an hour.