REGULATIONS FOR GUARDS.
1. Each ordinary Train on the Main Line is to have at least two guards, and the short Trains on the Branch Lines one Guard. If the Train is very heavy, additional Guards will be sent with it, at the discretion of the Superintendent.
2. Every Guard is to be at the Station from which he is to start half an hour before the appointed time, that he may see to the marshalling of the Carriages, and the arrangement of the Passengers’ Luggage, Parcels, &c.
He is to see that he has on the Train,
- 1 Pair of Signal Flags and Case.
- 1 Hand Signal Lamp and Box.
- 2 Canisters of Fog Signals and Blue Lights.
- 12 Links and Box.
- 1 Pair of Levers.
- 1 Box for Despatches.
3. Until the Train starts the Guards will be under the order of the Station Master.
4. Every Guard is to see that his Signal lamps are in a fit state for use and properly trimmed; the Senior Guard will ascertain that the Tail and Side Lights are securely fixed before the Train starts, and is responsible for their being lighted at sunset as well as during a Fog.
5. The Train, when in motion, will be under the order and control of the Senior Guard; the Passengers and their Luggage must be considered in his charge, and he will be responsible for the safety and regularity of the whole. He is to keep the time of running, and will be answerable that any Carriage which is to be left at an intermediate Station is detached.
6. With through Trains (viâ the Trent Valley) in which the whole journey is performed without change of Guard, there will be three Guards between London and Rugby, and the following will be the arrangements:—