(3) The brake must be capable of being applied to every vehicle of the train, whether carrying passengers or not.
(4) The brake must be in regular use in daily working.
(5) The materials of the brake must be of a durable character, and easily maintained and kept in order.
35. Any undertaking furnished by a railway company to be under the seal, and signed by the chairman and secretary of the company.
Recommendations as to the Working of Railways.—1. There should be a brake vehicle, with a guard in it, at or near the tail of every passenger train; this vehicle should be provided with a raised roof and extended sides, glazed to the front and back, and it should be the duty of the guard to keep a constant look-out from it along his train.
2. All passenger carriages should be provided with continuous footboards, extending the whole length of each carriage
and as far as the outer ends of the buffer castings. As passenger carriages pass from one company’s line to another’s, it is essential for the public safety that, although the widths of the carriages on the different lines may differ from each other, the widths across the carriages from the outside of the continuous footboard on one side, to the outside of the continuous footboard on the opposite side, should be identical for the carriages of all railway companies, so that the lines of rails may be laid at the proper distance from the edges of the passenger platforms.
3. There should be efficient means of communication between the guard, or guards, of every passenger train and the engine-driver, and between the passengers and the servants of the company in charge of the train.
4. The tyres of all wheels should be so secured as to prevent them from flying open when they are fractured.
5. The engines employed with passenger trains should be of a steady description, with not less than six wheels, with the centre of gravity in front of the driving-wheels, and with the motions balanced. They should, as a rule, be run chimney in front.