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ALTERATIONS TO GENERAL APPENDIX — continued
Page 87
Delete item headed "Maximum Permitted Speeds o f Locomotives Running Light, or with One
Two Vehicles Only" (as shown in Supplement No. 1) and substitute the following:—
MAXIMUMSPEED OF LOCOMOTIVES RUNNING LIGHT, OR WITH ONE ORTWO VEHICLES ONLY
Unless otherwise specially authorised, locomotives running light, or with trains composed of one or two
coaching stock vehicles, or one or two fitted freight vehicles only, are limited to the maximum speeds
shown below:—
Speeds (miles per hour)
as shown in Table A of
' Sectional Appendices.
Up to 55
60 — 70
75 — 90
95 — 100
Maximum permitted speed (m.p.h.) when running
Light or with one or two coaching stock or fitted
freight vehicles only.
No reduction i n speed required
55
65
75
Where lower speed limits are laid down in the weekly Notices of Engineering Works or for particular types
of locomotives or vehicles, such speed restrictions must in all cases be complied with. Guards must
remind Drivers working trains composed as shown above of the speed limits which will apply on the
route over which the journey is to be made.
When for any reason a locomotive requiring to run light is incapable of attaining the appropriate maximum
speed shown in the right hand column above, the Person in charge of the Depot where the light journey
is to originate must advise the Control Office for that locality, who will suitably advise Signalmen and
Control Offices concerned.
Page 90 (pages 19-30, Supplement No.1) — PROVISION OF ELECTRICPOWERSUPPLY TO LOCOMOTIVEHAULED TRAINS FOR HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, ETC.
To operate on and from Wednesday, 1 January, 1975.
Clause 24 - Table on page 29 of Supplement No.1 — Amend Index Number of Class 45/1 locomotives to
read "66".
Page 90
Delete instruction headed "Steam Heating of Passenger Trains — Periods during which Steam
Heating must be Applied or Discontinued (as amended by Supplement No.1) and substitute
the following :—
HEATING OF PASSENGER TRAINS —PERIODS DURING WHICH
HEATING MUST BE APPLIED OR DISCONTINUED
Except where otherwise authorised Steam Heating Pipes and electrical jumper cables must remain on
coaching stock vehicles and be coupled for use throughout the year.
Heating to be made available as follows
(a) O n trains conveying Post Office vehicles and Sleeping Cars throughout the year.
(b) Express Passenger Trains (i) 1 s t October to 30th April — except that at local discretion heating should not be provided if
weather conditions render it unnecessary.
(ii) Fro m 1st May to 30th September, heating should not be provided except if, at local discretion,
weather conditions make it essential.
(c) O the r Trains 1st October to 33th April, except that at local discretion heating should not be provided if
weather conditions render it unnecessary.
Pre-heating and super-heating both in respect of the necessity for these operations and their duration
is to be at Regional discretion as dictated by weather conditions.
With trains on which the heating is part of the air-conditioning system, or on which the heating is
automatically controlled, the system should function normally at all times.