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Originally Posted by wyvern
What are the rules about propelling on the big railway?
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When you are propelling a train from the main line into a siding or vica versa, you must reach a clear understanding with the driver of the train, the signal box which controls that section of track.
The propelling movement must be controled by the PIC of the move, from the leading suitable vehicle, or a place of safety on the ground, or the PIC must proceed the movement on foot.
To control such a movement, the PIC must control the propelling movement with hand signals or back to back radios.
Normally I have used radios for these movements.
If radios are used, or hand signals to control the movement, the driver should stop the movement if he loses sight of the PIC or the radio transmission stops.
By stop I mean STOP right away.
When using radios, the PIC will maintain a constant transmission to the driver. This can be a voice transmission or a constant bleep on the radio.
The speed of these movements should be 5 mph and no faster
I have spent nearly eveyday of my working week propelling 65SLU trains into siding in and around Leeds.
Managers have radios that they can monitor what you are saying on the radios.
Strict Safety Critical Communications must be used at all times.