GWR Service Time Table - Instructions
Robert Ferris has transcribed the following
information on the operation of Moor Street station from regulations and
instructions issued by the Great Western Railway or other railway
companies.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY
Appendix to No. 13 Section of the Service
Time Tables
(Aynho Junction, Birmingham,
Wolverhampton and North Warwickshire Line)
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MARCH 1929, and until further notice
BIRMINGHAM (MOOR STREET)
TRAINS RUNNING INTO MOOR STREET STATION
Passenger Trains running into Moor Street Station must not
exceed 90 wheels, including engine.
SAND DRAG IN DOWN MAIN LINE
A trailing Sand Drag is provided at the rear of the Catch
Points in the Down Main Line, 59 yards from the South end of Snow Hill Tunnel.
It is 180 yards in length, and consists of narrow troughs in the centre of
which is an ordinary rail with a depth of about four inches of sand above the
rail level.
The Permanent Way Department is responsible for seeing that
the sand is kept loose in the trough.
Trainmen are specially requested to be on the alert when
running between Bordesley Station and Birmingham, so that in case any vehicle
or vehicles should break away, every precaution may be taken to stop them at
the earliest possible moment.
In order to ensure this, Guards must be ready to instantly
apply their hand brake at any point after passing Bordesley Station until their
train has arrived at Snow Hill Station.
GONG COMMUNICATION, GOODS YARD
An Electric Gong, operated from the Signal Box, is fixed on
the South end of the Goods Shed.
When the services of a Goods Shunter are required to attend
to Goods Trains, the Signalman will give one ring on the Gong, and this signal
must be immediately attended to.
GOODS TRAINS CONVEYING TRAFFIC FOR MOOR
STREET
The following regulations must be strictly carried out in
respect to trains taking traffic to or from Moor Street Goods Depot. Down
Trains must run over the Down Relief from Bordesley North. Up Trains must run
over the Up Relief or Up Goods Lines from Moor Street. No Up Train having work
to do at Moor Street must exceed 43 wagons and van.
When the load of the 11.45 p.m. ex Worcester consists of
more than 43 wagons for Moor Street, those over and above that number must be
detacted at Hockley and worked forward by first available train.
The load of Down Trains must be regulated according to
class of Engine that they can start from Moor Street without difficulty.
The Goods Agent at Moor Street must keep the Yard Master at
Bordesley Junction advised of the number of wagons which Down Trains are
required to pick up.
Trains must not be ordered to call specially at Moor
Street, until arrangements have been made through the Birmingham
Control.
MOOR STREET GOODS DEPOT
General Traffic. Traffic arising at Bordesley
Junction and South thereof to be held back at Bordesley Junction and worked
thence to Moor Street.
Traffic arising at places north of Birmingham to be held at
Hockley and worked to Moor Street by the Engine and Van, returning to Bordesley
Junction after working the 10.25 p.m. ex Margam or by any other suitable Train
as arranged by the Control.
Fish Traffic for Birmingham. The Fish Traffic
arriving by 11.5 p.m. ex Gloucester, to be worked to Moor Street by the engine
of that train.
The Fish from Grimsby, etc., arriving by the 2.0 a.m. ex
Banbury, to be detached at Moor Street by that Train, which will pass over the
Relief Line from Bordesley to Moor Street, and be placed in position for
unloading by the Worcester Engine.
On Sunday mornings, the Fish ex Grimsby, etc., which is
conveyed by the 11.0 p.m. ex Taunton, must be detached at Snow Hill Station to
be iced, and afterwards worked thence to Bordesley Junction, to go forward to
Moor Street by the 5.0 a.m. ex Bordesley Junction, Mondays.
Vegetable and other Market Traffic for Birmingham.
The Market Traffic for Birmingham, arriving by the 11.45 p.m. ex
Worcester, to be dealt with at Moor Street by the Engine of that Train.
The Engine to be utilised to place traffic in position for
unloading in the Shed, and to do any other shutting necessary.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR WORKING TRAVERSING TABLES
ON Nos. 1, 2, 3 AND 4 LINES
1. The Traversers are worked by an Electric Controller
fixed near the Stop Blocks, and the Traffic Goods Department is responsible for
manipulating them. The Handle is locked electrically from the Signal Box, and
cannot be worked when the Signals are lowered for a train to run to the
Platform Line affected.
2. Trains must be stopped short of the Traverser. The Porter
or Goods Shunter must uncouple the Engine, and it must then be run on to the
Table on receipt of a hand signal from the Porter or Goods Shunter.
3. The Traffic or Goods Department man working the Traverser
must give the prescribed rings on the Telephone to the Signalman, who must then
release the Lock, and after the code has been acknowledged, and the Indicator
shows that the Lock is off, the man manipulating the Traverser must place his
right foot on the Button on the floor to form an Electric contact, and then
push the vertical lever from him to his fullest extent. The Controller handle
must then be carefully moved by the Porter for the purpose of traversing the
Engine from one Line to the other.
4. After the Engine has been removed from the Table, the
Traverser must be returned to its normal position, the vertical lever being
drawn back. The man manipulating the Traverser must then give the prescribed
rings on the Telephone, indicating that the Traverser is not further required,
and the Signalman must acknowledge the code by repeating it, and relock the
Table.
5. A Disc works with each Traverser to show when the Table
has returned to its normal position. This Disc shows a Red and Green
Signal.
6. When a Train or Engine arrives which has to be traversed
and the Table is then not in the correct poition for the operation, the Shunter
about to work the Traverser must inform the Engineman what he is going to
do.
Special Limitations of Speed at Birmingham Moor
Street
Locality |
Lines |
Speed per hour not to
exceed |
Moor Street |
Up main to up relief |
25 miles |
Moor Street |
Down relief to down main |
25 miles |
Moor Street |
Moor Street to up main and relief lines |
10 miles |
Moor Street |
Down main to Moor Street |
10 miles |
Moor Street |
Down relief to Moor Street |
10 miles |
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