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Bell Code 5

Driver or Guard leaving train in accordance with rules.

 

The driver of 101323 contacts the signal box for instructions at Newton on Ayr station. ca June 1986.

 

The DMU bell code was affixed in every cab and guard's van of the DMU fleet. I must have read it in passing a thousand times, but with the passing of time I had to check...

 

DMU Bell Code:

 

The following code of bell signals between Guard and Driver must always be used by means of the bell communication provided :-

 

1.Stop.

2.Start.

3.Set-back.

3-3.Guard required by Driver.

Guard or Driver attend telephone

(where provided).

4.Slow down when propelling.

5.Driver or Guard leaving train in accordance with rules. (Rule 55?).

6.Draw forward.

7.Correct vacuum indicated in rear Guard's compartment during tests.

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Taken on June 16, 2019