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The Duties of the Steam Train Driver - Jas. T. Hodgson
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DUTIES OF THE DRIVER
HAVING SUCCESSFULLY PASSED through the cleaning and firing stages of his career, the spare driver will, by virtue of the time he has spent upon the footplate, have gained sufficient experience to know that it is practically impossible to obtain or to give information beforehand regarding every difficulty that may present itself during his daily work. So much depends upon outside circumstances, such as signals, amount of traffic on the line, engine failures, etc., that his individuality and discretion, combined with the manner in which he attends to the various details connected with his duties, will always have a direct bearing on his success or failure as a driver. It is during the first twelve or eighteen months that the young driver will have to show that his promotion was merited, and a few slight mishaps or casualties during that period may greatly retard his progress, and seriously impair his future prospects. His record will to a certain extent be compared with that of others who have had many more years’ experience, and he may often find himself on an engine not in the best of condition, or with a fireman for mate who is sometimes new to his duties. The following is therefore intended to emphasise the importance of a few of the various details connected with daily work, and which, when properly applied, go to make the successful driver by giving the necessary confidence for the proper discharge of his duties, leaving absolutely nothing to chance.
AFTER HAVING SIGNED THE APPEARANCE BOOK, and obtained the number of his engine from the sheet, the driver should see what is entered for his engine in the report book. Any special bills or road book that may be necessary should be signed for, and the notice boards carefully examined for orders respecting water, repairs to the line, alterations to signals, etc. To prevent the occurrence of any mishap for which he would be held responsible, the driver should write out on paper the stops and running of his train. In this manner any detail affecting the daily work, whether in time book, rules, or special bills, will invariably be committed to memory before starting on the journey.
After the various notices and instructions have been duly noted, he will go to his engine and first examine the gauge glasses to ascertain the amount of water in
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