GWR Instructions - Engine Whistle Codes

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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.

LONDON, MIDLAND AND SCOTTISH RAILWAY COMPANY.

INSTRUCTIONS
affecting
L.M.S. SERVANTS
when working over the
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

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1st JANUARY 1933 until further notice

ENGINE WHISTLES

The following are the Standard Engine Whistle Codes:-
    Main Lines … … … 1 whistle
    Relief Lines … … … 2 whistles
    To or from Platform Loops … 2 whistles
    Branch Lines … … … 3 whistles
    Goods Lines … … … 4 whistles
    Bay Lines … … … 2 short whistles
    To Engine Shed … … 4 short whistles
    Yards, to or from … … 1 crow
    Crossover Road, Main Line … 1 crow and 1 whistle
    Crossover Road, Relief Lines 1 crow and 2 whistles
    In Siding Clear of Running Lines 3 short sharp whistles

For crossing operations, whistles should be used made up of a combination of the whistle for the road upon which the engine is standing or running, and the road to which the Driver wishes to be transferred, as for example:
Main Line to Relief Line … 1 whistle pause 2 whistles
Relief Line to Main Line … 2 whistles pause 1 whistle

Where Standard Whistle Codes are not required they may be utilised for other purposes.

LIST OF ENGINE WHISTLES
BIRMINGHAM MOOR STREET

Moor Street, Birmingham
    From No. 1 platform … … … … 1 and 1 crow
    From No. 2 platform … … … … 2 and 1 crow
    From No. 3 platform … … … … 3 and 1 crow
    From No. 4 loop … … … … 4 and 1 crow
    To and from shunting spur to No. 1 platform … 1 crow and 1
    To and from shunting spur to No. 2 platform … 1 crow and 2
    To and from shunting spur to No. 3 platform … 1 crow and 3
    To and from shunting spur to No. 4 loop … 1 crow and 4
    From goods line … … … … 3
    To and from yard to shunting spur … … 1 long, 2 short
    From goods yard … … … … 1 crow
    From shunting spur to hoist roads … … 2 and 2 crows