(1) The Station Masters shall ensure that each vehicle standing at their stations are so placed and secured that they do not and cannot obstruct other lines in the manner specified below,-
(a) vehicles shall be coupled together and hand brakes applied; or
(b) if brakes cannot be tightened, the vehicles shall be secured with safety chains fastened to the rail and padlocked and the sprags or wooden wedges or skids shall also be used to prevent rolling down of vehicles.
(2) As far as possible, such vehicles shall be stabled on lines that are isolated from the running lines.
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(3) Whenever one or more vehicles are detached from a train,- (a) before the locomotive of the train is detached to shunt the vehicle, the competent railway servant provided for shunting, or in his absence the Assistant Loco pilot of the locomotive shall ensure that brakes of the portion of the train being left behind is adequately secured against any movement which may obstruct the adjacent line;
(b) before uncoupling the vehicles being stabled it shall be ensured that they have been secured as in sub-rule (1) of the rule 147;
(c) when detached vehicles are kept on a running line, the Station Master shall further ensure that the points leading to the line are set and locked against the line and stop callers are used to prevent operation of buttons associated with points and signals that lead to the obstructed line.
(4) In case of stabling of full load,-
(a) a minimum of six wagons at each end, in a load of upto sixty vehicles, shall be secured by either applying hand brakes by assistant Loco pilot or secured with at least two safety chains one at either end fastened to the rail and padlocked by the Station Master. Further at least four sprags or wooden wedges be used, two each below the outermost pair of wheels. In case the load exceeds sixty vehicles it shall be treated as two separate loads;
(b) the vehicles of stabled load shall be coupled together. In case, the stabled load has to be split for any reason and also in case of a long haul train each split part shall be treated as a separate load for the purpose of securing;
(c) when stabled on a running line, action as in sub-rule (2) (c) shall also be taken and remarks made in train signal register in red ink to the effect that is blocked.
(d) a full train shall not be stabled on a running line having gradient more than one in four hundred; and
(e) in case of stabling of train with locomotive attached or stabling of light engine before shutting down the locomotive, the Loco pilot shall additionally ensure that every given brake, including hand brake and parking brake have been applied, and locomotive secured with wooden wedges.
(5) In case a train is stalled in block section besides protecting the train in terms of rules 223, the vehicles shall also be secured when either the locomotive is to be detached or being shut down or a portion of the train is left behind or the continuity of brake has been affected due to accident.