Instructions

These official published instructions were relevant to the working of the Callander and Oban Railway.

Caledonian Railway - Appendix to the Working Time Tables, 1st August, 1888:

• Trains fitted with Continuous Brake worked from the Engine
• Marshalling
• Controlling of Trains down Inclines
• Home Signals at Stations, &c
• Cattle and Sheep Trucks for Callander and Oban Stations
• Speed of Trains and manner in which Engines, &c., are to be worked [Killin Railway]
• Regulations for working a "Bank Engine" from Oban Junction to Glencruitten Summit
• Padlocking of Points
• Acharn Siding [Killin Railway]
• Killin Railway
• Ben-Cruachan Quarry Branch - Callander and Oban Line
• Oban Goods Station - Controlling of Trains

Caledonian Railway - Appendix to the Working Time Table, 1st May, 1915:

• Maximum Load of Passenger Trains and number of Guards required for each
• Controlling of Trains down Inclines
• Regulation of Railways Act, 1889 - Vehicles behind Rear Van
• Speed of Trains entering Stations over Facing Points
• Trains crossing at Stations situated on Inclines and approaching the Stations at or about the same time
• Bell Communication with Agents during Night and on Sundays
• Empty Plant for Callander and Oban Line
• Empty Saloon, Family, and other Special Passenger Carriages by Goods Trains
• Regulations for working the Down Night Mail - Callander to Oban
• Train Tablet Regulations - Apparatus for exchanging Tablets
• Trains using Apparatus
• Tablet Pouches
• Crossing of Trains at Callander and Oban Junction
• Callander and Oban Junction - East Ticket Platform
• Callander Passenger Station
• Glenoglehead Crossing
• Killin Junction - Crossing of Trains
• Working of Train Tablet at Crianlarich Junction East Signal Box on Sundays
• Crianlarich Junction
• Automatic Stone Signals at Craig-na-Cailleach, near 6th Mile Post between Callander and Strathyre Stations
• Tyndrum - Dwarf Locking Frame
• Working of Live Stock Trains
• Automatic Stone Signal in Pass of Brander
• Taynuilt Station
• Telephone Communication between Stations on Ballachulish Branch and Locomotive Shops, Oban
• Oban
• Barcaldine (Private) Siding - Between Benderloch and Creagan
• Auchindarroch Siding - Between Duror and Kentallen
• Ardsheal Quarry Siding - Between Kentallen and Ballachulish (Glencoe.)
• West Laroch Slate Quarry Siding, near Ballachulish (Glencoe)
• Speed of Trains and manner in which Engines, &c., are to be worked [Killin Branch]
• Signal Frames [Killin Branch]
• Killin Station - Rounding of Branch Train [Killin Branch]
• Acharn Siding [Killin Branch]
• Loch-Tay [Killin Branch]

British Railways Scottish Region - Sectional Appendix, Section 2 - West, 1st October, 1960:

• Working the Down Night Mail Train and the Sunday Morning Down Passenger Train
• Callander
• Between Callander and Strathyre
• Balquhidder
• Killin Jn.
• Between Loch Awe and Taynuilt
• Connel Ferry
• Oban

British Railways Scottish Region - Sectional Appendix, 18th January, 1969:

• Between Loch Awe and Taynuilt
• Between Taynuilt and Oban
• Oban

British Railways Scottish Region - Sectional Appendix, 1st October, 1977:

• Between Dalmally and Taynuilt
• Between Taynuilt and Oban
• Oban

Miscellaneous:

• Train Tablet Regulations (1880)
• Working of Tablet Frame

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