WHEN THE QUEEN IS ON THE ROAD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2718, 6 October 1887, Page 2

WHEN THE QUEEN IS ON THE ROAD.

Let us glance at.the regulations for all concerned. The time of departure and arrival having been mentioned, and the metals on which the ty&wili travel specified, the vides:

1. For a pilot, .engine, acoompahied by a locomotive foreman for the various districtj, and by a guard with lamps, flags, and fog signals. This- engine precedes the royal train at a uniform speed, and always fifteen miles in advance of it, ' , ... .. . .

, 2. The drivers and firemen as woll as the Engineers of the royal train' are specially selected. Telegraph men accompany the train under a superin tendant, and workmen, fitters, .-.lamp men, and greasers, travel on the train, keeping a constant watch,. ani'-'fA, stopping places they must alight atre examine the train and greaseMbe axis-boxes. "

3. A look-oufc man is placed oh the tender of the engine, and, tseatedlwitV his- face to "the tram, observe any signal that may be given by' the'occupants,- Thiß position is by; no; meins an enviable one, db may bo imaging; partioularly at night, when ordinary vigilance is reqiiirea^i^ The above are a feu of cautions which the Railway Companies adopt to secure Her Majesty's safety-, and her comforbis no less studied.'.The Queen travels, on the down .Jine, ; and so for thirty minutes; previous to her coming, no . train, not even-a light engine fan engine without carriages attached) or any vehicle is pormitted to proceed npon or cross the iine^the Not only are toe rules expecfced^t^ all goods trains are examined 'to see whether anything is projecting which might strike the.royal trains." Nodriver is permitted to allow' biren^iilefto blow;off steam or. to whistle. wKilft"/pn a siding the; Queen, or passing. The facing and other are properly seoured and bolted before the train passes, The gates 'oHevel crossings,' where there are no gatekeepers,' are locked an hour .before the Queen comes, and a long line platelayers, at distant intervals, like a row of sentries, guard the permanent way. ■ Speoial : telegraphic signals ar& employed, the, public are fromthe stations, and the the company must perform, all tjieir duties "silently.and without uoiae.-"--'Cassell's Family Magazine, • \.^ t}