Section 229 in The Dedicated Freight Corridor Railway General Rules, 2018
229. Working of relief locomotive or relief trains (Accident Relief Train/Accident Relief Medical Van) on blocked line.
(1)(a)In case of an accident resulting in complete blocking of running lines, if it is considered necessary to run train or trains to the site of the accident for relief or other purposes, such trains may be despatched into the obstructed section by issuing a written authority to proceed without line clear 'Authority to Proceed Without Line Clear' to the Loco pilots of such trains on the prescribed form;(b)where more than one such train is required to be sent, Loco pilot of each of them shall depute one of the available railway servant to station himself forty five meters behind each of them to show hand danger signal to the next relief train. The Station Master on duty shall dispatch next relief train only after receipt of such confirmation;(c)further, before issuing such an `Authority' to any train , the Station Master on duty shall obtain permission to the effect from the Controller regarding marshalling of train to be despatched. The Controller in turn shall first confirm the marshalling required by the officer-in-charge at the site of accident.(2)(a)the authority to proceed without line clear given to the Loco pilot shall be the authority, to proceed up to the point of obstruction and return back up to the first Stop signal of the station;(b)The kilometers up to which the Loco pilot shall proceed into the obstructed block section, shall be recorded on this authority.(3)The authority to proceed without line clear may confirm whether the train is to return after completion of the work or wait at the place of obstruction till the line behind is cleared on return of the train in rear. The Loco pilot of the second and subsequent train shall also be given an authority to proceed without line clear with a similar endorsement made on the form, and that another train has gone ahead or shall be following into the obstructed section.(4)While proceeding into the obstructed section, the speed of the train in the last five kilometers of stretch immediately preceding the obstruction shall be restricted to twenty five kilo meter per hour in clear visibility over the straight, otherwise to ten kilo meter per hour when approaching or passing any portion of the line when the view ahead is not clear, or obstructed, or during bad weather impairing visibility. A Caution Order to this effect shall be issued to the Loco pilot of the relief train.(5)When more than one relief trains are being sent, following each other before the first one has reached the site, the speed of successive trains shall be restricted as in sub-rule (4) of the 229 right from the despatching station, and the Loco pilot of each of them shall protect his train by deputing a railway servant to show hand danger signal forty five meters away in the rear in case their train is stopped in between before reaching the place of obstruction.G - Report of conditions likely to affect running of trains
