(1)Trains shall not be moved by power upon any railway track installed in a factory unless the railway, its equipments and vehicles conform with this rule.(2)The distances (a) between tracks and (b) between tracks and buildings or blind walls and (c) between tracks and materials deposited on the ground shall be respectively not less than:-(a)from centre to centre of parallel tracks, the overall width of the widest wagon of that gauge plus twice the width of the door of such a wagon when opened directly outward, plus 3 feet;(b)from a building or wall other than a loading platform to the centre of the nearest track, half the overall width of widest wagon of that gauge, plus the width of the door of such wagon when opened directly outward, plus 5 feet;(c)from material staked or deposited alongside the track, on the ground or on a loading platform, to the centre of the track, half the width of the widest wagon of that gauge, plus the width of its door when opened directly outward, plus 3 feet:Provided that the Chief Inspector may by an order in writing exempt a specified factory or specified part of it from all or any of the provisions of this sub-rule to such extent and on such conditions as he deems necessary.(3)Within the factory precincts sleeper shall not be raised above ground level.(4)All track ends shall be equipped with buffer stops of ample strength.(5)Barriers of substantial construction shall be securely and permanently fixed across any doorway or gateway in a building or a wall which conceals an approaching train from view, between the building and the track as prescribed in sub-rule (1) of rule 109.(6)Where tracks are carried on a gantry or other elevation, a safe footway or footways with hand rails and the boards shall be provided at all positions where persons work or pass on foot; and where there is an opening in the stage of an elevated track for the dropping of material to a lower level, the position shall be adequately fenced or the opening itself provided with a grill through which a person cannot fail.(7)All point levers shall have their movements parallel to, not across, the direction of the track.(8)All loading platforms which are more than 2 feet above the level of the ground on which the track is laid and more than 50 feet in length shall be provided with steps at intervals not greater than 50 feet apart to enable the platform to be easily mounted the track.(9)On every locomotive weighing 15 tons or more when empty the brakes shall be capable of being applied by steam or other power as weir as by hand; or there are separate and distinct power and hand brakes.
