Pilot Guard System

CHAPTER-XI THE PILOT GUARD SYSTEM G.R. 11.01. Essentials of the Pilot Guard System :— Where trains are worked on the Pilot Guard System :— (a) a railway servant (hereinafter called a Pilot Guard) shall be specially deputed to pilot trains; and (b) no train shall leave a station except under the personal authority of the Pilot Guard. S.R 11.01. Pilot Guards shall be selected from SMs or Guards or from railway servants qualified in SM’s or Guard’s duties. In selecting Pilot Guards on D/L, SMs working in cabins who are acquainted with D/L working & the signals & points on the section shall as far as possible be preferred. G.R.11.06. Protection of trains on the Pilot Guard System :— In the event of a train, which is followed by another train, stopping on the line between stations, the Guard and the Loco Pilot shall take action to protect the train in accordance with the provisions of Rule 10.09. [ Rule 10.09. Protection of trains on the Following Trains System :— (1) When a train is stopped between stations & if the detention exceeds or is likely to exceed 5 minutes, it shall be protected in accordance with the provisions of Rule 6.03, except that the Guard going back to protect the train shall place one detonator, at 250 m from the train on the way out, & two detonators, 10 m apart, at 500 m from the train, irrespective of gauge. (2) In case the train, stopped between stations, is unable to proceed on account of accident, failure, obstruction or any other exceptional cause, LP shall also arrange to protect the train in the front in the manner laid down for the Guard.]