SAFETY FIRST Part 4 . For previous parts please see replies #101 ,97 and 96 above.
It's hight time I resumed this column. Besides the 3 main documents quoted above in reply # 101 the AMTP safety file aka the Rulebook comprises also 4 instructions booklets concerning the engineer,26 pages, the fireman,17 pages, the conductor,15 pages and the dispatcher/ station agent, 14 pages. They describe in details their safety duties and general tasks all along an operating day from the time they sign the the volunteer log through the time they leave their position . Moreover these booklets give to the steam crew and diesel locomotive engineer quite a lot of instructions and advice to use the power motive properly in order to avoid damaging it, consequently they are all fully part of the training process.
Interestingly enough at the the AMTP only the engineer and the dispatcher are regarded as safety positions by the Transportation Administration but not the conductor although actually he shares in with the engineer the responsibility for the safe running of the train in sofar as he is in charge of the safety of the riders.
In 2005 the Rulebook got the Tranportation Administration approvoal and the AMTP was temporarily licensed to run its tourist railway for 10 years. In 2015 the Rulebook was updated under the supervision of the inspection bureau in charge of the safety enforcement on the tourist railways and for the second time met with the approvoal of the Transportation Administration that definitively licensed the AMTP to run its tourist railway.
From 7 pages in 1967 to 140 pages nowadays the AMTP rulebook has put on weight a lot for 50 years, I assume that te WW&F rulebook has followed suit as time has gone by. I'd really appreciate if you could describe it to me shortly. To becontinued...