Rule 618.1 — Optional: to 618 with System. Protecting Against a Foreman

1. (a)Each time a movement is so authorized, the movement must be restricted as follows: “Protect against foreman (name) between (location) and (location)”. Such restriction must be provided when the movement is within:
2. (i)two controlled blocks of the limits; or
3. (ii)25 miles of the limits when there is no controlled block prior. The RTC must ensure that the authorized movement is the only one that will encounter the signal indication to enter the limits.
4. (b)No entry into TOP limits may be made until both the conductor and locomotive engineer are aware of the authority and limits granted and have received instructions from the foreman named in the authority. Such instructions must be repeated to, and acknowledged by, the foreman before being acted upon.
5. (c)In addition to the permission and instructions received from a foreman to enter and/or move within the limits, trains or transfers must also be authorized to enter the TOP limits by signal indication or the provisions of Rules 609, 610 or to reverse within the TOP limits under the permission of the signalman.

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