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MP 86.....
.....Watchman Cabin
Samish water tank.....
.....Booth
Sockeye, highway crossing.....
.....Booth
So. Bellingham, tool house.....
.....Booth
No. Bellingham, cement spur.....
.....Booth
Custer, south switch.....
.....Booth
MP 125.....
.....Booth
Fraser Mill Spur.....
.....Booth
Sapperton scale house.
Dominion Bridge.....
.....Booth
Endot.....
.....Booth
Still Creek.....
.....Booth
B.I. Jct.....
.....Booth

19.....SPRING SWITCHES WITH FACING POINT LOCK.

Mt. Vernon, south siding switch. Normal position is for main track.
Endot, end of double track. Normal position is for northward main track.
Still Creek, end of double track. Normal position is for southward main track.

20.....MANUAL INTERLOCKINGS.

Delta Jct., drawbridge 10 and NP Ry crossing.
Marysville, 1.25 miles south of drawbridge 11.
Marysville, 0.50 miles south of drawbridge 12.
Fir, 1.34 miles south of English Lbr. Co. crossing
New Westminster-Fraser River Jct., drawbridge and junction with CN and BCE Rys.

New Westminster-Fraser River Jct., when, for any reason, a proceed indication cannot be displayed at the home signal, no train or engine movement shall be made over bridge, except on authority of regular Dominion Government clearance.

Delta Jct., whistle signals for routes:

Main track.....
.....1 long.
From north to Delta yard.....
.....1 long, 1 short
From south to Delta yard.....
.....2 long, 1 short
From Delta yard to north.....
.....2 long.
From Delta yard to south.....
.....3 long, 1 short
From NP Ry connection to north.....
.....1 long, 1 short, 1 long
From north to NP Ry connection.....
.....1 long, 1 short, 2 long.

21.....AUTOMATIC INTERLOCKINGS.

Still Creek, 1.84 miles south of B. C. E. Ry crossing.

22.....SEMI-AUTOMATIC INTERLOCKINGS.

New Westminster, 0.50 miles north CPR crossing, Crossover to Waterfront track.
New Westminster, 1 mile north, Fraser Mill Spur.
Vancouver, CPR Crossing at Burrard Inlet.

New Westminster, crossover to water front track:

GN train or engine movements between main track and water front track over CPR crossing are governed by electric lock at main track switch stand. Both switches of crossover are lined by operation of main track switch stand. Instructions for their operation are posted in lock box locked with a switch lock. After using lock box must be locked.

New Westminster, Fraser Mill Spur CPR crossing:

Normal position of gates is stop for Great Northern. GN train or engine movements over CPR crossing are governed by manually operated gates electrically locked. Instructions for their operation are posted in lock box locked with a switch lock located at gate. After using lock box must be locked.

Vancouver, CPR crossing at Burrard Inlet:

Normal position of gates is stop for Great Northern. GN train or engine movements over CPR crossing are governed by manually operated gates electrically locked. Instructions for their operation are posted in lock box locked with a switch lock located at gate adjacent to Powell Street. Operation of this gate also operates gate on opposite side of CPR tracks by means of mechanical connection.

GN westward trains or engines shall stop clear of Powell Street until gates are opened and the way is clear for movement across CPR tracks to avoid blocking traffic on Powell Street. Wigwag type crossing signals governing traffic on Powell Street are manually controlled by handle of electric gate lock. After using lock box must be locked.