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Safety Management System (SMS) Index

This page provides the index to the various permanent documents that make up the the Middleton Railway’s SMS. Its purpose is to list these documents, and to identify the current version of each.  Where appropriate it also describes the revision history of the documents.

For some of these documents this page also provides links to access them, but for others it provides links to the pages that give more information about them, and that provide the links to access them.

This index does not include temporary documents, such as special traffic notices.

Click here to access a printable version of this index document.

The Documents

1. The Safety Management System Master Document.  The current version of this document is identified as version 4.0, and it is dated October 2017.  Click here to access it.

2. Policy Directives.  The policy directives are indexed on a separate page, and the separate index for them should be consulted for details of the current status of each directive.  Click here to access this separate page.

3. Framework for Risk Assessments.  The current version of this document is the one identified as the revision for 2004 operations, and it is dated 22nd June, 2004.  Click here to access it.

4. Risk Assessment.  The current version of this document is the one identified as being as at March 2006, and it is dated 31st March, 2006.  Click here to access it.

5. Company Rules.  The current version of this document is identified as the eighth revision, and it is dated as issued by the council in July 2017, to operate from 2nd September 2017.  This can be accessed from the separate page for Train Operations.

6.  General Regulations.  The current version of this document is identified as the eighth revision, and it is dated as issued by the council in July 2017, to operate from 2nd September 2017.  This can be accessed from the separate page for Train Operations.

7. Train Operating Regulations.  The current version of this document is identified as the eighth revision, and it is dated as issued by the council in July 2017, to operate from 2nd September 2017.  This can be accessed from the separate page for Train Operations.

8. Briefing of Changes to the Train Operating Regulations.   The current version of this document is identified as version 8.7.   Click here to access it.

9.  Sets of Work Instructions, as follows.  Each of these can be accessed from the separate page for Train Operations.

  1. The Register of Work Instructions (MRT-WI-REG).  The current version of this document is dated as issued on 2nd September 2017.
  2. Operation of Moor Road Level Crossing (MRT-WI-001).  The current version of this document is dated as issued on 2nd September 2017.
  3. Operation of Beza Road Level Crossing (MRT-WI-002).  The current version of this document is dated as issued on 2nd September 2017.
  4. Operation of Balm Road Loop Level Crossing (MRT-WI-003).  The current version of this document is dated as issued on 2nd September 2017.
  5. Locomotive Driver Experience (MRT-WI-004).  The current version of this document is dated as issued on 2nd September 2017.
  6. Use of Radios (MRT-WI-005).  The current version of this document is dated as issued on 2nd September 2017.
  7. Engine House Operations (MRT-WI-006).  The current version of this document is dated as issued on 2nd September 2017.

10.  Rules & Regulations Feedback Form.  This document does not carry a version number, and it is undated. It is available in two formats:  a pdf version for printing out and filling in manually, or a Word version for downloading and completing electronically.  Click here to access the pdf version, or here to access the Word version.

11. Volunteers’ Handbook (often also referred to as the Working Members’ Handbook). The current version of this document is actually version 3, but it does not carry a version number.  It is dated as issued in February 2010. This can be accessed from the separate page for Train Operations.

12. Induction Procedure for New Staff.  The current version of this document is actually version 3, but the document itself does not carry a version number, and it is undated.  Associated with this is a letter that must be given to junior members as part of the induction procedure, but which is not formally classed as a separate document for the purposes of the SMS.  These can both be accessed from the separate page for Volunteering.

13. Induction Course for New Staff.  The current version of this document is actually version 4, but the document itself does not carry a version number, and it is undated.  This can be accessed from the separate page for Volunteering.

14. Induction Record Sheet for New Staff.  The current version of this document is actually version 3, but the document itself does not carry a version number, and it is undated.  This can be accessed from the separate page for Volunteering.

15. Safety Guide for Casual Staff.  The current version of this document is actually version 1, but the document itself does not carry a version number, and it is undated.  Click here to access it.

16. Emergency Plan.  The current version of this document is identified as version 4, and it is dated March 2012.  Click here to access it.

17. Emergency Procedure Summary. The current version of this document is identified as version 1.0, and it is dated March 2015. Click here to access it.

18. Shunters’ Handbook. The current version of this document is version 1.2. It is dated as issued on 11th April 2018. This can be accessed from the separate page for Train Operations.