BNSF DISPATCHER ACTUAL EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Timetable Letter "A". Answer: Automatic Interlocking
◉ Timetable Letter "B". Answer: General Orders, Notices, & Circulars
◉ Timetable Letter "C". Answer: Radio Communication
◉ Timetable Letter "g". Answer: Gate, normal position against
conflicting route
◉ Timetable Letter "G". Answer: Gate, normal position against this
subdivision
◉ Timetable Letter "J". Answer: Junction
◉ Timetable Letter "M". Answer: Manual Interlocking
◉ Timetable Letter "P". Answer: Telephone
,◉ Timetable Letter "R". Answer: Restricted Limits
◉ Timetable Letter "S". Answer: Railroad crossing protected by
permanent stop sign
◉ Timetable Letter "T". Answer: Turning Facility
◉ Timetable Letter "U". Answer: Railroad crossing not protected by
signals or gates
◉ Timetable Letter "X". Answer: Crossover
◉ Timetable Letter "X(2)". Answer: Multiple Crossovers
◉ Timetable Letter "Y". Answer: Yard Limits
◉ Automatic Cab Signal System (ACS). Answer: A system that allows
cab signals and the cab warning whistle to operate automatically.
◉ Articulated. Answer: Permanently connected multiple unit cars that
share a common truck.
,◉ ATC Actuator. Answer: An ATC brake applying apparatus.
◉ Automatic Train Stop System (ATS). Answer: A system activated by
wayside inductors positioned to apply the brakes automatically until the
train stops.
◉ Automatic Block Signal System (ABS). Answer: A series of
consecutive blocks governed by block signals, cab signals, or both. The
signals are activated by a train or by certain conditions that affect the
block use. SIGNALS DO NOT AUTHORIZE MOVEMENT.
◉ Automatic Train Control (ATC). Answer: A system to enforce
compliance with cab and wayside signal indications. If the train exceeds
a predetermined speed for a given signal indication and speed is not
reduced at a sufficient rate, brakes are automatically applied.
◉ Absolute Block. Answer: A length of track that no train is permitted to
enter while the track is occupied by another train.
◉ Absolute Signal. Answer: A block or interlocking signal without a
number plate, or designated by an A marker.
◉ Block. Answer: A length of track between consecutive block signals;
between a block signal and the end of the block system limits; or, in
, ATC limits the use of which is governed by cab signals and/or block
signals.
◉ Block Register Territory (BRT). Answer: A method of operation in
non-signaled territory where trains, men, and equipment are authorized
to occupy the main track in limits designated by the timetable.
◉ Block Signal. Answer: A fixed signal at the entrance of a block that
governs trains entering and using that block.
◉ Cab Signal. Answer: A signal in the engineers compartment or cab
that indicates a condition affecting train movement. Cab signals are used
with interlocking or block signals or without block signals.
◉ Cars. Answer: railroad cars
◉ Centralized Traffic Control (CTC). Answer: A block system that uses
block signal indications to authorize train movements.
◉ Clearance Point. Answer:
◉ Crossover. Answer: Section of track with switches at both ends that
connects two adjacent tracks
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Timetable Letter "A". Answer: Automatic Interlocking
◉ Timetable Letter "B". Answer: General Orders, Notices, & Circulars
◉ Timetable Letter "C". Answer: Radio Communication
◉ Timetable Letter "g". Answer: Gate, normal position against
conflicting route
◉ Timetable Letter "G". Answer: Gate, normal position against this
subdivision
◉ Timetable Letter "J". Answer: Junction
◉ Timetable Letter "M". Answer: Manual Interlocking
◉ Timetable Letter "P". Answer: Telephone
,◉ Timetable Letter "R". Answer: Restricted Limits
◉ Timetable Letter "S". Answer: Railroad crossing protected by
permanent stop sign
◉ Timetable Letter "T". Answer: Turning Facility
◉ Timetable Letter "U". Answer: Railroad crossing not protected by
signals or gates
◉ Timetable Letter "X". Answer: Crossover
◉ Timetable Letter "X(2)". Answer: Multiple Crossovers
◉ Timetable Letter "Y". Answer: Yard Limits
◉ Automatic Cab Signal System (ACS). Answer: A system that allows
cab signals and the cab warning whistle to operate automatically.
◉ Articulated. Answer: Permanently connected multiple unit cars that
share a common truck.
,◉ ATC Actuator. Answer: An ATC brake applying apparatus.
◉ Automatic Train Stop System (ATS). Answer: A system activated by
wayside inductors positioned to apply the brakes automatically until the
train stops.
◉ Automatic Block Signal System (ABS). Answer: A series of
consecutive blocks governed by block signals, cab signals, or both. The
signals are activated by a train or by certain conditions that affect the
block use. SIGNALS DO NOT AUTHORIZE MOVEMENT.
◉ Automatic Train Control (ATC). Answer: A system to enforce
compliance with cab and wayside signal indications. If the train exceeds
a predetermined speed for a given signal indication and speed is not
reduced at a sufficient rate, brakes are automatically applied.
◉ Absolute Block. Answer: A length of track that no train is permitted to
enter while the track is occupied by another train.
◉ Absolute Signal. Answer: A block or interlocking signal without a
number plate, or designated by an A marker.
◉ Block. Answer: A length of track between consecutive block signals;
between a block signal and the end of the block system limits; or, in
, ATC limits the use of which is governed by cab signals and/or block
signals.
◉ Block Register Territory (BRT). Answer: A method of operation in
non-signaled territory where trains, men, and equipment are authorized
to occupy the main track in limits designated by the timetable.
◉ Block Signal. Answer: A fixed signal at the entrance of a block that
governs trains entering and using that block.
◉ Cab Signal. Answer: A signal in the engineers compartment or cab
that indicates a condition affecting train movement. Cab signals are used
with interlocking or block signals or without block signals.
◉ Cars. Answer: railroad cars
◉ Centralized Traffic Control (CTC). Answer: A block system that uses
block signal indications to authorize train movements.
◉ Clearance Point. Answer:
◉ Crossover. Answer: Section of track with switches at both ends that
connects two adjacent tracks
