CSX CONDUCTOR 2027 TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Which of the following are considered Special Instructions? - ✔✔1) Timetable.
2)System Bulletin
✔✔T/F When recrewed at a point other than a designated recrewing point, the new
crew must contact dispatcher prior to any move. - ✔✔True
✔✔What speed must not be exceeded at "Limited Speed" - ✔✔45 mph
✔✔What speed must not be exceeded at "Medium Speed" - ✔✔30 mph
✔✔What speed must not be exceeded at "Slow Speed" - ✔✔15 mph
✔✔When operating on Excepted Track, what speed must not be exceeded? - ✔✔10
mph
✔✔Trains using a non signaled siding, operating at restricted speed must not exceed
what speed? - ✔✔25 mph
✔✔Your train is moving from a main track to a sorting yard. What speed is not to be
exceeded? - ✔✔10 mph
✔✔You are operating on a single light engine with no cars on teh main line. What speed
is not to be exceeded? - ✔✔30 mph
✔✔What speed cannot be exceeded when operating in a yard? - ✔✔10 mph
✔✔Employees must report for work at the designated time and place. Employees
unable to work or who want time off must make the request... - ✔✔1) To the Proper
Authority. 2) Sufficiently in advance to allow the vacancy to be filled on time
, ✔✔If a switch or derail is difficult to operate, an employee must not operate the device
and....? - ✔✔1) Report the device to the proper authority. 2) attach a bad switch tag.
✔✔What is true about Authorized Train Speeds - ✔✔1) They must not be exceeded. 2)
They must be observed even if wayside signs are not properly displayed
✔✔Which of the following correctly ID the ends of a railcar? - ✔✔1) If the railcar has
only 1 handbrake, the end with the handbrake is the "B" end. 2) If the railcar has
multiple handbrakes, the letters "A" and "B" will be stenciled onto the railcar frame
✔✔A substance or material in railcars or containers in railcars for transportation that the
Secretary of Transportation has determined to be capable of posing an unreasonable
risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce. - ✔✔Hazardous
Material (Hazmat)
✔✔When do you need to use a Hazmat Switching Chart? - ✔✔1) When moving
placarded hazmat in a yard or industry. 2) when making a pick-up or set-out in a
customer facility
✔✔When must boxcar doors be closed and latched? - ✔✔1)Before adding to your train.
2) Before departing customer facility
✔✔Any shipment that exceeds a published clearance limitation for the specified route of
movement and/or requires specific operating handling procedures for safe movement. -
✔✔Clearance Implicated Shipment
✔✔You are instructed to pick up a cut of 30 loaded coal cars from a customer and add
them to your train. Where must these cars be located in your train? - ✔✔At the head of
your train, directly behind the locomotive/s
✔✔When moving a Clearance Implicated Shipment within a yard without Clearance
Bureau Authorization, where must the Load be located? - ✔✔Where the crew can
observe the load
✔✔Loaded Auto-Rack cars must be not be placed in a train behind what? - ✔✔1) Open
top cars loaded with stone, coal, or gravel. 2) Open top cars loaded with sand
✔✔When must the doors of a railcar equipped with plug doors be closed? - ✔✔Before
any movement
✔✔ Who is Responsible for making Pay Claims? - ✔✔Ranking Employee or Employee
to be paid
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Which of the following are considered Special Instructions? - ✔✔1) Timetable.
2)System Bulletin
✔✔T/F When recrewed at a point other than a designated recrewing point, the new
crew must contact dispatcher prior to any move. - ✔✔True
✔✔What speed must not be exceeded at "Limited Speed" - ✔✔45 mph
✔✔What speed must not be exceeded at "Medium Speed" - ✔✔30 mph
✔✔What speed must not be exceeded at "Slow Speed" - ✔✔15 mph
✔✔When operating on Excepted Track, what speed must not be exceeded? - ✔✔10
mph
✔✔Trains using a non signaled siding, operating at restricted speed must not exceed
what speed? - ✔✔25 mph
✔✔Your train is moving from a main track to a sorting yard. What speed is not to be
exceeded? - ✔✔10 mph
✔✔You are operating on a single light engine with no cars on teh main line. What speed
is not to be exceeded? - ✔✔30 mph
✔✔What speed cannot be exceeded when operating in a yard? - ✔✔10 mph
✔✔Employees must report for work at the designated time and place. Employees
unable to work or who want time off must make the request... - ✔✔1) To the Proper
Authority. 2) Sufficiently in advance to allow the vacancy to be filled on time
, ✔✔If a switch or derail is difficult to operate, an employee must not operate the device
and....? - ✔✔1) Report the device to the proper authority. 2) attach a bad switch tag.
✔✔What is true about Authorized Train Speeds - ✔✔1) They must not be exceeded. 2)
They must be observed even if wayside signs are not properly displayed
✔✔Which of the following correctly ID the ends of a railcar? - ✔✔1) If the railcar has
only 1 handbrake, the end with the handbrake is the "B" end. 2) If the railcar has
multiple handbrakes, the letters "A" and "B" will be stenciled onto the railcar frame
✔✔A substance or material in railcars or containers in railcars for transportation that the
Secretary of Transportation has determined to be capable of posing an unreasonable
risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce. - ✔✔Hazardous
Material (Hazmat)
✔✔When do you need to use a Hazmat Switching Chart? - ✔✔1) When moving
placarded hazmat in a yard or industry. 2) when making a pick-up or set-out in a
customer facility
✔✔When must boxcar doors be closed and latched? - ✔✔1)Before adding to your train.
2) Before departing customer facility
✔✔Any shipment that exceeds a published clearance limitation for the specified route of
movement and/or requires specific operating handling procedures for safe movement. -
✔✔Clearance Implicated Shipment
✔✔You are instructed to pick up a cut of 30 loaded coal cars from a customer and add
them to your train. Where must these cars be located in your train? - ✔✔At the head of
your train, directly behind the locomotive/s
✔✔When moving a Clearance Implicated Shipment within a yard without Clearance
Bureau Authorization, where must the Load be located? - ✔✔Where the crew can
observe the load
✔✔Loaded Auto-Rack cars must be not be placed in a train behind what? - ✔✔1) Open
top cars loaded with stone, coal, or gravel. 2) Open top cars loaded with sand
✔✔When must the doors of a railcar equipped with plug doors be closed? - ✔✔Before
any movement
✔✔ Who is Responsible for making Pay Claims? - ✔✔Ranking Employee or Employee
to be paid
