CSX Conductors - Week 1 Test UPDATED
QUESTIONS and CORRECT Answers
System Bulletin - CORRECT ANSWER - Written or electronically transmitted special
intstructions concerning the safety of employees and the movement of trains issued by the
operating rules department
Division Bulletin - CORRECT ANSWER - Written or electronically transmitted special
instructions issued by a division concerning the safety of employees and the movement of trains
System Notice - CORRECT ANSWER - written or electronically transmited notice of
information and instructiions not affecting the movement of trains issued by the operating rules
department
Division Notice - CORRECT ANSWER - Written or electronically transmitted notice
issued by a division containing information and instructions not affecting the movement of trains
Timetable - CORRECT ANSWER - a publication containging instructions relating to the
movement of trains or equipment and other essential information
Before entering, using, or dispatching controlled tracks, each CSX employee must be in
possession of... - CORRECT ANSWER - Timetable, System Bulletin, Rule Book
When on duty, employee must always have... - CORRECT ANSWER - Their Employee
Operating Manual
When there is an uncertainty about a situation that a rule doesn't cover, employees must always...
- CORRECT ANSWER - Make the safest decision
Trains using other than main or signaled tracks must move at a speed that... - CORRECT
ANSWER - Permits stopping within ½ range of vision, short of a train, a ca, on-track
equipment, an obstruction, stop signal, derail, or improperly line switch
, On non-signaled sidings, never exceed what speed? - CORRECT ANSWER - 25mph
When moving to/from the main track, operating through hand operated switches not equipped
with a signal, never exceed what speed? - CORRECT ANSWER - 15mph
When NOT moving to/from the main track, operating through hand operated switches, never
exceed what speed? - CORRECT ANSWER - 10mph
When operating on anything other than main tracks or signaled tracks (Yard Tracks, Customer
Tracks), unless specified otherwise in special instructions, never exceed what speed? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 10mph
When operating on service track or car shop track, never exceed what speed? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 5mph
All authorized train speed should never be what? - CORRECT ANSWER - Exceeded
When there is a conflict between two different speeds, what do you do? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Take the slowest
Trains traveling with a single unit locomotive consist without cars must not exceed what speed? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 30mph
When traveling with a locomotive consist containing a road freight locomotive, what speed must
not be exceeded? - CORRECT ANSWER - 70mph
When handling multiple unit locomotive consist without cars attached, what speed must nit be
exceeded? - CORRECT ANSWER - Freight Train Speed
QUESTIONS and CORRECT Answers
System Bulletin - CORRECT ANSWER - Written or electronically transmitted special
intstructions concerning the safety of employees and the movement of trains issued by the
operating rules department
Division Bulletin - CORRECT ANSWER - Written or electronically transmitted special
instructions issued by a division concerning the safety of employees and the movement of trains
System Notice - CORRECT ANSWER - written or electronically transmited notice of
information and instructiions not affecting the movement of trains issued by the operating rules
department
Division Notice - CORRECT ANSWER - Written or electronically transmitted notice
issued by a division containing information and instructions not affecting the movement of trains
Timetable - CORRECT ANSWER - a publication containging instructions relating to the
movement of trains or equipment and other essential information
Before entering, using, or dispatching controlled tracks, each CSX employee must be in
possession of... - CORRECT ANSWER - Timetable, System Bulletin, Rule Book
When on duty, employee must always have... - CORRECT ANSWER - Their Employee
Operating Manual
When there is an uncertainty about a situation that a rule doesn't cover, employees must always...
- CORRECT ANSWER - Make the safest decision
Trains using other than main or signaled tracks must move at a speed that... - CORRECT
ANSWER - Permits stopping within ½ range of vision, short of a train, a ca, on-track
equipment, an obstruction, stop signal, derail, or improperly line switch
, On non-signaled sidings, never exceed what speed? - CORRECT ANSWER - 25mph
When moving to/from the main track, operating through hand operated switches not equipped
with a signal, never exceed what speed? - CORRECT ANSWER - 15mph
When NOT moving to/from the main track, operating through hand operated switches, never
exceed what speed? - CORRECT ANSWER - 10mph
When operating on anything other than main tracks or signaled tracks (Yard Tracks, Customer
Tracks), unless specified otherwise in special instructions, never exceed what speed? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 10mph
When operating on service track or car shop track, never exceed what speed? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 5mph
All authorized train speed should never be what? - CORRECT ANSWER - Exceeded
When there is a conflict between two different speeds, what do you do? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Take the slowest
Trains traveling with a single unit locomotive consist without cars must not exceed what speed? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 30mph
When traveling with a locomotive consist containing a road freight locomotive, what speed must
not be exceeded? - CORRECT ANSWER - 70mph
When handling multiple unit locomotive consist without cars attached, what speed must nit be
exceeded? - CORRECT ANSWER - Freight Train Speed
