CSX Conductor Training Student Workbook
Part 3: Equipment Handling UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
The CSXT Equipment Handling Rules govern: - CORRECT ANSWER The inspection and
handling of the various types of railroad rolling equipment, including those that may require
specific handling during transit.
Articulated Car - CORRECT ANSWER A multi-car bodied car whose adjacent car bodies
share a common truck.
Clearance-Implicated Shipment - CORRECT ANSWER Any shipment that exceeds a
published clearance limitation for the specified route of movement and/or requires specific
operating handling procedures for safe movement.
CSXT Train Documentation - CORRECT ANSWER A computer-generated document
consisting of some or all of the following: Tonnage Graph, Restricted and Special Handling List,
CT-168 Report, Clearance Bureau Instructions, Train Listing and Hazardous Material
Descriptions, Hazardous Special Handling Instructions and Hazardous Materials Radio Waybill
Form.
Double Stack Car - CORRECT ANSWER A car designed to carry a trailer or container.
When carrying containers, one container may be placed on top of another.
Intermodal Train - CORRECT ANSWER A freight train consisting entirely of equipment
designed to carry trailers, containers, motor vehicles, automotive frames and/or loaded box cars.
Multi-Platform Car - CORRECT ANSWER A car with 3 or more platforms
,Short Car - CORRECT ANSWER A single car that is 40 feet or shorter over the pulling faces
of couplers.
Spine Car - CORRECT ANSWER A car with only a center sill structure designed to carry
containers or trailers.
Unit Train - CORRECT ANSWER A train having 30 or more cars designed to carry grain or
minerals.
When must the loading of cars be carefully examined? - CORRECT ANSWER When
switching industrial tracks, team tracks, loading tracks, unloading tracks or similar tracks where
cars are being loaded or unloaded.
What must you do before you move a car that is loaded heavily on one side or one end,
overloaded or has lading projecting over the ends or sides? - CORRECT ANSWER Get
instructions from the mechanical department
What must you check to make certain that the car will clear? - CORRECT
ANSWER Overhead or Side Clearances
When machinery with boom attached is handled in train service, how must the boom be
positioned? - CORRECT ANSWER Trailing Position
Who may authorize a train to depart its originating station without CSXT train documentation? -
CORRECT ANSWER Chief train dispatcher
Where will you find the required documentation to move hazardous materials? - CORRECT
ANSWER CSX train documentation
When setting out defective equipment where must you try to place it? - CORRECT
ANSWER Where it can be accessed
, Why are inspections essential? - CORRECT ANSWER Safety of employees and equipment
Compliance with rules and regulations
Protection against repair costs due to customer damage
Who must know that cars in their trains have received a proper inspection? - CORRECT
ANSWER Conductors
Conductors must accept the results of any inspection performed by who? - CORRECT
ANSWER Mechanical department
Inspect cars that are being placed into a train to verify that the car body does not - CORRECT
ANSWER Lean or list to the side
Sag downward
Have any object hanging below it
Have any object extending from its side
Have a door and securely attached
Have any broken or missing safety appliances
When are conductors required to make train inspections? - CORRECT ANSWER At an
industry prior to moving cars
When making a pick up on line of road
At origin where train is built and Carmen are not employed
Before pulling cars from industries conductors must inspect the cars to determine if they -
CORRECT ANSWER Are safe for movement
Have not been damaged by the customer during loading or unloading
To report customer damage use - CORRECT ANSWER Exception code RM (rejected
mechanical) and reason code CD (customer damage)
Part 3: Equipment Handling UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
The CSXT Equipment Handling Rules govern: - CORRECT ANSWER The inspection and
handling of the various types of railroad rolling equipment, including those that may require
specific handling during transit.
Articulated Car - CORRECT ANSWER A multi-car bodied car whose adjacent car bodies
share a common truck.
Clearance-Implicated Shipment - CORRECT ANSWER Any shipment that exceeds a
published clearance limitation for the specified route of movement and/or requires specific
operating handling procedures for safe movement.
CSXT Train Documentation - CORRECT ANSWER A computer-generated document
consisting of some or all of the following: Tonnage Graph, Restricted and Special Handling List,
CT-168 Report, Clearance Bureau Instructions, Train Listing and Hazardous Material
Descriptions, Hazardous Special Handling Instructions and Hazardous Materials Radio Waybill
Form.
Double Stack Car - CORRECT ANSWER A car designed to carry a trailer or container.
When carrying containers, one container may be placed on top of another.
Intermodal Train - CORRECT ANSWER A freight train consisting entirely of equipment
designed to carry trailers, containers, motor vehicles, automotive frames and/or loaded box cars.
Multi-Platform Car - CORRECT ANSWER A car with 3 or more platforms
,Short Car - CORRECT ANSWER A single car that is 40 feet or shorter over the pulling faces
of couplers.
Spine Car - CORRECT ANSWER A car with only a center sill structure designed to carry
containers or trailers.
Unit Train - CORRECT ANSWER A train having 30 or more cars designed to carry grain or
minerals.
When must the loading of cars be carefully examined? - CORRECT ANSWER When
switching industrial tracks, team tracks, loading tracks, unloading tracks or similar tracks where
cars are being loaded or unloaded.
What must you do before you move a car that is loaded heavily on one side or one end,
overloaded or has lading projecting over the ends or sides? - CORRECT ANSWER Get
instructions from the mechanical department
What must you check to make certain that the car will clear? - CORRECT
ANSWER Overhead or Side Clearances
When machinery with boom attached is handled in train service, how must the boom be
positioned? - CORRECT ANSWER Trailing Position
Who may authorize a train to depart its originating station without CSXT train documentation? -
CORRECT ANSWER Chief train dispatcher
Where will you find the required documentation to move hazardous materials? - CORRECT
ANSWER CSX train documentation
When setting out defective equipment where must you try to place it? - CORRECT
ANSWER Where it can be accessed
, Why are inspections essential? - CORRECT ANSWER Safety of employees and equipment
Compliance with rules and regulations
Protection against repair costs due to customer damage
Who must know that cars in their trains have received a proper inspection? - CORRECT
ANSWER Conductors
Conductors must accept the results of any inspection performed by who? - CORRECT
ANSWER Mechanical department
Inspect cars that are being placed into a train to verify that the car body does not - CORRECT
ANSWER Lean or list to the side
Sag downward
Have any object hanging below it
Have any object extending from its side
Have a door and securely attached
Have any broken or missing safety appliances
When are conductors required to make train inspections? - CORRECT ANSWER At an
industry prior to moving cars
When making a pick up on line of road
At origin where train is built and Carmen are not employed
Before pulling cars from industries conductors must inspect the cars to determine if they -
CORRECT ANSWER Are safe for movement
Have not been damaged by the customer during loading or unloading
To report customer damage use - CORRECT ANSWER Exception code RM (rejected
mechanical) and reason code CD (customer damage)
