Railroad week 1 test questions with accurate answers
25, 50 Ans✓✓✓ Unless you have 3 step protection, do not cross within
___ feet of a standing train, or ___ feet between cars.
3 Step protection Ans✓✓✓ Before fouling equipment with a controlled
locomotive, you must obtain __ _____ _________.
30, 10 Ans✓✓✓ The minimum distance you must stand from switches
and derails associated with a passing train is ___ feet, and during
switching operations is ___ feet.
4 feet, 8 and 1/2 inches Ans✓✓✓ Track guage is the inside distance
between the rails and measures:
4MPH Ans✓✓✓ Couple speed must never exceed ___ MPH
Ball, Web, Base Ans✓✓✓ The three parts of a rail are the ______,
____, and ______.
Ballast Ans✓✓✓ The main purpose of __________ is to hold the
crossties in place, prevent lateral movement, increase drainage, and
spread out the load underneath the crosstie.
Car Shop Repair Area Ans✓✓✓ One or more tracks within an area in
which the testing, servicing, repairing, inspecting, or rebuilding of cars
is under the exclusive control of mechanical Department personnel.
, Conductor Ans✓✓✓ Train sevice employee in charge of the train or
yard crew. Also called a yard foreman in some parts of the country.
Coupler Ans✓✓✓ A device located at both end of rail cars in a standard
location providing means to connect one car to another.
Crossover Ans✓✓✓ A combination of two switches connecting two
adjacent tracks. When lined, this switch combination allows movement
to cross from one track to the other. / OR/ Two turnouts with the track
between the frogs arranged to from a continuous passage between two
nearby and generally parallel tracks.
CSX Safeway Ans✓✓✓ RUle GS-1 states that all employees have a
copy of ____ _________ accessible while on duty.
CSX uses three types of crossties. Ans✓✓✓ Wood, concrete, and steel
Derail Ans✓✓✓ A ________ is a track safety device designed to guide
the wheels of rolling stock off of the rails as a means of protection
against collisons or other accidents.
End of Train Device Ans✓✓✓ A portable sensory transmitter unit
mounted on the last car of a train that transmits information to a receiver
display unit on the engine.
25, 50 Ans✓✓✓ Unless you have 3 step protection, do not cross within
___ feet of a standing train, or ___ feet between cars.
3 Step protection Ans✓✓✓ Before fouling equipment with a controlled
locomotive, you must obtain __ _____ _________.
30, 10 Ans✓✓✓ The minimum distance you must stand from switches
and derails associated with a passing train is ___ feet, and during
switching operations is ___ feet.
4 feet, 8 and 1/2 inches Ans✓✓✓ Track guage is the inside distance
between the rails and measures:
4MPH Ans✓✓✓ Couple speed must never exceed ___ MPH
Ball, Web, Base Ans✓✓✓ The three parts of a rail are the ______,
____, and ______.
Ballast Ans✓✓✓ The main purpose of __________ is to hold the
crossties in place, prevent lateral movement, increase drainage, and
spread out the load underneath the crosstie.
Car Shop Repair Area Ans✓✓✓ One or more tracks within an area in
which the testing, servicing, repairing, inspecting, or rebuilding of cars
is under the exclusive control of mechanical Department personnel.
, Conductor Ans✓✓✓ Train sevice employee in charge of the train or
yard crew. Also called a yard foreman in some parts of the country.
Coupler Ans✓✓✓ A device located at both end of rail cars in a standard
location providing means to connect one car to another.
Crossover Ans✓✓✓ A combination of two switches connecting two
adjacent tracks. When lined, this switch combination allows movement
to cross from one track to the other. / OR/ Two turnouts with the track
between the frogs arranged to from a continuous passage between two
nearby and generally parallel tracks.
CSX Safeway Ans✓✓✓ RUle GS-1 states that all employees have a
copy of ____ _________ accessible while on duty.
CSX uses three types of crossties. Ans✓✓✓ Wood, concrete, and steel
Derail Ans✓✓✓ A ________ is a track safety device designed to guide
the wheels of rolling stock off of the rails as a means of protection
against collisons or other accidents.
End of Train Device Ans✓✓✓ A portable sensory transmitter unit
mounted on the last car of a train that transmits information to a receiver
display unit on the engine.
