CSX Conductor Week 2 - Introduction to Train Movement UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
Employees required to provide warning signals must have
Available, Order, Ready the proper appliances , in good , and
for immediate use
Red Flags and Fusees Appliances for providing warning signals during the day
Appliances used for providing warning signals at night, or
White Lights and Red Fusees
when daylight signals cannot be plainly seen
At the beginning of the tour of duty, there must be a
Lead locomotive, Rear car of passenger train, Shoving
minimum of *six red fusees and one red flag* on/in each
platforms, and Occupied cabooses
of these locations
Flagging equipment should be secured at the
Beginning
of the day
10 minutes Burning time of a fusee
Fusee designated rack Fusees are stored in...
A train that encounters an unattended fusee burning near
its track must not exceed for min- utes,
Restricted Speed, 15
unless the fusee is beyond the first rail of an adjacenttrack
Avoid placing burning fusees in these areas
Platforms, bridges, buildings, composition-rubber sur-
faces of road crossings, other fire-prone locations Operating Rules require that train crews must have in their
, , and the current Division
Possession, Read, Understand and System Bulletins *before* starting a tour of duty
A computer-generated form advising of a dispatcher bul-
letin number and the number of train messages it must
contain. Its address must correspond to the associated
Release Form
dispatcher bulletin
A computer-generated form issued by the train dispatcher
containing current operating instructions that apply to the
, train addressed as well as information relating to the most
Dispatcher Bulletin
recently issued system and division bulletins
Part of a dispatcher bulletin containing instructions and
Dispatcher Message mandatory directives issued by the train dispatcher that
govern the operation of trains
A form used to record specific instructions or dispatcher
Form EC-1 messages from the train dispatcher regarding movements
on controlled tracks
1. Immediately notify the train dispatcher, and
Steps to take after fouling a controlled track without au-
2. Provide protection against trains on that track for the
thority
minimum required warning distances in *both directions*
If equipment is standing or will be left at a highway-rail
crossing at grade, or if it is necessary to separate a train
200 to open a highway-crossing at grade, protection must be
provided for vehicular and pedestrian traflc unless the
equipment is left a minimum of feet from the crossing
If an automatic warning device at a highway-rail crossing
at grade experiences an *activation failure* and there are
STOP and PROTECT crossing from the ground
no flaggers or police oflcers and communication cannot
be established with flaggers or police oflcers
If an automatic warning device at a highway-rail crossing
at grade experiences a *false or partial activation* and
Proceed with caution not to exceed 15 mph
there are no flaggers or police oflcers and communication
cannot be established with flaggers or police oflcers
If an automatic warning device at a highway-rail crossing
at grade experiences an *activation failure*, or a *false
Proceed with caution not to exceed 15 mph or partial activation* and there and is only a flagger for
one direction of traflc, and communication is established
confirming that protection has been provided
Proceed at Authorized Speed 2/5
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
Employees required to provide warning signals must have
Available, Order, Ready the proper appliances , in good , and
for immediate use
Red Flags and Fusees Appliances for providing warning signals during the day
Appliances used for providing warning signals at night, or
White Lights and Red Fusees
when daylight signals cannot be plainly seen
At the beginning of the tour of duty, there must be a
Lead locomotive, Rear car of passenger train, Shoving
minimum of *six red fusees and one red flag* on/in each
platforms, and Occupied cabooses
of these locations
Flagging equipment should be secured at the
Beginning
of the day
10 minutes Burning time of a fusee
Fusee designated rack Fusees are stored in...
A train that encounters an unattended fusee burning near
its track must not exceed for min- utes,
Restricted Speed, 15
unless the fusee is beyond the first rail of an adjacenttrack
Avoid placing burning fusees in these areas
Platforms, bridges, buildings, composition-rubber sur-
faces of road crossings, other fire-prone locations Operating Rules require that train crews must have in their
, , and the current Division
Possession, Read, Understand and System Bulletins *before* starting a tour of duty
A computer-generated form advising of a dispatcher bul-
letin number and the number of train messages it must
contain. Its address must correspond to the associated
Release Form
dispatcher bulletin
A computer-generated form issued by the train dispatcher
containing current operating instructions that apply to the
, train addressed as well as information relating to the most
Dispatcher Bulletin
recently issued system and division bulletins
Part of a dispatcher bulletin containing instructions and
Dispatcher Message mandatory directives issued by the train dispatcher that
govern the operation of trains
A form used to record specific instructions or dispatcher
Form EC-1 messages from the train dispatcher regarding movements
on controlled tracks
1. Immediately notify the train dispatcher, and
Steps to take after fouling a controlled track without au-
2. Provide protection against trains on that track for the
thority
minimum required warning distances in *both directions*
If equipment is standing or will be left at a highway-rail
crossing at grade, or if it is necessary to separate a train
200 to open a highway-crossing at grade, protection must be
provided for vehicular and pedestrian traflc unless the
equipment is left a minimum of feet from the crossing
If an automatic warning device at a highway-rail crossing
at grade experiences an *activation failure* and there are
STOP and PROTECT crossing from the ground
no flaggers or police oflcers and communication cannot
be established with flaggers or police oflcers
If an automatic warning device at a highway-rail crossing
at grade experiences a *false or partial activation* and
Proceed with caution not to exceed 15 mph
there are no flaggers or police oflcers and communication
cannot be established with flaggers or police oflcers
If an automatic warning device at a highway-rail crossing
at grade experiences an *activation failure*, or a *false
Proceed with caution not to exceed 15 mph or partial activation* and there and is only a flagger for
one direction of traflc, and communication is established
confirming that protection has been provided
Proceed at Authorized Speed 2/5
