BNSF ROADWAY WORKER PROTECTION
CONTRACTOR SAFETY AND SECURITY
TRAINING COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Adjacent Track(s)
Answer: The track(s) next and parallel with the track where you are
located
●● Advanced Mobile Flagger(AMF)
Answer: A watchman/lookout whose duty is to verbally warn Rail
Vehicle Operators of Roadway Workers on the track ahead. AMF's are
required to be RWP lvl 2 or 4 qualified.
●● Advanced Mobile Flagging
Answer: The use of a Watchman or Lookout assigned to a work crew in
conjunction with an additional flagger positioned at the station in
advance of the Mobile Work Crews
●● Advanced Watchman/Lookout
Answer: A qualified watchman/lookout who is, in addition to the work
zone, watchman/lookout. They shall always be within sight and audible
warning of the next preceding lookout. The sole duty of advanced
,watchman is to warn the work zone watchman of the approach of trains
or rail equipment
●● Ample Time
Answer: Requires workers to be in a position of safety not less than 15
seconds before a train or rail equipment moving at the max speed
authorized on that track, can pass the location of the Roadway Worker;
or sufficient levels of protection that permit workers time to clear the
tracks without urgent movement
●● Ballast
Answer: The coarse gravel laid to form a bed for a railroad, for the
purpose of holding track in line and surface
●● Block
Answer: A length of track with defined limits on which train movements
are governed by the automatic train protection signaling system or by
instruction from Rail Operations Control Center (ROCC)
●● Chain Marker
Answer: A survey stationing marker located every chain along the tracks
identifying the distance, in multiples of 100 ft, to the middle of the
Metro Center platform(or the most inbound end of the rail line, if the
line does not pass through Metro Center). Track locations are expressed
to the nearest foot by a letter representing the line, the track number, a
, hyphen, the nearest chain marker inbound from the location, a plus sign
and the number of feet from that chain marker
●● Clear
Answer: 1.A term used in conjunction with a definite action so as to
release control from one person to another
2. The state of a controlled signal when the proceed/lunar aspect is
displayed
3. While on mainline, safely outside the dynamic outline of a train or
clearance envelope for trains or Rail equipment on the active track
4. Safely away from the moving parts of a track switch or electrical
circuit
5. Beyond an identified location
6. It SHALL NOT be used in conjunction with radio communications as
a means to respond to a directive
CONTRACTOR SAFETY AND SECURITY
TRAINING COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● Adjacent Track(s)
Answer: The track(s) next and parallel with the track where you are
located
●● Advanced Mobile Flagger(AMF)
Answer: A watchman/lookout whose duty is to verbally warn Rail
Vehicle Operators of Roadway Workers on the track ahead. AMF's are
required to be RWP lvl 2 or 4 qualified.
●● Advanced Mobile Flagging
Answer: The use of a Watchman or Lookout assigned to a work crew in
conjunction with an additional flagger positioned at the station in
advance of the Mobile Work Crews
●● Advanced Watchman/Lookout
Answer: A qualified watchman/lookout who is, in addition to the work
zone, watchman/lookout. They shall always be within sight and audible
warning of the next preceding lookout. The sole duty of advanced
,watchman is to warn the work zone watchman of the approach of trains
or rail equipment
●● Ample Time
Answer: Requires workers to be in a position of safety not less than 15
seconds before a train or rail equipment moving at the max speed
authorized on that track, can pass the location of the Roadway Worker;
or sufficient levels of protection that permit workers time to clear the
tracks without urgent movement
●● Ballast
Answer: The coarse gravel laid to form a bed for a railroad, for the
purpose of holding track in line and surface
●● Block
Answer: A length of track with defined limits on which train movements
are governed by the automatic train protection signaling system or by
instruction from Rail Operations Control Center (ROCC)
●● Chain Marker
Answer: A survey stationing marker located every chain along the tracks
identifying the distance, in multiples of 100 ft, to the middle of the
Metro Center platform(or the most inbound end of the rail line, if the
line does not pass through Metro Center). Track locations are expressed
to the nearest foot by a letter representing the line, the track number, a
, hyphen, the nearest chain marker inbound from the location, a plus sign
and the number of feet from that chain marker
●● Clear
Answer: 1.A term used in conjunction with a definite action so as to
release control from one person to another
2. The state of a controlled signal when the proceed/lunar aspect is
displayed
3. While on mainline, safely outside the dynamic outline of a train or
clearance envelope for trains or Rail equipment on the active track
4. Safely away from the moving parts of a track switch or electrical
circuit
5. Beyond an identified location
6. It SHALL NOT be used in conjunction with radio communications as
a means to respond to a directive
