SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Proceed Indication - ✔✔Any block signal indication that allows a train to proceed
without stopping.
✔✔Reverse Movement - ✔✔A movement opposite the authorized direction.
✔✔Siding - ✔✔A track connected to the main track and used for meeting or passing
trains. Locations of sidings are shown int he Timetable.
✔✔Special Instructions - ✔✔Instructions contained in the Timetable or other
publications.
✔✔Station - ✔✔A place designated by name in the Timetable station column.
✔✔Track Bulletin - ✔✔A notice of coinditions affecting train movement. It may also
authorize movement against the current of traffic where rule 9.14 (movement witht he
Current of Traffic) is in effect.
✔✔Track Car - ✔✔Any equipment which is designed to operate on the rail, other than a
Locomotive or railroad car.
✔✔Track Warrant Control (TWC) - ✔✔A method to authorize train movements or
protect man or machines on a main track within specified limits in a territory designated
by the timeline.
✔✔Train - ✔✔One or more engines coupled, with or without cars, displaying a marker,
and authorized to operate ont he main track.
✔✔Yard Limit - ✔✔A portion of main track designated by yard limit signs and time table
special instructions or a track bulletin.
✔✔Any employee operating a radio must do the following - ✔✔Before transmitting,
listen long enough to make sure the channel is not being used. Give the required
identification. Not proceed with further transmission until acknowledgement is received.
✔✔For Mobile Units - ✔✔Name or initials of the railroad
Train name(number), enginenumber, or words that identify the precise mobile unit.
✔✔Ending Radio Transmissions - "Over" - ✔✔When a response is expected
✔✔Ending Radio Transmissions - "OUT" - ✔✔Preceded by required identification when
NO RESPONSE is expected.
, ✔✔Watch or Clock - ✔✔MUST Be in good working condition and reliable.
Display hours, minutes and seconds
Not vary from the correct time by more than 30 seconds
Be compared with the same time source designated in special instructions.
✔✔Train Dispatchers - ✔✔Supervise train movement and any employees connected
with that movement.
✔✔Safety - ✔✔Is the most important element in performing duties.
✔✔Obeying the rules - ✔✔is essential to job safety and continued employment.
✔✔Safe Course - ✔✔In case of doubt or uncertainty, take the safest course.
✔✔Personnal Injuries or Accidents - ✔✔When passengers or employees are injured, do
everything reasonable to care for them and complete form 68D.
✔✔General Orders - ✔✔Are numbered consecutively.
Are issued and canceled by the designated manager.
Contain only information and instructions related to rules or operating practices.
Replace any rule, special instruction, or regulation that conflicts witht he general order.
✔✔Circulars Instructions and Notices - ✔✔and other information are issued and
canceled by the designated manager. Before beginning each day's work or trip,
trainmen, enginemen, and any others whose duties require, must
review those that apply to the territory they will work on
✔✔Rules Regulations and Instructions - ✔✔Safety Rules. Employees must have a copy
of, be familiar with, and comply with all safety rules issued in a
separate book or in another form.
✔✔General Code of Operating Rules - ✔✔Employees governed by these rules must
have a current copy they can refer to while on duty.
✔✔Hazardous Materials - ✔✔Employees who in any way handle hazardous materials
must have a copy of the instructions or regulations for handling these materials.
Employees must be familiar with and comply with these instructions or regulations.
✔✔General Orders: - ✔✔Before beginning each day's work or trip, trainmen,
enginemen, and any others whose duties require, must review general orders that apply
to the territory they will work on.