CONDUCTOR - General Material (Conductor Program
2025) Questions With Complete Solutions
What must you use and be prepared for while riding equipment?
Designated hand holes and slack action
What must be checked before operating switches?
Check switch rods and points for ice, ballast or any other debris
and if the switch has been spiked
When lining a switch keep your body, hands and feet clear of?
All moving parts including the path of switch handle
What do you need to be careful and aware of when lifting the
handle on a switch?
the tension on the handle
What must you use while lining a switch?
Use both hands
After operating a hand operated switch, what must be done prior
to allowing a movement to pass over it?
Safe to pass over and the points fit properly
Before going between cars with an engine attached, what
protection do you need to ask for and get verification it is
applied?
Three point protection
,While working on the ground if cars are connected to
locomotives, when are you required to have three-point
protection applied?
Entering between the rail or within 15 feet of the end of
equipment, breaking the plane with your torso between the
equipment
Must each employee request three-point protection when more
than one employee requires it to perform duties simultaneously,
and what is required before moving?
Yes ensure that each employee cancels requested protection and
make sure other crewmembers are clear
Is it permissible to close the angle Cocks on both ends of a car,
bottling the air, in order to kick it?
No
" If in doubt, the .........."
Safe course must be taken
Define 'switching'
Switching is the movement of real cars from one place to
another. Yard switching, Road switching, marshalling
What is Marshlling?
Switching locomotives on your train to a specific location
according to your carload [TrAM] ( Dangerous goods)
What are the two documents Crews use to identify switching
tasks and what are each used for?
, Works Orders [road switching]
Pull back [yard switching]
Define spotting a car
Is the act of placing a car in a particular location for loading and
unloading [find spotting information in your job aid book]
What is a general situation where you would require three-point
protection?
Breaking the plane of the rail with your torso between
equipment or within 15 feet of the end of equipment for example
changing a knuckle [T&E 27 - safety book]
Besides the weight of the cars, what other factors does TrAM
use in the building of a train?
Types of draw bars, grades of the track, weights of the road,
dangerous goods etc
What are the restrictions when switching cars carrying trailers or
containers?
Must not cut off in motion, struck by a car moving under its own
momentum, can't kick these cars
What is the maximum coupling speed?
4 mph
Loads of timber are prone to shifting. How many cars need to be
between loads of timber and locomotives? Are there restrictions
to the type of car(s) separating a load of timber from a
locomotive?
2025) Questions With Complete Solutions
What must you use and be prepared for while riding equipment?
Designated hand holes and slack action
What must be checked before operating switches?
Check switch rods and points for ice, ballast or any other debris
and if the switch has been spiked
When lining a switch keep your body, hands and feet clear of?
All moving parts including the path of switch handle
What do you need to be careful and aware of when lifting the
handle on a switch?
the tension on the handle
What must you use while lining a switch?
Use both hands
After operating a hand operated switch, what must be done prior
to allowing a movement to pass over it?
Safe to pass over and the points fit properly
Before going between cars with an engine attached, what
protection do you need to ask for and get verification it is
applied?
Three point protection
,While working on the ground if cars are connected to
locomotives, when are you required to have three-point
protection applied?
Entering between the rail or within 15 feet of the end of
equipment, breaking the plane with your torso between the
equipment
Must each employee request three-point protection when more
than one employee requires it to perform duties simultaneously,
and what is required before moving?
Yes ensure that each employee cancels requested protection and
make sure other crewmembers are clear
Is it permissible to close the angle Cocks on both ends of a car,
bottling the air, in order to kick it?
No
" If in doubt, the .........."
Safe course must be taken
Define 'switching'
Switching is the movement of real cars from one place to
another. Yard switching, Road switching, marshalling
What is Marshlling?
Switching locomotives on your train to a specific location
according to your carload [TrAM] ( Dangerous goods)
What are the two documents Crews use to identify switching
tasks and what are each used for?
, Works Orders [road switching]
Pull back [yard switching]
Define spotting a car
Is the act of placing a car in a particular location for loading and
unloading [find spotting information in your job aid book]
What is a general situation where you would require three-point
protection?
Breaking the plane of the rail with your torso between
equipment or within 15 feet of the end of equipment for example
changing a knuckle [T&E 27 - safety book]
Besides the weight of the cars, what other factors does TrAM
use in the building of a train?
Types of draw bars, grades of the track, weights of the road,
dangerous goods etc
What are the restrictions when switching cars carrying trailers or
containers?
Must not cut off in motion, struck by a car moving under its own
momentum, can't kick these cars
What is the maximum coupling speed?
4 mph
Loads of timber are prone to shifting. How many cars need to be
between loads of timber and locomotives? Are there restrictions
to the type of car(s) separating a load of timber from a
locomotive?
