Union Pacific -- Air Brakes questions with accurate
answers
3.5.7. Ans✓✓✓ 30.*3*.1 : Class I Initial Terminal Air Brake Test
30.*5*.1 : Transfer Train Air Brake Test
30.*7*.1 : Class III, Application and Release Test
A "Class III Brake Test" must be performed when: Ans✓✓✓ Test must
be conducted when: Any change is made to a locomotive consist, A
caboose is changed, Picking up a block of previously tested cars that
have not been off air for more than 4 hours, Helper locomotives are
added anywhere in the train or removed from other than the rear end of
the train, One or more consecutive cars are set out of the train, Defective
equipment is set out of train, or Rearranging previously tested cars in
train for hazardous materials, train make-up, or helper placement.
After applying handbrakes in the proper place, what must be done to
verify the hand brake(s) applied will prevent movement? Ans✓✓✓ By
releasing all air brakes.
After fundamental training on freight car inspections and air brake tests,
would a trainman be considered a "Qualified Person?" Ans✓✓✓ Yes
After making a coupling, what must you do? Ans✓✓✓ Stretch slack.
, Before conducting the air brake test, what must the person performing
the air brake test ensure? Ans✓✓✓ All employees are safely positioned
before beginning test.
Can cars placed in a train be moved prior to a safety inspection?
Ans✓✓✓ No
Can inspections by "Qualified Mechanical Inspectors" extend the
distance a train may travel before additional inspections and tests are
required? Ans✓✓✓ Yes (Extended Haul Train)
Can the "brake release inspection" for a Class I (Initial Terminal Air
Brake Test) be performed as the train is departing the terminal?
Ans✓✓✓ Rolling release inspection may be made, not exceeding *10
MPH*.
Can the air brake system be depended upon to prevent an undesired
movement? Ans✓✓✓ No
Can the rear car have the brakes cutout? Ans✓✓✓ No, because if this
car uncouples/separates there is no way of stopping it.
Class I (Initial Terminal Air Brake Test) must be conducted: Ans✓✓✓
-- Where the train is originally assembled.
-- When a unit or cycle train has *traveled 3,000 miles* since its last
answers
3.5.7. Ans✓✓✓ 30.*3*.1 : Class I Initial Terminal Air Brake Test
30.*5*.1 : Transfer Train Air Brake Test
30.*7*.1 : Class III, Application and Release Test
A "Class III Brake Test" must be performed when: Ans✓✓✓ Test must
be conducted when: Any change is made to a locomotive consist, A
caboose is changed, Picking up a block of previously tested cars that
have not been off air for more than 4 hours, Helper locomotives are
added anywhere in the train or removed from other than the rear end of
the train, One or more consecutive cars are set out of the train, Defective
equipment is set out of train, or Rearranging previously tested cars in
train for hazardous materials, train make-up, or helper placement.
After applying handbrakes in the proper place, what must be done to
verify the hand brake(s) applied will prevent movement? Ans✓✓✓ By
releasing all air brakes.
After fundamental training on freight car inspections and air brake tests,
would a trainman be considered a "Qualified Person?" Ans✓✓✓ Yes
After making a coupling, what must you do? Ans✓✓✓ Stretch slack.
, Before conducting the air brake test, what must the person performing
the air brake test ensure? Ans✓✓✓ All employees are safely positioned
before beginning test.
Can cars placed in a train be moved prior to a safety inspection?
Ans✓✓✓ No
Can inspections by "Qualified Mechanical Inspectors" extend the
distance a train may travel before additional inspections and tests are
required? Ans✓✓✓ Yes (Extended Haul Train)
Can the "brake release inspection" for a Class I (Initial Terminal Air
Brake Test) be performed as the train is departing the terminal?
Ans✓✓✓ Rolling release inspection may be made, not exceeding *10
MPH*.
Can the air brake system be depended upon to prevent an undesired
movement? Ans✓✓✓ No
Can the rear car have the brakes cutout? Ans✓✓✓ No, because if this
car uncouples/separates there is no way of stopping it.
Class I (Initial Terminal Air Brake Test) must be conducted: Ans✓✓✓
-- Where the train is originally assembled.
-- When a unit or cycle train has *traveled 3,000 miles* since its last
