CSX Conductor Final Review
2025/2026
Exam Prep Material
with
Verified Questions and Answers
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, Ranking Employee or Employee to be paid
Who is Responsible for making
Pay Claims?
What is the Hand Signal for Arm out horizontal over the track
Reduce Speed?
Always take the safe course
Which of the following are
allowed by the Rulebook?
Hand held overhead when Equipment is Standing
What is the Hand Signal for
Release Air Brakes?
Ranking Employee
Who authorizes a Utility
Employee to join an Assigned
Crew?
In the "on" or derailing position
What is the normal position for a
switch or derail?
1) Ensure that any preceeding movement has passed clearance
Before lining a switch or derail, points. 2) Ensure that the device is not locked, spiked, or tagged
an employee must? "out of service"
1) Report device to Trainmaster/Dispatcher. 2) Be governed by the
If a lock is found to be defective instructions of said Dispatcher/Trainmaster
or missing on a main line switch
or derail an employee must?
1) Not operate the device. 2) Report device to Proper Authority
When an Employee determines
that a switch or derail is
defective, the employee must?
That all switch points are flush and aligned properly.
You are standing in a yard using
multiple switches on long shoves.
After lining each switch an
employee should check what?
1) Employee is clear of all tracks. 2) Switches and Derails are all
When using a portable radio in a properly aligned for the move
shove move, Employee
instructions must specify what?
Yard
What is a System of Tracks, other
than main tracks and sidings,
used for making up trains for
storing cars and other purposes?
Clearance Point
By Definition, what is the location
in a turnout where it is unsafe to
pass on an adjacent track?
, Crossover
What is a track connection
between two adjacent tracks, not
necessarily parallel, consisting of
two switches whose primary
purpose is to allow crossing from
one track to another?
Switch
What is a device of "Necessary
Track" used to change from one
track to another?
30'
What is the the minimum
distance you must stand from a
switch or derail involved in the
route of a passing train?
1) Stop and check both directions. 2) Do not cross within 25' of
When crossing tracks with standing equipment.
standing equipment, what safety
precautions must be taken?
1) Avoid getting off equipment in an unsafe area. 2)Stop at the
bottom rung and observe where you will be placing your foot.
In addition to facing the
equipment and maintaining 3
points of contact, what other
steps must be taken when
disembarking moving equipment?
putting feet on coupler, air hose, anglecocks etc.
When crossing standing
equipment you must find
sufficient handholds and avoid?
Face direction of movement
when riding a car, maintain 3
points of contact, be prepared for
unexpected movement, slack
actions and?
12"
Do not ride on a car with a grab
bar that is less than
___________ above the ground
dismount the car prior to reaching the close clearance
What is required when riding a
car approaching a close
clearance?
1) Broom. 2) Switch
What can be used to clear foreign
materials from a switch?
1) On duty, or reporting for duty. 2) on CSX Property, Vehicles, or
Employees are prohibited from
facilities provided by CSX
using alcohol...
2025/2026
Exam Prep Material
with
Verified Questions and Answers
A+ Grades Guarantee
, Ranking Employee or Employee to be paid
Who is Responsible for making
Pay Claims?
What is the Hand Signal for Arm out horizontal over the track
Reduce Speed?
Always take the safe course
Which of the following are
allowed by the Rulebook?
Hand held overhead when Equipment is Standing
What is the Hand Signal for
Release Air Brakes?
Ranking Employee
Who authorizes a Utility
Employee to join an Assigned
Crew?
In the "on" or derailing position
What is the normal position for a
switch or derail?
1) Ensure that any preceeding movement has passed clearance
Before lining a switch or derail, points. 2) Ensure that the device is not locked, spiked, or tagged
an employee must? "out of service"
1) Report device to Trainmaster/Dispatcher. 2) Be governed by the
If a lock is found to be defective instructions of said Dispatcher/Trainmaster
or missing on a main line switch
or derail an employee must?
1) Not operate the device. 2) Report device to Proper Authority
When an Employee determines
that a switch or derail is
defective, the employee must?
That all switch points are flush and aligned properly.
You are standing in a yard using
multiple switches on long shoves.
After lining each switch an
employee should check what?
1) Employee is clear of all tracks. 2) Switches and Derails are all
When using a portable radio in a properly aligned for the move
shove move, Employee
instructions must specify what?
Yard
What is a System of Tracks, other
than main tracks and sidings,
used for making up trains for
storing cars and other purposes?
Clearance Point
By Definition, what is the location
in a turnout where it is unsafe to
pass on an adjacent track?
, Crossover
What is a track connection
between two adjacent tracks, not
necessarily parallel, consisting of
two switches whose primary
purpose is to allow crossing from
one track to another?
Switch
What is a device of "Necessary
Track" used to change from one
track to another?
30'
What is the the minimum
distance you must stand from a
switch or derail involved in the
route of a passing train?
1) Stop and check both directions. 2) Do not cross within 25' of
When crossing tracks with standing equipment.
standing equipment, what safety
precautions must be taken?
1) Avoid getting off equipment in an unsafe area. 2)Stop at the
bottom rung and observe where you will be placing your foot.
In addition to facing the
equipment and maintaining 3
points of contact, what other
steps must be taken when
disembarking moving equipment?
putting feet on coupler, air hose, anglecocks etc.
When crossing standing
equipment you must find
sufficient handholds and avoid?
Face direction of movement
when riding a car, maintain 3
points of contact, be prepared for
unexpected movement, slack
actions and?
12"
Do not ride on a car with a grab
bar that is less than
___________ above the ground
dismount the car prior to reaching the close clearance
What is required when riding a
car approaching a close
clearance?
1) Broom. 2) Switch
What can be used to clear foreign
materials from a switch?
1) On duty, or reporting for duty. 2) on CSX Property, Vehicles, or
Employees are prohibited from
facilities provided by CSX
using alcohol...
