CSX Freight Conductor Final Exam
Study Guide Rules
2025/2026
Exam Prep Material
with
Verified Questions and Answers
A+ Grades Guarantee
, *1) take the safe course, and
2) contact a supervisor for clarification
100.1 Employees must know and
comply with rules and instructions
governing their duty and
instructions of supervisors. When
there is uncertainty, employees
must do which of the following?
Fully charged AND updated with the latest rule books and special
100.3 Employees that have been instructions that are in effect
provided a railroad supplied
electronic device must have the
device available for use and must
ensure the device is:
Applicable timetable instructions and System Bulletins
100.4 When on duty, each CSX
employee must be in possession
of his/her own copy of, or have
electronic access to, the
documents below. Foreign line
employee operating on CSX
tracks must have at least one of
the below documents available
for immediate use.
Possess a firearm or other weapon when on duty, on CSX
property, or when occupying facilities provided by CSX unless
103.7 Employees must not: authorized, or read literature unrelated to work when on duty.
Promptly report violations of the rules or special instructions to a
104.1 When on duty, employees supervisor, and take the safe course when conditions are not
must: covered by rule.
The illegal possession or use of a drug, narcotic, or other
substance that affects alertness, coordination, reaction, response,
106 Drugs and Alcohol (Rule G) or safety is prohibited both on and off duty
Ensuring the train or locomotive is equipped with the required
112.1 Each crewmember is supplies
equally responsible for all of the
following:
1) complying with instructions for switching cars or serving
customers
2) informing other crewmembers and train dispatcher of cars that
restrict train mvmt. or require special handling,
112.4 The ranking crewmember 3) accurately reporting work, using electronic reporting tools when
is equally responsible for the assigned, and
following: 4) ensuring proper documentation for the train is obtained and is
accurate
, Network Operations Manager
116.1 Freight train crews must
have appropriate train
documentation before the train
departs the originating point
except when authorized by the:
a location where it can be easily found
116.3 When relieved before
reaching the final destination,
leave any train documentation,
except Emergency Response
Guide, on the controlling
locomotive in:
ask the train dispatcher or a supervisor for instructions. DO NOT
116.7 When a car is unsafe for accept a defective care for movement in a train unless authorized
movement: by a supervisor
a) if a specific location was NOT provided, make a walking
inspection of the ENTIRE train, or
117.8 Trains that receive a report b) if a specific location was provided, inspect the the reported
of a defect must stop and notify defect. If a defect was not found at the reported location, inspect 5
the train dispatcher. The train cars ahead and 5 cars behind the reported location.
must be inspected as follows:
1) Lead locomotive of every train,
2) Rear car of passenger trains,
200.1 At the beginning of the tour *3) Shoving platforms, and
of duty, there must be a minimum *4) Occupied caboose.
of (6) red fusees and (1) red flag
on each of the following:
*a) red flag or fusees during the day, or
200.3 When providing warning b) white light or red fusees at night or during the day when signals
signals, employees must use: cannot be plainly seen
1) Immediately notify the train dispatcher, and
201.5 When a train fouls a 2) Provide protection against trains on that track for the minimum
controlled track without authority: required warning distances in BOTH directions
Stop
202.2 Swing at right angle to the
track
Reduce Speed
202.2 Slight horizontal mvmt. at
arm's length at right angle to the
track
202.2 Raise and lower vertically Proceed
Back
202.2 Swing vertically in circle at
right angle to the track
Study Guide Rules
2025/2026
Exam Prep Material
with
Verified Questions and Answers
A+ Grades Guarantee
, *1) take the safe course, and
2) contact a supervisor for clarification
100.1 Employees must know and
comply with rules and instructions
governing their duty and
instructions of supervisors. When
there is uncertainty, employees
must do which of the following?
Fully charged AND updated with the latest rule books and special
100.3 Employees that have been instructions that are in effect
provided a railroad supplied
electronic device must have the
device available for use and must
ensure the device is:
Applicable timetable instructions and System Bulletins
100.4 When on duty, each CSX
employee must be in possession
of his/her own copy of, or have
electronic access to, the
documents below. Foreign line
employee operating on CSX
tracks must have at least one of
the below documents available
for immediate use.
Possess a firearm or other weapon when on duty, on CSX
property, or when occupying facilities provided by CSX unless
103.7 Employees must not: authorized, or read literature unrelated to work when on duty.
Promptly report violations of the rules or special instructions to a
104.1 When on duty, employees supervisor, and take the safe course when conditions are not
must: covered by rule.
The illegal possession or use of a drug, narcotic, or other
substance that affects alertness, coordination, reaction, response,
106 Drugs and Alcohol (Rule G) or safety is prohibited both on and off duty
Ensuring the train or locomotive is equipped with the required
112.1 Each crewmember is supplies
equally responsible for all of the
following:
1) complying with instructions for switching cars or serving
customers
2) informing other crewmembers and train dispatcher of cars that
restrict train mvmt. or require special handling,
112.4 The ranking crewmember 3) accurately reporting work, using electronic reporting tools when
is equally responsible for the assigned, and
following: 4) ensuring proper documentation for the train is obtained and is
accurate
, Network Operations Manager
116.1 Freight train crews must
have appropriate train
documentation before the train
departs the originating point
except when authorized by the:
a location where it can be easily found
116.3 When relieved before
reaching the final destination,
leave any train documentation,
except Emergency Response
Guide, on the controlling
locomotive in:
ask the train dispatcher or a supervisor for instructions. DO NOT
116.7 When a car is unsafe for accept a defective care for movement in a train unless authorized
movement: by a supervisor
a) if a specific location was NOT provided, make a walking
inspection of the ENTIRE train, or
117.8 Trains that receive a report b) if a specific location was provided, inspect the the reported
of a defect must stop and notify defect. If a defect was not found at the reported location, inspect 5
the train dispatcher. The train cars ahead and 5 cars behind the reported location.
must be inspected as follows:
1) Lead locomotive of every train,
2) Rear car of passenger trains,
200.1 At the beginning of the tour *3) Shoving platforms, and
of duty, there must be a minimum *4) Occupied caboose.
of (6) red fusees and (1) red flag
on each of the following:
*a) red flag or fusees during the day, or
200.3 When providing warning b) white light or red fusees at night or during the day when signals
signals, employees must use: cannot be plainly seen
1) Immediately notify the train dispatcher, and
201.5 When a train fouls a 2) Provide protection against trains on that track for the minimum
controlled track without authority: required warning distances in BOTH directions
Stop
202.2 Swing at right angle to the
track
Reduce Speed
202.2 Slight horizontal mvmt. at
arm's length at right angle to the
track
202.2 Raise and lower vertically Proceed
Back
202.2 Swing vertically in circle at
right angle to the track
