2018 cardinal Flashcards
While switching in a yard with 6 tracks, your crew has secured 2 cars on the yard switching lead fouling the track #2. Is it permissible to leave equipment in this position?
A. Yes, provided the track 2 switch is lined for the yard switching lead.
B. No, the equipment cannot be fouling the lead switch of the adjacent track.
C. No, equipment can never be left on the lead when making this move.
A. Yes, provided the track 2 switch is lined for the yard switching lead.
Key Trains carrying 20 or more loaded tank cars of____are restricted to ___ MPH within High Threat Urban Areas (HTUAs).
A. Combustible Liquid, 40
B. Class 3 Flammable Liquids or Crude Oil, 40
C. Crude Oil, 35
D. Ethanol, 30
B. Class 3 Flammable Liquids or Crude Oil, 40
When can a train be OSed by the limits authorized by an Authority?
A. When a qualified employee visually confirms the rear-end marker has cleared the limits.
B. When the Engine has passed 3 miles beyond the limits and End-of-Train device indicates proper brake pipe pressure on rear.
C. If the controlling locomotive is equipped with a distance counter, and End-Of-Train Device motion detector indicates that rear car is moving, train may be reported clear after the engine has moved a distance equal to the train’s length, plus 500 feet, beyond the limits.
D. When authorized by the Train Dispatcher.
E. Either A, B, or C
E. Either A, B, or C
A Conductor working a local is riding a box car while directing a shove move into a customer facility and is approaching a crossing equipped with cross bucks. Is the Conductor required to be on the ground to warn traffic prior to allowing the movement to occupy the crossing?
A. No, this is never required.
B. Yes, but only if there is traffic approaching or stopped at the crossing.
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C. Yes, always.
B. Yes, but only if there is traffic approaching or stopped at the crossing.
When reporting “clear” of track authority limits in non-signaled territory at a main track hand-throw switch, when must the employee report to the Dispatcher that all main track switches operated have been restored to their normal position and locked?
A. Prior to departing the switch location.
B. Before releasing the authority limits.
C. Before going off duty.
D. Both (a) and (b).
D. Both (a) and (b).
Train 29M is built and ready to depart the yard with the following consist from the head end:
- 2 locomotives, 20 loaded multi-levels, and 74 empty multi-levels. At what speed must train 29M be operated? Why?
A. The train is restricted with a maximum speed of 30 MPH account the train has both loaded and empty multi-level equipment.
B. The train is unrestricted and can operate at the timetable maximum authorized speed account it is a solid multi-level train.
C. The train is restricted with a maximum speed of 25 MPH account there are more than 70 empty multi-levels in a solid block on the rear.
B. The train is unrestricted and can operate at the timetable maximum authorized speed account it is a solid multi-level train.
In the event of an activation failure of a highway-rail grade crossing warning system, if a single appropriately equipped flagger is present but not one for each direction of highway traffic, trains may proceed with caution through the crossing at a speed not exceeding MPH. A. 10 MPH B. 15 MPH C. 20 MPH D. 25 MPH
B. 15 MPH
Operating Rule 215 “Shoving Equipment at Any Location” allows a train to back up a distance equal to that train’s length on a main track or signaled siding without a crewmember at, on, or ahead of the movement provided that the crew knows the train’s length, and the movement:
- Does not exceed the train’s authority.
- Does not enter or foul a public or private road crossing, or pedestrian crossing.
- Is not made into or within yard limits, Form Y limits, drawbridges or railroad crossings at grade.
- Does not pass any signal requiring Stop or Restricted Speed.
- Does not pass a Controlled Point unless a member of the crew is in position to continuously observe the signal governing the shoving movement and determine that the train’s movement has occupied the circuit evidenced by that signal assuming its most restrictive aspect.
- Does not exceed ___ MPH.
A. 5
B. 10
C. 15
D. 20
C. 15
If the below pictured Track Authority was copied in Rule 271 territory, how far would the authority extend?
A. The first siding switch at Sparks or the station sign if there is no siding at Sparks.
B. The second siding switch at Sparks on the Main Track, or the station sign if there is no siding at Sparks.
C. The south siding switch at Sycamore.
D. To the station sign at Sycamore.
A. The first siding switch at Sparks or the station sign if there is no siding at Sparks.
If I have the electronic rule books stored on my personal electronic device, is it permissible to use it to refer to a rule, timetable, or special instruction while I am on a moving train or engine?
A. No, never.
B. Yes, following a Job Safety Briefing provided that you are not the Engineer or RCO operating the locomotive, and use of the device will not interfere with any employees performance of safety related duties.
C. No, the train must be stopped before you (Excluding Passengers), can use your personal electronic device for this function.
C. No, the train must be stopped before you (Excluding Passengers), can use your personal electronic device for this function.
What is required by train & engine service employees when necessary to adjust couplers or couple air hoses between equipment on a bowl (classification) track in an automated hump yard?
A. Request and confirm from the yardmaster that the switch providing access from the hump is lined against movement to that track and the control lever for the switch has been blocked.
B. Request 3-Step protection from any yard crews working nearby.
C. Manually lock out the switches at the hump end of the bowl
A. Request and confirm from the yardmaster that the switch providing access from the hump is lined against movement to that track and the control lever for the switch has been blocked.
The safety of our employees demands that equipment be left in the clear of adjacent tracks. How would you ensure equipment is not left fouling an adjacent track?
A. Stand on the edge of the crossties and hold my arm out toward the adjacent track. If I cannot touch equipment on the adjacent track then the equipment is in the clear.
B. Visually determine that the end of the equipment is not left between the clearance point and the switch points leading to the track on which the equipment is standing.
C. Either (A) or (B) are acceptable methods for determining equipment is left in the clear.
B. Visually determine that the end of the equipment is not left between the clearance point and the switch points leading to the track on which the equipment is standing.
Operating rule 223 "Equipment Left Standing" states, in part, that equipment must not be left fouling any adjacent track, except equipment may be left on a yard switching lead, fouling a yard track, provided the switch is lined for the yard switching lead. Assuming that all of the switches below are properly lined, and the equipment is unattended, which of the following scenarios are not in compliance with the rules regarding equipment left standing. A. Figure A B. Figure D C. Figures C & D D. Figures B & D E. All of the above.
D. Figures B & D
Within Division Dispatch Centers, Operator, and Yardmaster offices:
A. Personal electronic/electrical devices, including earpieces, must be turned off and stored out of sight, and not on the employees person.
B. Personal electronic/electrical devices, including earpieces, must be turned off.
C. Personal electronic/electrical devices may be used for company business.
D. Personal electronic/electrical devices may be used for voice communication only.
A. Personal electronic/electrical devices, including earpieces, must be turned off and stored out of sight, and not on the employees person.
RWIC Smith is in charge of working limits in 271 territory between milepost 12 and 14. RWIC Smith has authorized other roadway work groups to occupy these limits. Local D67 needs to switch an industry located at milepost 12.5. Is it permissible for local D67 to enter the same working limits as RWIC Smith?
A. No, the rule prohibits trains in the same limits as roadway work groups.
B. Yes, after receiving verbal permission from RWIC Smith.
C. Yes, after receiving verbal permission from the dispatcher.
D. Yes, after receiving a track authority from the dispatcher and verbal permission from RWIC Smith.
D. Yes, after receiving a track authority from the dispatcher and verbal permission from RWIC Smith.
