Sidings

Question 1

Max speed is sidings and yards?

Answer 1

15km

Question 2

What are the three warning devices in a siding?

Answer 2

Safety banner (danger road closed)
Red flag
Label (men at work)

Question 3

Can only the person who placed a banner remove it?

Answer 3

Yes

Question 4

Do through sidings (can be accessed from both sides) need flags and banners on both sides?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

If a dwarf governs multiple sidings, what must a driver do?

Answer 5

Confer with any other drivers to ascertain who will depart first

Question 6

Does a signaller have to give a driver permission to move up to a TR point?
What info is given

Answer 6

Yes
Departure time, destination, TDN

Question 7

What is Metro business risk?

Answer 7

A side of a train not being able to be prepared due to being inaccessible. Only the unobstructed side will have to be prepped (modified prep)

Question 8

Can we operate Willets Spring operated points?

Answer 8

Yes

Question 9

Remember “Coates cushion weighted hand points”

Answer 9

Ok

Question 10

How far do you stop a train from a buffer baulk or stabled train?

Answer 10

1 to 2 metres
So you don’t foul the line in the rear

Question 11

If there is an orange pole, how close do you stop?
From the fouling point?

Answer 11

Stop just touching the orange pole

1 to 2 metres clear from the fouling point

Question 12

If a safety banner is placed on a train you are scheduled to prep, who do you call?

Answer 12

Don’t touch train
Call DAO or fleet controller

Question 13

If hand operated points exist in a siding, what must a driver do?

Answer 13

Change points across to set for a vacant road
Apply de-rail devices if applicable

Question 14

What are the siding protection devices used?

Answer 14

Hayes derail block
Catch points