03 - Siding Operations

Question 1

What is a Safety Banner?

Answer 1

A white square board with a long stem that attaches to a railhead and is padlocked (1 padlock per maintenance crew? person?)

Question 2

Name all the warnings that maintenance personal need to put on a defective train to alert a driver there are maintenance workers active?

Answer 2

Safety Banner
Red Flag in the bracket of the leading step
Maintenance “May” also place a label in the drivers cab “DANGER MEN AT WORK”

(In exam)

Question 3

When prepping a train in a through siding, where do maintenance place Safetey Banners?

Answer 3

A banner is placed on both ends of the siding or train(s)

Question 4

When prepping a train with which end should you start?

Answer 4

You should start with the lead cab.

Question 5

When maintenance are working on overhead wiring above a siding, how will they warn drivers?

Answer 5

A banner is placed directly beneath the overhead section isolator.

Question 6

If you think you are about to pass into a point where overheads are isolated, how must you react?

Answer 6

Driver should make an emergency brake application and lower the pantograph!

Question 7

During a prep a driver finds a fault, what must they do?

Answer 7

Drivers duty is to report the fault to TC and complete a TMM.

Question 8

While prepping a train, if you find a significant fault which may delay the dock, who should you notify?

Answer 8

(Yes the TC)
You must notify the signaller, who may be reading points, signals for you.

Question 9

If maintenance staff are required to work underneath the train what must the maintenance staff take?

Answer 9

Your keys, which will be given back once the work has been completed.

Question 10

Where does a driver find the MCN and location of the train they are to prep?

Answer 10

This infomation is provided be the DAO or obtained from Fleet Allocation Sheet at sign on location. (Docking sheet to us)

Question 11

What do you do if the train allocated to you is not consistent with the information provided by DAO/Dockign sheet?

Answer 11

NO attempts are to be made to prep the train, call the DAO.

Question 12

“Special trains” may not have a departure time, why?

Answer 12

This is because the train will be leaving as necessary, like a train waiting for the football game to finish.

Question 13

After you have finished your prep, where might you move your train and who’s do you communicate with beforehand?

Answer 13

You may more your train to the TR (Train Register) point, but only after you have communicated with the signaller.

Question 14

What does a TR point look like?

Answer 14

TR points may look like white sleepers, a black sign with white writing “TR POINT”

(I think Jimmy had other examples)

Question 15

If a block announcer is fitted at your sidings TR point, do you still need to contact the signaller?

Answer 15

Yes, yes you do.

Question 16

If one or more sides of a train are inaccessable due to space/obstructions, how does a driver react and what is this called?

Answer 16

A driver does not have to prep a side of a train which is inaccessable, nor are they held responsible for mechanical condition or personal injury that arrises from this side.

This is called “Metro business risk”.

Question 17

When entering a siding with hand points, what must a driver check before stabling a train?

What must a driver do after stabling a train

Answer 17

• Check that the points are set to a vacant siding (check for 3 car consist)
• After stabling a train a driver must use the hand points to set the points to an vacant siding (if there is one)

Question 18

What are the two dirrerent hand point infrastructure..things?

Answer 18

WSA - Willets Spring Activated point lever. (Most common)

CCW - Coates Cushion Weighted Hand Points

When travelling through facing points of a CCW a CE must hold the leaver the entire time.

Question 19

What are siding protections and why are they used?

Answer 19

Siding protections are Hayes Derail or Catching point.

Hayes derail will derail a runaway train (Picture)

Catching points look like points, works like Hayes derail and will derail a runaway train

It is the drivers responsibilty to check these are in the correct positions.

Question 20

Who’s reposinibilty is it to ensure siding protection devices are removed before the passage of a train?

Answer 20

The officer in charge or Signaller.

However, the driver are also to ensure the siding protection devices are in the off position upon arrival to or departure of siding.

Question 21

When shunting in a siding, how far from any buffers, baulks or other stables trains should you be?

What is placed when a train needs to be stopped in a very specific position?

Answer 21

1 to 2 meter

An orange pole is provided, stop as the front of your train kisses it.