ON-TRAIN FAULTS

Question 1

What combination of components are our trains driven by? 4 answers

Answer 1

Electrical powered
Mechanical components
Battery-powered
Air powered

Question 2

What type of faults could you encounter with defective train equipment? 3 answers

Answer 2

MCB breakers
An air leak
A mechanical problem (engine failure/lack of power)

Question 3

How would you be made aware of faults on the train? 2 answers

Answer 3

A built-in monitoring computer or

various fault lights in the cab or on the outside of the train

Question 4

What section of the rulebook would you find faults that need to be reported to the signaller immediately?

Answer 4

TW5 section 1

Question 5

If a train is running late, it is charged… because of the introduction of what? Think PTL

Answer 5

Passenger time lost

Question 6

What process/rule do we follow in the event of a fault occurring on the train?

Answer 6

The 60-second rule

Question 7

How many seconds do you have to recognise the symptoms of a potential fault before you report them?

Answer 7

60 seconds

Question 8

How do you conduct the 60-second rule fault check? 4 answers

Answer 8

Look up
Look down
Lock back
Look out

Question 9

If you are to look up, what are you checking for?

Answer 9

TPWS brake/fault light

Question 10

If you are to look down, what are you checking for?

Answer 10

Fault lights on the desk or air gauge

Question 11

If you are to look out, what are you checking for?

Answer 11

Hazard lights illuminating

Question 12

If you are to look back, what are you checking for?

Answer 12

For any tripped MCB’s

Question 13

Who is your first point of call to report a potential issue?

Answer 13

The controlling signaller

Question 14

Who do you contact next with regards to a fault?

Answer 14

TfW maintenance control

Question 15

What will maintenance control be able to give you/tell you about the train during a fault report?

Answer 15

A comprehensive history of the unit you are driving that will show past faults.

Question 16

What will maintenance control help guide you to do?

Answer 16

Diagnose and rectify the fault.

Question 17

If it becomes necessary for you to inspect the outside of your train to locate the fault, what will you need to arrange?

Answer 17

A line blockage to protect yourself or fitters/engineers.

Question 18

Who can arrange for a line blockage to be carried out?

Answer 18

The signaller

Question 19

To arrange for trains to be stopped, you must: 4 answers

Answer 19

ask the signaller to stop the passage of trains for the lines concerned

get an assurance from the signaller that this has been done

reach a clear understanding of which lines have been blocked

ask the signaller to read back to you the details that have been recorded

Question 20

if you are satisfied that the details recorded by the signaller are correct, what must you confirm?

Answer 20

confirm that you understand the arrangements

Question 21

What number will the signaller give you before blocking the line?

Answer 21

Authority number

Question 22

Until you are given this number, you must not consider the line to be blocked. True or false?

Answer 22

True.

Question 23

If you have arranged to stop the passage of trains for another person to work on the outside of your train/walk alongside it, what must you explain to them?

Answer 23

the arrangements

Question 24

when the work on the outside of the train has finished, what must you tell the signaller?

Answer 24

tell the signaller that the normal passage of trains can be resumed

Question 25

what must you give the signaller before the normal passage of trains can be resumed?

Answer 25

he authority number you were given