OUTSTABLING AND BABYSITTING Flashcards
What is OUTSTABLING?
Where a train is left on the mainline track at any location
Headshunt, siding or station in or out of ATH
What is BABYSITTING?
When a member of staff is in charge of group trains out-stabled
What is the responsibility of PSA babyistting?
Protecting train from vandalism
Checklisting
Ensuring they are cleaned
Move them if required
When are trains outstabled?
And how are they generally outstabled?
Closure on railway or during large events where extra trains may be required at short notice
Generally on APO
How can you check if you have to outstable a train?
SMC OVERVIEW SCREEN
ROSTER LINE
What’s the usual outstabling process?
Controller to advise PSA in advance for train to be left at station
—> sometimes train to be driven in E/S within platform confines behind another train
During the week how do the depot assistants outstable trains in the morning at POP and GAR?
In AUTO plus Inhibit applied at DCP
Who should the PSA send the checklist form to after their babysitting duties?
Booking on Room
CRC
What can you not select without Controller permission?
E/S and APO
Must outstable trains that go into passenger service the next day go through the checklist?
Yes
