Overruns/Reversions/Wrong Routed/Bad Weather/Single Line Working

Question 1

Four types of hazard?

Answer 1

Static (bridges, tunnels, buildings)
Moving (passengers, animals, trains, objects)
Route (leaf fall, industrial waste, steep gradients, construction sites, signal irregularities, short platforms)
Weather (ice, snow, high wind, sunlight, fog, flooding)

Question 2

Actions for an overrun

Answer 2

Stop immediately
2-2 to the guard
Inform Signaller and work to instructions

Question 3

Distance you can return to a platform following an overrun?

Answer 3

400 metres

Question 4

Actions when wrong routed?

Answer 4

Stop train at the signal
Tell Signaller
Act on Signallers instructions

Question 5

Actions if signal changes from proceed to stop ?

Answer 5

Stop immediately
Contact Signaller
Do not move until instructed to do so

Question 6

What is required if you are asked to examine the line during poor visibility or through a tunnel?

Answer 6

Competent person

Question 7

Max speed to examine line through a tunnel?

Answer 7

10 mph

Question 8

Max speed to examine OLE?

Answer 8

20 mph

Question 9

Information given to you if you have to pass over a broken rail?

Answer 9

Problem
Location
Max speed

Question 10

Max speed over a bridge after a bridge strike?

Answer 10

5 mph or a speed advised by the Signaller

Question 11

Floodwater above the top of the rail head means?

Answer 11

Movements only permitted by instructions from Ops Control

Question 12

Max speed if floodwater up to the top of the rail head?

Answer 12

Max speed is 5 mph

Question 13

What restrictions may be put in place during high winds?

Answer 13

Blanket speed restriction

Question 14

Publication showing engineering possessions?

Answer 14

Won

Question 15

Two types of equipment which are needed with engineering possessions?

Answer 15

Engineering work site marker boards

Possession limit boards

Question 16

PICOP definition?

Answer 16

Person in charge of possession

Question 17

Who is in charge of what area in an engineering possession ?

Answer 17

Signaller: Between Signal and PLB
PICOP: Between PLB and Marker board
Engineering supervisor : Between the marker boards

Question 18

Principle of single line working ?

Answer 18

One line of double line blocked, single line working by pilotman allows trains to travel over the other line in either direction

Question 19

How do you know if unworked points have been secured ?

Answer 19

A green flag /light will be next to them

Question 20

When will you not receive a single line working ticket to enter a single line?

Answer 20

To assist a failed train
To remove a portion of a failed train
To remove a train which has proceeded without authority
To evacuate passengers from a failed train

Question 21

Maximum speed of single line working in a)wrong direction b)right direction

Answer 21

A)50 mph B)line speed

Question 22

Who has to be informed about single line working?

Answer 22

Signaller, Driver, person in charge of stations within the single line, crossing keepers, anyone working on or near the line

Question 23

How do you dispose of a single line working ticket ?

Answer 23

Write “Cancelled” across the ticket and give it to the Pilotman or your supervisor when booking off duty

Question 24

Who arranges assistance if your train fails within single line working ?

Answer 24

Pilotman

Question 25

Why might working of a single line by pilotman be introduced?

Answer 25

The token has been lost

Trains have to work to or from an obstruction