Overruns/Reversions/Wrong Routed/Bad Weather/Single Line Working Flashcards
Four types of hazard?
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)
Actions for an overrun
Stop immediately
2-2 to the guard
Inform Signaller and work to instructions
Distance you can return to a platform following an overrun?
400 metres
Actions when wrong routed?
Stop train at the signal
Tell Signaller
Act on Signallers instructions
Actions if signal changes from proceed to stop ?
Stop immediately
Contact Signaller
Do not move until instructed to do so
What is required if you are asked to examine the line during poor visibility or through a tunnel?
Competent person
Max speed to examine line through a tunnel?
10 mph
Max speed to examine OLE?
20 mph
Information given to you if you have to pass over a broken rail?
Problem
Location
Max speed
Max speed over a bridge after a bridge strike?
5 mph or a speed advised by the Signaller
Floodwater above the top of the rail head means?
Movements only permitted by instructions from Ops Control
Max speed if floodwater up to the top of the rail head?
Max speed is 5 mph
What restrictions may be put in place during high winds?
Blanket speed restriction
Publication showing engineering possessions?
Won
Two types of equipment which are needed with engineering possessions?
Engineering work site marker boards
Possession limit boards
PICOP definition?
Person in charge of possession
Who is in charge of what area in an engineering possession ?
Signaller: Between Signal and PLB
PICOP: Between PLB and Marker board
Engineering supervisor : Between the marker boards
Principle of single line working ?
One line of double line blocked, single line working by pilotman allows trains to travel over the other line in either direction
How do you know if unworked points have been secured ?
A green flag /light will be next to them
When will you not receive a single line working ticket to enter a single line?
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
Maximum speed of single line working in a)wrong direction b)right direction
A)50 mph B)line speed
Who has to be informed about single line working?
Signaller, Driver, person in charge of stations within the single line, crossing keepers, anyone working on or near the line
How do you dispose of a single line working ticket ?
Write “Cancelled” across the ticket and give it to the Pilotman or your supervisor when booking off duty
Who arranges assistance if your train fails within single line working ?
Pilotman
Why might working of a single line by pilotman be introduced?
The token has been lost
Trains have to work to or from an obstruction
