Section 12: Level Crossings Flashcards
Describe a level crossing with passive control
uses signs only to warn about the presence of a level crossing
Describe a level crossing with active control
Uses one of more of lights, booms, gate, audible warning devices or lit signs to warn that rail traffic is approaching a level crossing
Type B level crossing
Has give way roadside warning signs immediately before the level crossing
Type D level crossings
have STOP roadside warning signs immediately before the level crossing
Type F level crossings
have roadside flashing lights and audible warning devices, and with or without booms
List some private crossings
Level crossings with manually operated gates, network access level crossings, pedestrian level crossings
Pedestrian traffic is controlled by one or more of:
walkway warning signs, crossing approach mazes, audible warning devices, lit DON”T WALK displays, lit STOP displays, Lit arrows showing the direction of approach of rail traffic or automatically/manually controlled gates or booms
At a Type F level crossing, roadside warning equipment may be
operated automatically by track-circuit or controlled by qualified workers
The sign for standard Type F crossing
Yellow background with black edges
The sign for Type F level crossings equipped with predictor circuitry
yellow background with blue edges
The Type F crossing warning equipment includes
Advance warning signs, bells or other audible warning devices and flashing lights
Addition warning equipment that may be included in a Type F level crossing
Advance warning lights for road users, full/half booms that lower across a road to stop road traffic, booms or gates for pedestrian traffic, warning lights for pedestrians, advance warning lights which give a more distant warning to road users
Level crossings with manually operated gates allow
for the gates to close across the track, the road or walkway
At unattended locations, other than private level crossings, Train Crew must make sure that manually-operated gates are
Closed across roads and walkways before rail traffic uses the level crossing and re-opened to road and pedestrian traffic only after rail traffic has fully cleared the level crossing
Network Access level crossings
usually permanent crossings provided at authorised locations for Network Maintenance
Temporary level crossings
may be established for Network Maintenance and Possession Protection Officers and Protection Officers are responsible for the safety and protection of these during maintenance work
Private level crossings
allow private access across RIC Network tracks.
Level crossing speed signs
placed on the approach to level crossings at locations where visibility of the level crossing is reduced
Train crew approaching a level crossing
must reduce speed of their train to the indicated speed and may resume the track speed indicated by the previous permanent track speed sign when the leading motive power unit has passed the level crossing
Emergency roadside warning equipment is used to warn road and pedestrian traffic at Type F level crossings if warning equipment
cannot be operated or is to be disconnected
Emergency warning equipment consists of
yellow covers for flashing lights, combined rail crossing and handnetwork control officer signs, Prepare to stop signs and/or hand held stop signs
HandNetwork Control Officers protect Type F level crossings when
roadside or pedestrian warning equipment is faulty or cannot be activated
Qualified workers in charge of level crossings with manually operated roadside and pedestrian warning equipment must make sure that the warning equipment is
activated before rail traffic is authorised to use the level crossing and deactivated only after rail traffic has fully cleared the level crossing
If rail traffic needs to use a Type F level crossing operated automatically by track circuits, but the rail traffic cannot be relied upon to activate the track circuits, train crew must
stop short of the level crossing and if possible manually operate the level crossing warning equipment or wait for approaching road and pedestrian traffic to be stopped and then proceed over the level crossing if it is safe to do so
If rail traffic is stopped on the controlling track-circuit of a Type F level crossing and cannot be moved, train crew must
immediately tell the NCO is rail traffic is delayed and cannot be moved
If rail traffic is stopped on the controlling track-circuit of a Type F level crossing and cannot be moved, The NCO must arrange for
Qualified workers to control the level crossing and emergency services to control road and pedestrian traffic as necessary
A Locomotive Driver who has been warned about a potentially faulty level crossing must
stop short of the level crossing to check whether the warning equipment is operating correctly, report the condition of the warning equipment to the NCO as soon as possible, Proceed if warning equipment is working correctly and treat the level crossing as faulty if equipment is not operating correctly
If a Type F level crossing is faulty, the NCO must
warn train crew that the warning equipment is faulty in accordance with the requirements of Rule NGE 206 reporting and responding to Conditions Affecting the Network (CAN), arrange for a HandNetwork Control Officer to protect the level crossing as necessary, arrange for a maintenance representative to attend and record the details in permanent form
The procedure for train crew at a faulty level crossing which is protected by a HandNetwork Control Officer
be prepared to stop short of the level crossing, Proceed over the level crossing only when authorised by a handnetwork control officer
the procedure for train crew at a faulty level crossing which is not protected by a handnetwork control officer
stop short of the level crossing, arrange to stop all approaching road and pedestrian traffic, proceed over the level crossing only if it is safe to do so
HandNetwork Control Officers protecting a level crossing
Are responsible for the safety of rail, road and pedestrian traffic and must not perform other tasks
If there is no HandNetwork Control Officer to protect a wrong-running direction movement over a Type F level crossing, operated automatically by track-ciruits, the Locomotive driver must
Stop short of the level crossing and if possible manually operate the level crossing warning equipment or arrange to stop approaching road and pedestrian traffic and rail traffic may proceed over the level crossing only if it is safe to do so (walking speed/10km/h)
If all warning equipment at a type F level crossing cannot be operated, the NCO must
arrange for emergency roadside warning equipment to be installed
If all warning equipment at a type F level crossing cannot be operated, and the level crossing is required for rail traffic movements, the NCO must
Make sure that the HandNetwork Control Officer is provided to protect the level crossing as soon as possible
