Siding operations

Question 1

Where do you need to stop your train in sidings?

Answer 1

Level with white sleepers and cats eyes
1m short of yellow walkways
1-2m short of other trains
1-2m short of baulks
At stop boards
Touching orange pole
In open sidings, 1-2m clear of fouling points

Question 2

How can trains be derailed during unauthorised movements?

Answer 2

Hayes Derail - in Normal (On) position
(driver needs to check it is in Reverse (Off) position before departing)

Catch points

Question 3

What warning devices protect trains with maintenance personnel in sidings?

Answer 3

Safety banners
DANGER
ROAD
CLOSED
square sign locked onto rail head

Red flag
In bracket of train being worked - applies to all trains behind the flag

“Men at work” tag/label
in driver’s cab

They all need to be removed by the person who put them on

Question 4

How do you operate a dual-control point machine (DCPM)?

Answer 4

1. Be instructed to do so by Train Controller or Signaller
2. Unlock padlock with 5P key
3. Release the latch on the Selector lever
4. Change Selector lever from motor to hand position
5. Change Hand Throw lever once to engage the mechanism, then put it in the position you require (Normal or Reverse)
6. Depending on instructions from TC or Signaller, either leave in Hand mode or clear points, walk back to lever and switch to Normal then Motor
7. Secure with padlock

Question 5

What position will the associated signal be in if the DCPM Selector lever is in the Hand position?

Answer 5

Stop

Question 6

What end should you start your train prep?

Answer 6

From the end it will be driven

Question 7

What should you do if you think your going to pass a Safety banner protecting an overhead?

Answer 7

Emergency brake and drop the pantograph

Question 8

How to find out what train your need to dock?

Answer 8

Provided from the DAO of at flinders
Fleet Allocation sheet at out stations

Question 9

When can you move up to the TR point?

Answer 9

When the train prep is done and Permission has been granted by controller signaller

Question 10

What do you do if multiple trains need to depart out of a siding using 1 dwarf?

Answer 10

Confer with other drivers

Question 11

What is a Metro Business Risk?

Answer 11

A location where one or both sides may be inaccessible due to safety concerns

You do not need to prep the affected sides

Question 12

What should you do before entering a siding?

Answer 12

Check and alter the points

Question 13

What must you do with the points after stabling train?

Answer 13

Lay them for a vacant siding

Question 14

What is a the max speed in a siding?

Answer 14

15km/h