Signal Irregularities

Question 1

How are some ways you can contact the signaller when detained at a sig?

Answer 1

DTRS
Mobile
Signal post phone
Go over to the sig box

Question 2

What do you do if you are detained at a sig at stop?

Answer 2

Long whistle
PA
Contact sig, AC or TC
Give them TD, sig no, position of train
Sig will give reason, duration, if blocking facilities have been applied
Drive to make pa

Question 3

What are some signal irregularities?

Answer 3

Flickering lights
Extinguished lights
Disc not turned properly
White light instead of colour
Conflicting aspects on co actor
Signal reverting
Sig imperfectly displayed

Question 4

Home sig defective at proceed

Answer 4

Signaller
- Obscure lights
- 2 ATWs 10m apart sufficient distance from sig
- red hand sig
- inform of circumstances
Driver
- pa
- get correct authority
- proceed extreme caution

Question 5

Auto sig defective at proceed

Answer 5

Signaller
- Obscure lights
- 2 ATWs 10m apart sufficient distance from sig
- red hand sig
- inform of circumstances
Driver
- pa
- R1S3

Question 6

Disc or dwarf defective at proceed

Answer 6

Signaller
- Obscure lights
- red hand sig from hand sig acting under controlling sig
- inform of circumstances
Driver
- follow hand sigs
- get correct authority
- proceed extreme caution

Question 7

What do you do if a home disc or dwarf sig reverts to stop before you pass?

Answer 7

Attempt to stop before sig
Make a PA
Call controlling sig or TC
Obtain correct authority

Question 8

What do you do if an auto reverts to stop before you pass it?

Answer 8

Attempt to stop before sig
Call TC
R1S3

Question 9

If you are wrong routes onto an unwired track what must you do?

Answer 9

Emy brake to try and stop
Lower pantos

Question 10

If you are wrong routed and can’t stop, what may TC get you to do?

Answer 10

Set back with correct authority
Continue on the wrong route to the next terminating location

Question 11

Failure of illuminated A - remote controlled and comms available

Answer 11

Contact controlling sig or AC
If they don’t answer call TC
If box is switched out TC will instruct to check points, give verbal exchange names and proceed as per R1S3

Question 12

Failure of illuminated A - locally controlled and comms available

Answer 12

Long whistle
Contact sig
No answer, call TC
If it’s switched out TC instruct to check points, give verbal, exchange names proceed R1S3

Question 13

Failure of letter A - locally controlled and no Comms

Answer 13

Long whistle
Full cab unattended go to sig box and look for sig box closed sign, if you see it assume failure of A and proceed as per R1S3
If there’s no sign then train overtime in section