Train Stopped By Train Failure Flashcards
What must you do immediately if your train fails?
Contact Signaller, confirm if train needs assistance
What are the four things you must confirm with the signaller if your train needs assistance?
- Exact Location of the failed train
2.That the failed Train will not be moved
3.The type of assisting train needed
4.The direction from which it is needed
Do not move your train until:
Assisting Train Arrives or;
Alternative arrangements have been made with the signaller
If assistance is coming from the rear, what colour light must be displayed at the rear of the failed train?
Red
If assistance is coming from the front, what colour light must be displayed at the front of the failed train?
White
If you are on a single line and have a token, what must you do with the token?
Keep it until assisting train arrives
Before leaving the train to carry out protection, what must you tell the guard?
- That you are leaving the train to carry out protection
- What direction assistance will be coming from
Where do you not need to provide assistance protection?
Where permissive working is in operation
How far from your train, and in what direction should you place assistance protection?
300 yards in direction assistance will come from
How many, and how far apart should detonators be placed
3 detonators, 20 meters apart
When must you place protection at stop signal or block markers?
When stop signal or block marker occur before 300 meters in direction assistance will arrive from
Signaller can confirm that stop signal or block marker is protecting your failed train
What must you do if when carrying out assistance protection the signaller tells you that assistance has changed and will be coming from the opposite direction?
Pick up any detonators you have placed down
Carry out assistance protection in the opposite direction
When do you need to carry out emergency protection?
When your train has failed and you can’t contact signaller immediately in an emergency special working or Temporary block working area
When carrying out emergency protection, how far must you then go for the full protection distance?
1 and a quarter miles
What must you do when you have reached the full protection distance?
Lay three detonators 20 meters apart and display a red flag
What must you do if a train approaches before you reach the full protection distance?
Immediately lay three detonators and display a red flag
What must you do if you reach a telephone linked to a signal box, or signal box within the full protection distance?
Lay three detonators and speak to signaller
What must you do if you reach a tunnel before the full protection distance?
Lay three detonators at the entrance
What must you do if the full protection distance falls within the tunnel?
Continue to the end of the tunnel and lay three detonators
What are the three exceptions to remaining at the assistance protection point?
- If you need to continue on to reach telephone to speak to signaller
- Protection area falls within tunnel
- you have to carry out emergency protection
As the assisting driver, when can you enter a tunnel?
If you have already picked the driver up or;
you are sure that the driver is not in the tunnel and it is clear
What must you do when you explode detonators?
Stop immediately
If you are assisting at the rear of the failed train, what must you do before the movement starts?
- Temporarily isolate the TPWS before the movement starts
What must you do when the movement finishes?
Reinstate TPWS
