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22 Cards in this Set
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Name 5 of the 16 occasions when you may be authorised to pass a signal at danger with authority from the signaller. |
Defective equipment, movements, engineering work, checking the line, clearing the line, pilot man working |
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What 2 things should the signaller tell you when passing a signal at danger? |
Why the signal needs to be passed at danger and how far the movement can proceed |
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What button must you operate on the TPWS control panel before passing a signal at danger? |
Train Stop Override Button |
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What speed should you travel at after passing a signal at danger? |
Caution |
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Name 5 things that you should take into consideration when deciding what your 'Caution' speed is |
Weather, visibility, gradient, curvature, vegetation, lineside furniture, weight and length of train, rail head conditions |
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If your train passes a signal at danger, what 4 things must you do? |
Stop immediately, contact the signaller, answer the Signaller's questions, do not move until the signaller gives you permission |
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If you see an illuminated SPAD indicator, what 2 things must you do? |
Stop immediately and contact the signaller |
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What does an 'End of Emergency Special Working' board look like? |
Yellow board with 'EW' on it and a red line diagonally through it |
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Name 3 places that would be suitable for an end of Emergency Special Working board |
Platform/Station, level crossing, tunnel, junction |
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There are 4 scenarios whereby you do not have to complete an emergency special working ticket. What are they? |
Assisting a failed train, evacuating passengers, removing a portion of a divided train, removing trains that have proceeded without authority |
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If you are assisting another train, or have been asked to examine the line during emergency special working, what speed should you travel at? |
Caution |
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Name 3 of the differences between emergency special working (ESW) and temporary block working (TBW) |
TBW takes longer to set up, you have to have at least 2 handsignallers to set up TBW, all points have to be secured before TBW can start, ESW uses direct communication with the signaller rather than going via a handsignaller |
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When approaching the start of TBW, what 2 things will the handsignaller do? |
Display a red hand signal and keep a detonator on the rail |
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What is the SPAD risk when approaching a hand signaller? |
If you receive a yellow hand signal but don't stop to get instruction first, it would be classed as a SPAD |
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On what type of line is temporary block working not permitted? |
Single lines, pilot man working would apply |
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Name 4 people that can give you permission to make an un-signalled wrong direction movement |
Signaller, hand signaller, shunter or pilotman |
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What is the only circumstance in which a driver can make an un-signalled move under their own authority? |
When setting bsck after uncoupling from another train |
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There are 11 reasons why a signaller may authorise you to make an un-signalled wrong direction movement. Name 5. |
Overrunning a platform by less than 400m, after taking a wrong route, to proceed towards a line blocked by an incident/obstruction/failure, the train has failed, to assist a failed train, to recouple a divided train, a shunting movement through a ground frame, single line working |
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After changing ends, what must you do before making the wrong direction movement? |
Re contact the signaller |
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When making a wrong direction movement, how should the warning horn be operated? |
Frequent series of short sharp blasts in the horn to warn anyone on or near the line |
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What speed should you be doing when making a wrong direction movement? |
You should be able to stop within the distance that you can see to be clear |
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At what speed can you pass over points, switch diamonds and swing nose crossings when making a wrong direction movement? |
15mph |
