Control Operator Review #7

All Train Dispatcher and Control Operator Bulletins must be reviewed: [20.6]

• Weekly

• Only when notified a change has been made

• 
  Before each tour of duty

• After each tour of duty

When responding to emergency calls, Control Operator must: [20.24]

• Not respond to unattended adjacent workstations’ emergency call

• 
  Not respond to emergency call if busy performing other duties

• Respond immediately, identifying that radio is being answered in response to the emergency call

• Respond immediately to unattended adjacent workstations' emergency call if duties permit

If the defect is reported as a broken rail: [22.6-C]

• Immediately advise any train approaching to reduce to restricted speed not exceeding 10 MPH at location until rear of train clears the restricted area

• Immediately advise any train approaching to stop before passing over the location

• Immediately advise trains to inspect location and to proceed not exceeding 10 MPH if it is safe to do so

• Immediately advise any train approaching to stop and then proceed at walking speed

   

When the train dispatcher observes a train or on-track equipment leaving two separate track occupancies on screen display closely behind their movement, the dispatcher must: [22.6]

• Advise train to proceed at restricted speed to the next control point and place train in manual mode until inspected by a qualified employee

• Immediately stop the movement and have crew conduct a roll-by inspection of the train or equipment

• Immediately stop any trains on adjacent tracks and apply a blocking mechanism so no meeting or passing trains may proceed by the train or on-track equipment

If track or signal maintenance work is to be performed within a control point or manual interlocking, protection can be provided by: [24.2.1]

• Form B

• Foul Time or Track and Time

• Track Out of Service

• All are acceptable forms of protection

When a report is received of a Right of Way Fire, the dispatcher must: [20.21]

• Stop the train reporting the Right of Way Fire in a safe location and instruct them to inspect their train looking out for any conditions that may have started the fire. If no conditions are found, the train may proceed

• Stop the last train through the area before the fire was reported and instruct crew to inspect their train. If train is no longer on the dispatcher's territory, notify Corridor Manager who will arrange to have the train inspected.

• Stop the last train through the area before the fire was reported and hold the train until inspected by the mechanical department. If the last train was a passenger train, the crew may inspect the train

When issuing Track and Time with switch "Yes", Foul Time, or granting permission to hand operate a dual control switch, the dispatcher must: [24.2.7]

 

• 
  Issue all authority joint to allow trains to be issued joint authority

• Not allow any trains into the area until authority is released

• 
  Instruct effected trains to proceed through the area at restricted speed

• Advise effected trains that signal indications may change

When transmitting authority, mandatory directive, or instruction; or when confirming the limits of authority, the dispatcher must: [20.8]

• State locations as either "CP" or "Control Point" followed by the alphanumeric designation.

• When confirming the limits of authority that include a milepost, state the location as either "MP" or "Milepost".

• Both of These

When transmitting a mandatory directive, the train dispatcher must: [20.26]

• State multiple digit numbers as single digits

• State and spell single digit numbers and spell directions

• Both of these

A train must not be operated in PTC territory if the controlling locomotive is not equipped with an operable PTC system unless otherwise authorized by: [18.1]

• Rule, Special Instruction or the Train Dispatcher

• The Corridor Manager or Superintendent

• The Yardmaster

• Any of the above