LIRR BLOCK OPERATOR QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ How do you proceed if the cab signal indicator and a fixed signal
conflict? Answer: The more restrictive indication will govern
⩥ What tracks in Penn Station can a westbound train get to from Line 4?
Answer: 14-21
Line 1 & 2: 5 to 17 Line 3 & 4: 14 to 21
⩥ What authority is needed for a reverse move in an interlocking?
Answer: Proper interlocking signal aspect or permission from the block
operator
⩥ Form L's received by radio or telephone after being fulfilled,
superseded or annulled must be? Answer: Marked with an X and
retained and held available for inspection for 7 days
⩥ After getting an A card to pass stop block signal and doing station
work, what is needed to proceed? Answer: Clearance Card Form K
Rule 327: When authorized by the Train Dispatcher, the Block Operator
may issue a Clearance Card Form A to permit a train to pass a Stop-
,Block signal and enter an occupied block behind another train to do
station work. The conductor or engineer must obtain block authority on
Clearance Card Form K before proceeding from the station.
⩥ Where does time apply for 2702 at ND? Answer: • East switch ND
siding
⩥ At a manned Block Station going against the current of traffic, how
would you get the condition of the block? Answer: • Green Flag - by day
Green Light - by night
⩥ What is needed to pass a stop signal at Signal Bridge 23 on Mainline 3
westbound at Harold? Answer: • Verbal Permission from the Console
Operator PSCC
⩥ When securing a train in Penn Station how many handbrakes must be
applied and where? Answer: One on the east end
⩥ Draw the proper HORN sounds for the following:
Answer to any signal not provided for
Flagman protect the adjacent track
Fire or smoke condition exists Answer: • OO
• - OOO - REPEAT
•O-O
,⩥ If Type 1 job work past midnight and becomes a Type II, you must?
Answer: • Notify crew management immediately
⩥ How many signals are there at Bay interlocking? Answer: 5
2 - E/B position light on bridge, 2 - W/B position light on bridge, 1 -
W/B low home from Bayside Team Trk
⩥ What is the MAS for a pushpull train with a speed failure in 409
territory? Answer: • 30 MPH
⩥ The purpose of a Rights Over Order? Answer: • To permit an inferior
train to pass from single track to end of main track
• To permit an inferior train to pass from single track to location with a
home signal
Form L (S-C) p69: Giving Right Over an Opposing Train: These forms
will only be issued when necessary to permit an inferior train to pass
from single track to end of main track or from single track to location
with a home signal.
⩥ What is needed in making a reverse move in 261 territory? Answer: •
Proper interlocking signal indication or permission from the train
dispatcher through the block operator
, Rule 262: A train for which the direction of traffic has been established
must not move in the opposite direction without proper interlocking
signal indication or permission from the Train Dispatcher through the
Block Operator.
⩥ T or F: A conductor can notify the engineer over the PA of an intention
to annul a K card. Answer: • False - personally notify the engineer face
to face
⩥ . T or F: The blocklimit signal at Hampton Bays is located on the
south side of the main track at the east end of the station. Answer: False
ND Block Limit: North of the Main, West of Hampton Bays station
platform, between switches of crossover
⩥ Define: Job Briefing Answer: • When reporting for duty, employees
whose duties require coordination with other employees
must hold a job briefing to review operational and safety conditions. If
these conditions change, employees must hold an additional job briefing
to discuss the new conditions. p.13
⩥ What is needed to make a reverse move in the East River tunnel?
Answer: • Verbal permission from the Console Operator PSCC
SI 2013: Where Rule 261 is in effect, with fixed automatic block signals,
a train having passed beyond the limits of a block must not reCenter that
ANSWERS GRADED CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ How do you proceed if the cab signal indicator and a fixed signal
conflict? Answer: The more restrictive indication will govern
⩥ What tracks in Penn Station can a westbound train get to from Line 4?
Answer: 14-21
Line 1 & 2: 5 to 17 Line 3 & 4: 14 to 21
⩥ What authority is needed for a reverse move in an interlocking?
Answer: Proper interlocking signal aspect or permission from the block
operator
⩥ Form L's received by radio or telephone after being fulfilled,
superseded or annulled must be? Answer: Marked with an X and
retained and held available for inspection for 7 days
⩥ After getting an A card to pass stop block signal and doing station
work, what is needed to proceed? Answer: Clearance Card Form K
Rule 327: When authorized by the Train Dispatcher, the Block Operator
may issue a Clearance Card Form A to permit a train to pass a Stop-
,Block signal and enter an occupied block behind another train to do
station work. The conductor or engineer must obtain block authority on
Clearance Card Form K before proceeding from the station.
⩥ Where does time apply for 2702 at ND? Answer: • East switch ND
siding
⩥ At a manned Block Station going against the current of traffic, how
would you get the condition of the block? Answer: • Green Flag - by day
Green Light - by night
⩥ What is needed to pass a stop signal at Signal Bridge 23 on Mainline 3
westbound at Harold? Answer: • Verbal Permission from the Console
Operator PSCC
⩥ When securing a train in Penn Station how many handbrakes must be
applied and where? Answer: One on the east end
⩥ Draw the proper HORN sounds for the following:
Answer to any signal not provided for
Flagman protect the adjacent track
Fire or smoke condition exists Answer: • OO
• - OOO - REPEAT
•O-O
,⩥ If Type 1 job work past midnight and becomes a Type II, you must?
Answer: • Notify crew management immediately
⩥ How many signals are there at Bay interlocking? Answer: 5
2 - E/B position light on bridge, 2 - W/B position light on bridge, 1 -
W/B low home from Bayside Team Trk
⩥ What is the MAS for a pushpull train with a speed failure in 409
territory? Answer: • 30 MPH
⩥ The purpose of a Rights Over Order? Answer: • To permit an inferior
train to pass from single track to end of main track
• To permit an inferior train to pass from single track to location with a
home signal
Form L (S-C) p69: Giving Right Over an Opposing Train: These forms
will only be issued when necessary to permit an inferior train to pass
from single track to end of main track or from single track to location
with a home signal.
⩥ What is needed in making a reverse move in 261 territory? Answer: •
Proper interlocking signal indication or permission from the train
dispatcher through the block operator
, Rule 262: A train for which the direction of traffic has been established
must not move in the opposite direction without proper interlocking
signal indication or permission from the Train Dispatcher through the
Block Operator.
⩥ T or F: A conductor can notify the engineer over the PA of an intention
to annul a K card. Answer: • False - personally notify the engineer face
to face
⩥ . T or F: The blocklimit signal at Hampton Bays is located on the
south side of the main track at the east end of the station. Answer: False
ND Block Limit: North of the Main, West of Hampton Bays station
platform, between switches of crossover
⩥ Define: Job Briefing Answer: • When reporting for duty, employees
whose duties require coordination with other employees
must hold a job briefing to review operational and safety conditions. If
these conditions change, employees must hold an additional job briefing
to discuss the new conditions. p.13
⩥ What is needed to make a reverse move in the East River tunnel?
Answer: • Verbal permission from the Console Operator PSCC
SI 2013: Where Rule 261 is in effect, with fixed automatic block signals,
a train having passed beyond the limits of a block must not reCenter that
