Amtrak RWP Exam with Questions and Smart Answers – 100% Solved
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Adjacent Tracks - ✔✔✔-Two or more tracks with track centers spaced less than 25 feet.
Control Operator - ✔✔✔-Railroad employee in charge of a remotely control switch or derail, an
interlocking, a controlled point, or a segment of controlled track. This includes job titles such as
Train Dispatcher, Train Director, Block Operator, etc.
Controlled track - ✔✔✔-a track upon which the railroads operating rules require that all
movements of trains must be authorized by a control operator.
Effective Securing Device - ✔✔✔-A vandal and tamper resistant lock, keypad for application and
removal only by the roadway workers for whom the protection is provided.
Employee in Charge (EIC) - ✔✔✔-An employee responsible for a work group under the
overarching authority of the Roadway Worker In Charge.
Exclusive Track Occupancy - ✔✔✔-A method of establishing working limits on controlled track
in which movement authority of trains and other equipment is withheld by the control operator,
or restricted by flagman.
Flagman - ✔✔✔-When used in relation to roadway worker safety, an employee assigned
designated by the railroad to direct or restrict the movement of trains past a point on a track to
provide on-track safety for roadway workers, while engaged solely in performing that function.
Foul time - ✔✔✔-A method of establishing working limits on a controlled track in which a
roadway worker is notified by the control operator that no trains will operate within a specific
segment of controlled track until the roadway worker reports clear of the track.
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Adjacent Tracks - ✔✔✔-Two or more tracks with track centers spaced less than 25 feet.
Control Operator - ✔✔✔-Railroad employee in charge of a remotely control switch or derail, an
interlocking, a controlled point, or a segment of controlled track. This includes job titles such as
Train Dispatcher, Train Director, Block Operator, etc.
Controlled track - ✔✔✔-a track upon which the railroads operating rules require that all
movements of trains must be authorized by a control operator.
Effective Securing Device - ✔✔✔-A vandal and tamper resistant lock, keypad for application and
removal only by the roadway workers for whom the protection is provided.
Employee in Charge (EIC) - ✔✔✔-An employee responsible for a work group under the
overarching authority of the Roadway Worker In Charge.
Exclusive Track Occupancy - ✔✔✔-A method of establishing working limits on controlled track
in which movement authority of trains and other equipment is withheld by the control operator,
or restricted by flagman.
Flagman - ✔✔✔-When used in relation to roadway worker safety, an employee assigned
designated by the railroad to direct or restrict the movement of trains past a point on a track to
provide on-track safety for roadway workers, while engaged solely in performing that function.
Foul time - ✔✔✔-A method of establishing working limits on a controlled track in which a
roadway worker is notified by the control operator that no trains will operate within a specific
segment of controlled track until the roadway worker reports clear of the track.
