MTA TOWER OPERATOR Study Guide
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Latest Versions 2025 Graded A+
1. WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORITY, A TOWER OPERATOR
MUST NOT: Re- move authorized appliances from machines
2. TOWER OPERATORS MUST NOTIFY RCC WHEN: (a)
unusual conditions
(b) unusual intervals bet trains
(c) operating part time tower
3. EXPEDITING SERVICE, TOWER OPERATOR MUST: Crank
switches, and flag trains
4. TOWER OPERATORS MUST OBSERVE: station platforms
and model boards
5. RULE 9.05 (n): "When for any reason it is necessary to divert
a train from its regular route, the switch must not be set for the
diverging move."
6. TOWER OPERATORS MAY TAKE INSTRUCTION FROM:
Dispatchers and as- sistant dispatchers, superintendents RTO
7. WHEN OPERATING AN INTERLOCKING MACHINE,
TOWER OPERATORS MUST: Cooperate with Maintainers
8. FROG: Two running rails that intersect
9. TYPE VIII track: Concrete and rubber padding
10. TYPE III track: Used for elevated structures
11. RELAY: to move one or more cars from a particular track onto
,a relay or main line track and return the car(s) to an adjacent track
12. LIGHT TRAIN: Train consisting of revenue cars operating on
the mainline track without any passengers
13. TRANSFERRING CONTROL FROM A LOCAL TOWER TO A
MAIN TOWER: -
(a) must notify the main tower
(b) all signal and switch towers must correspond with main tower
(c) Tower Operator must turn transfer key from auxiliary panel
14. CROSSOVER: An arrangement of tow switches used to move
a train from one track to another (lcl/exp) and (exp/lcl)
15. SWITCH TRANSIT LIGHT: a feature US & S machine that is
NOT part of the
GRS machine is
16. BLACK: Lever type machine
17. SLOTTING MACHINE: Signal lever which controls a signal at
an adjacent inter- locking
18. BLACK, WHITE, YELLOW, RED: switch master lever
spare signal
19. REVERSE: Switch lever on a GRS machine, all the way out
from the machine
20. 1100 feet: A signal survey plate reads A4-327 and the next
signal survey plate reads A4-338. How many feet are these
signals apart from each other?
21. 1103 hours: I left Dyckman Street around 0743 hrs, and
arrived at South Ferry Station at 0827 hrs. Upon re-entering the
, South Ferry Station around 1012, what time will I arrive back at
Dyckman?
22. 50 minutes: What is the running time from 242 Station Van
P)k to South Ferry
Station between 0028 hrs and 0118 hrs?
23. (+): Half minute
24. 0753 hours: A train arrives at Chambers Street at 0750 hrs.
What time are you supposed to let him leave?
25. Lay up: "L" means?
26. Pacific: What station does the GAP sheet represent?
27. 86th/AST: The 858N leaves which terminal and goes to which
terminal?
28. 0826: If the 0753 W leaves STL on time, what is the scheduled
time due at Pacific
86th?
29. 10 minutes: What is the headway beginning with the 0838N
and the 0908N ?
Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Latest Versions 2025 Graded A+
1. WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORITY, A TOWER OPERATOR
MUST NOT: Re- move authorized appliances from machines
2. TOWER OPERATORS MUST NOTIFY RCC WHEN: (a)
unusual conditions
(b) unusual intervals bet trains
(c) operating part time tower
3. EXPEDITING SERVICE, TOWER OPERATOR MUST: Crank
switches, and flag trains
4. TOWER OPERATORS MUST OBSERVE: station platforms
and model boards
5. RULE 9.05 (n): "When for any reason it is necessary to divert
a train from its regular route, the switch must not be set for the
diverging move."
6. TOWER OPERATORS MAY TAKE INSTRUCTION FROM:
Dispatchers and as- sistant dispatchers, superintendents RTO
7. WHEN OPERATING AN INTERLOCKING MACHINE,
TOWER OPERATORS MUST: Cooperate with Maintainers
8. FROG: Two running rails that intersect
9. TYPE VIII track: Concrete and rubber padding
10. TYPE III track: Used for elevated structures
11. RELAY: to move one or more cars from a particular track onto
,a relay or main line track and return the car(s) to an adjacent track
12. LIGHT TRAIN: Train consisting of revenue cars operating on
the mainline track without any passengers
13. TRANSFERRING CONTROL FROM A LOCAL TOWER TO A
MAIN TOWER: -
(a) must notify the main tower
(b) all signal and switch towers must correspond with main tower
(c) Tower Operator must turn transfer key from auxiliary panel
14. CROSSOVER: An arrangement of tow switches used to move
a train from one track to another (lcl/exp) and (exp/lcl)
15. SWITCH TRANSIT LIGHT: a feature US & S machine that is
NOT part of the
GRS machine is
16. BLACK: Lever type machine
17. SLOTTING MACHINE: Signal lever which controls a signal at
an adjacent inter- locking
18. BLACK, WHITE, YELLOW, RED: switch master lever
spare signal
19. REVERSE: Switch lever on a GRS machine, all the way out
from the machine
20. 1100 feet: A signal survey plate reads A4-327 and the next
signal survey plate reads A4-338. How many feet are these
signals apart from each other?
21. 1103 hours: I left Dyckman Street around 0743 hrs, and
arrived at South Ferry Station at 0827 hrs. Upon re-entering the
, South Ferry Station around 1012, what time will I arrive back at
Dyckman?
22. 50 minutes: What is the running time from 242 Station Van
P)k to South Ferry
Station between 0028 hrs and 0118 hrs?
23. (+): Half minute
24. 0753 hours: A train arrives at Chambers Street at 0750 hrs.
What time are you supposed to let him leave?
25. Lay up: "L" means?
26. Pacific: What station does the GAP sheet represent?
27. 86th/AST: The 858N leaves which terminal and goes to which
terminal?
28. 0826: If the 0753 W leaves STL on time, what is the scheduled
time due at Pacific
86th?
29. 10 minutes: What is the headway beginning with the 0838N
and the 0908N ?
