BNSF Exam 2 Study Guide – Train Dispatching, Track
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Warrants, Safety Compliance, and Railroad Operations
Q&A
Description: This exam prep guide includes verified questions and answers for BNSF
Exam 2. It covers dispatching procedures, track warrants, signaling, railroad
operations, and safety compliance. Updated and detailed, it is a trusted resource
for railroad workers preparing for certification exams.
What is the verbiage would you say if you need to ask a train to change an
established route? what verbiage would you use? AKA: if you need to take a signal
back on a closely approaching train, what would you ask? - answer✔✔Can the
engineer comply with a signal change to stop. Engineer must identify themselves by
name and that same exact thing that I asked them. If I looked at a Mile Post and it
has an X or Z at the end of it...what does that mean? i.e., 9.2x -
answer✔✔duplicate Mile Post What are the two ways to get authority in CTC?
What are the three authorities in TWC? - answer✔✔CTC - signal indication &
verbal authority from the train dispatcher TWC- Track warrant, Restricted Limits &
Yard limits What are the three verbal authorities in CTC? - answer✔✔10.1 -
, authority to enter the main track 10.3 - Track and Time 9.12.1- authority to pass stop
signal indication If a train dispatcher is looking at a Timetable and looking at a station
it shows a J,B & T. What do these abbreviations mean? - answer✔✔J - Junction B -
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General Orders, Notices, and Circulars T - Turning Facility What is the definition of
Main Track? - answer✔✔A track extending through yards and between stations,
that must not be occupied without authority or protection. Main Track -
answer✔✔A track extending through yards and between stations that must not
be occupied without authority or protection. What is a movement opposite the
authorized direction? - answer✔✔Reverse movement if i needed to identify a
train, how would i do that on BNSF Railway? - answer✔✔Initials, engine number,
& direction where applicable When may main track switches be left open in CTC?
When may main track switches be left open in TWC? When may main track switches
be left in both of those? - answer✔✔CTC - Track and Time TWC - Track warrant -
granted permission to leave it in the reverse position (box 13) Both -if they leave a
crew member or a switch tender at the switch What type of train requires only one
crew member to verify a track release/roll up of a track warrant? -
answer✔✔Passenger train A key train with two cars placarded as inhalation
hazardous has been stopped by a track side warning device for a hot journal. The
crew has completed their inspection and no defects are found. What if any additional
steps that need to be taken with these cars. - answer✔✔set out the indicated car
If a train is not a key train and a track side warning for overheated journal indicates
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Warrants, Safety Compliance, and Railroad Operations
Q&A
Description: This exam prep guide includes verified questions and answers for BNSF
Exam 2. It covers dispatching procedures, track warrants, signaling, railroad
operations, and safety compliance. Updated and detailed, it is a trusted resource
for railroad workers preparing for certification exams.
What is the verbiage would you say if you need to ask a train to change an
established route? what verbiage would you use? AKA: if you need to take a signal
back on a closely approaching train, what would you ask? - answer✔✔Can the
engineer comply with a signal change to stop. Engineer must identify themselves by
name and that same exact thing that I asked them. If I looked at a Mile Post and it
has an X or Z at the end of it...what does that mean? i.e., 9.2x -
answer✔✔duplicate Mile Post What are the two ways to get authority in CTC?
What are the three authorities in TWC? - answer✔✔CTC - signal indication &
verbal authority from the train dispatcher TWC- Track warrant, Restricted Limits &
Yard limits What are the three verbal authorities in CTC? - answer✔✔10.1 -
, authority to enter the main track 10.3 - Track and Time 9.12.1- authority to pass stop
signal indication If a train dispatcher is looking at a Timetable and looking at a station
it shows a J,B & T. What do these abbreviations mean? - answer✔✔J - Junction B -
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General Orders, Notices, and Circulars T - Turning Facility What is the definition of
Main Track? - answer✔✔A track extending through yards and between stations,
that must not be occupied without authority or protection. Main Track -
answer✔✔A track extending through yards and between stations that must not
be occupied without authority or protection. What is a movement opposite the
authorized direction? - answer✔✔Reverse movement if i needed to identify a
train, how would i do that on BNSF Railway? - answer✔✔Initials, engine number,
& direction where applicable When may main track switches be left open in CTC?
When may main track switches be left open in TWC? When may main track switches
be left in both of those? - answer✔✔CTC - Track and Time TWC - Track warrant -
granted permission to leave it in the reverse position (box 13) Both -if they leave a
crew member or a switch tender at the switch What type of train requires only one
crew member to verify a track release/roll up of a track warrant? -
answer✔✔Passenger train A key train with two cars placarded as inhalation
hazardous has been stopped by a track side warning device for a hot journal. The
crew has completed their inspection and no defects are found. What if any additional
steps that need to be taken with these cars. - answer✔✔set out the indicated car
If a train is not a key train and a track side warning for overheated journal indicates
