Answers to Know Your Rules

By Mickey Cowling

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I. A, unless you have Track and Time, there is no rule that allows you to pass a stop indication in CTC without authority.

II. B, Rule 30.5.4 B.

III. A. We are not occuping that block and it is possible to have a train moving on an approach signal preparing to stop at the crossover signal.

IV. A, Rule 6.4.2 and Item 10 Special Instructions pg. 143.

V. C. Remember, from where we were sitting, we entered that block with NO governing signal. And we have to maintain restricted speed until our lead trucks pass the next more favorable signal.

When not teaching rules classes, Michey works the 7:59 A.M. Hump Job in Fort Worth.

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