Written Test For Conductor

FORM 10

WRITTEN TEST FOR CONDUCTOR

RAILROAD EQUIPMENT OPERATOR LICENSE

NAME

Date of Test

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1. What is the most important responsibility of the conductor?

2. Why does the conductor have the brakeman ride between the point car and the locomotive,

when the locomotive is pushing one or more cars forward?

3. From whom does the conductor normally receive his train orders?

4. What should be done when you receive orders to move a specific car from a designated

building and the car number does not correspond to the one given for movement?

5. When the conductor relays a slow signal for catching a car and the engineman proceeds at the

same speed, what should the conductor do?

6. In the process of making up a train in the yards and a man was observed crawling through the

cars, but after checking the man could not be located, what signal would be relayed by the

engineman?

B-18