Signal awareness form

[Axy_Dent]

(01-12-2012 10:59 AM)AmtrakFan454 Wrote:  Does the signal on M2 in Fullerton display "approach limited"? Or am I failing epically with my signal knowledge again?...

No

Axy

[MrMRL]

(01-12-2012 07:48 AM)orange choo choo Wrote:  Thanks MRL! Why does it indicate where the signal is posted (left, right, or over the main)? Do they have to circle the dot indicating the signal they are referring to?

The little black dot marking the signal's location is simply to help the conductor know which signal he/she is looking at. Signals can move from time to time as MoW works on track and moves signals and control points around. There is no circling of the dot. there is only one dot per box. if you pass that specific signal, just filling in the box with the corresponding aspect abbreviation is sufficient.

These current signal awareness forms were designed by local crews and management together in an effort to make them more user friendly and understandable.

Mr. MRL

[orange choo choo]

If a crew dies (times out of service) and hasn't completed a trip through a subdivision, does the new crew resume using the same form the prior crew used or do they start a new one?

[SLOCONDR]

(01-12-2012 02:01 PM)orange choo choo Wrote:  If a crew dies (times out of service) and hasn't completed a trip through a subdivision, does the new crew resume using the same form the prior crew used or do they start a new one?

Eric,
On the UP, if the crew dies on the hours of service, the old condr. takes his form with him, and the new condr. starts one of his own.

[MrMRL]

(01-12-2012 04:27 PM)SLOCONDR Wrote:  Eric,
On the UP, if the crew dies on the hours of service, the old condr. takes his form with him, and the new condr. starts one of his own.

Same practice on the BNSF. New crew, new sig form.

Mr. MRL

[MrMRL]

Below, a scan of a complete BNSF Railway WAT-BAR Signal Awareness Form. Any mainline train heading east out of the Ports of LA/LB or Watson Yard will have one of these on board to fill out. As you can see, there are a lot of signals (120+) between the ports and Barstow.

Mr. MRL