Disclaimer - This study guide is solely the work of the author and any errors are strictly mine. While I have tried to ensure that there is a correct (or most correct) answer to each question, final interpretation of these physical characteristics is the responsibility of the employee and the New Jersey Transit LETP locomotive instructors and Rules Department. The author assumes no responsibility for incorrect answers on the recertification test given by New Jersey Transit or their employees. For this review, rule G is not in effect so curl up around a warm monitor, grab some chips and your System Timetable No.2, Special Instructions GO 201, sip a cup for your favorite brew and take a leisurely scroll through the Physical Characteristics Study Guide.
1. Name one back to back
interlocking within Terminal's territory?
a. West
End/Lower Hack
b. East
End/West End
c. Terminal/East
End
d. Terminal/Bergen
Junction
2. From which two depot tracks
can a train be lined to both three (3) main and (6) six main?
a. 2
and 3
b. 12
and 13
c. 6
and 7
d. 8
and 9
3. What rules are in effect
between Terminal and Lower Hack?
a. ABS
261, CSS, Interlocking
b. Interlocking
c. TCS
d. DCS
4. What is the number of
the westbound automatic signal at "B Bridge"?
a. M01
b. M03
c. M05
d. M07
5. What is the total length
of wire over track four (4) at west end?
a. 2000
feet
b. 1700
feet
c. 1500
feet
d. 3
miles
6. Who controls Lower Hack
Interlocking?
a. Terminal
Dispatcher
b. M&E
Dispatcher
c. Main
Line Dispatcher
d. West
End Tower
7. What low automatic signals
display the same indications as high automatic signals?
a. M06
b. M03
c. M12/13,
M16/17
d. M09/M11
8. What is the eastbound
automatic signal on 122 track?
a. M06
b. M04
c. M02
d. M12
9. Can a train be routed
from track four (4) to track three (3) at East End?
a. Yes
b. No
c. I
don't know
10. Which tracks in the depot
are wired?
a. Tracks
1 through 8
b. Tracks
9 through 17
c. Tracks
1 through 20
d. Tracks
1 through 17
11. The catenary on the Hoboken
Division is wired for what voltage?
a. 3,000
volts DC
b. 11,000
volts AC
c. 25,000
volts DC
d. 25,000
volts AC
12. Which tracks in the depot
have starting signals under the train shed?
a. 1
and 4, 6 and 7
b. 2
and 3, 12 and 13
c. 8
and 9
d. All
13. Main track three (3)
runs straight in to which depot track?
a. Track
7
b. Track
8
c. Track
9
d. Track
11
14. What is the last eastbound
automatic signal on main tracks one (1) and three
(3)?
a. M18
b. M12
c. M06
d. M02
15. Track 119 leads from
what main track into which yard?
a. 2
Main to Days Yard
b. 4
Main to the Hill Yard
c. 3
Main to Days Yard
d. 2
Main to the Hill Yard
16. What must an engineer
do when his train is lined to a track adjacent to the car wash (track ten)?
a. Nothing
if the car wash is not in use
b. Blow
the horn (rule 19b)
c. Blow
one long sound on the engine whistle or horn and ring the bell (when equipped)
d. Blow
the horn only if employees are seen around the car wash track
17. Which of the following
main tracks is not wired for AC operation?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 122
18. What is the maximum authorized
speed between the depot and Lower Hack?
a. 10
MPH
b. 30
MPH
c. 50
MPH
d. Restricted
Speed not exceeding 10 MPH
19. What is the speed on
the wye at West End?
a. 5
MPH
b. 10
MPH
c. 15
MPH
d. 30
MPH
20. What is the maximum authorized
speed through the car wash in Hoboken?
a. 2
MPH
b. 10
MPH
c. 15
MPH
d. Restricted
Speed, not exceeding 10 MPH
21. When washing trains,
what direction must the train move?
a. East
b. West
c. North
d. South
22. What is the speed between the
Depot tracks and the eastbound home signals at Terminal?
a. 5
MPH
b. 10
MPH
c. 15
MPH
d. Restricted
Speed
23. What is the color of
the Form D indicator light for the Morristown Line?
a. Red
b. Yellow
c. Blue
d. Green
24. What is the speed for
trains on yard tracks in Hoboken?
a. Restricted
Speed, not exceeding 5 MPH
b. Restricted
speed, not exceeding 10 MPH
c. Restricted
Speed, not exceeding 15 MPH
d. Restricted
speed, not exceeding 20 MPH
25. On what tracks under
the Hoboken train shed can pantographs on MUs not be raised or lowered?
a. 15
through 17
b. 15
through 20
c. 1
through 14
d. All
depot tracks
26. Westward trains
operating on timetable schedule may operate to the westward interlocking signal
at the west end of the train shed at:
a. Restricted Speed not exceeding 10 mph.
b. 15 mph.
c. 30 mph.
d. slow speed.
27. Hoboken train shed tracks 1 through 17 are designated:
a. Yard tracks with no rules in effect.
b. Main tracks with 261, CSS rules in effect.
c. Main tracks with Interlocking rules in effect.
d. Running tracks.
28. When
operating on tracks 1 through 17 trains and track cars must not exceed:
a. 5 mph.
b. 10 mph.
c. 15 mph.
d. 20 mph.
29. Where are the
cab signal cut-out locations for eastbound trains?
a. West End.
b. East End.
c. Terminal Tower.
d. Signal M16.
30. Where are
the cab signal cut-in locations for westbound trains?
a. Terminal.
b. Lower Hack.
c. Signal M13.
d. East End.