Train Safety Quiz

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Train Safety Quiz

• Myth or Reality?
• True or False?

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True or False?

• 1.) Walking on railroad tracks, or the right of
  way on either side of them, is illegal.

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True

• It can take a mile or more to stop a train!
• Railroad property is private property.
• It is illegal unless you are at a designated
  public crossing.

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True or False?

• 2.) You will be safe if you do not walk between
  the railroad tracks.

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False

• Trains overhang the tracks by at least three feet
  in both directions and loose straps hanging from
  rail cars may extend even further.
• If you are in the right-of-way next to the
  tracks, you can be hit by the train.

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True or False?

• 3.) It is OK to cross the railroad tracks
  anywhere as long as you can see ¼ mile in each
  direction.

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False

• The only safe place to cross is at a designated
  public crossing with either a crossbuck, flashing
  red lights or a gate.
• If you cross at any other place, you are
  trespassing and can be ticketed or fined.

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True or False?

• 4.) A locomotive is not always the front of a
  train.

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True

• Trains can move in either direction at any time.
• Trains are sometimes pushed by locomotives
  instead of being pulled. This is especially true
  in commuter and light rail passenger service.

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True or False?

• 5.) It is OK to cross the tracks just as soon as
  the last car of a train passes the crossing.

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False

• Do not cross the tracks immediately after a train
  passes.
• A second train might be blocked by the first.
• Trains can come from either direction.
• Wait until you can see clearly around the first
  train in either direction.

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True or False?

• 6.) As a pedestrian, it is OK to ignore the
  flashing red lights at the crossing.

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False

• Flashing red lights signal that a train is
  approaching from either direction.
• You can be fined for failure to obey these
  signals.
• NEVER walk around or behind lowered gates at a
  crossing.
• Stay alive!
• DO NOT cross the tracks until the lights have
  stopped flashing and it is safe to do so.

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True or False?

• 7.) Trains are noisy. There will be plenty of
  time to get out of the way of the train after you
  hear it approaching.

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False

• Modern trains are quieter than ever, with NO
  telltale clackety-clack.
• Also, an approaching train will always be closer
  and moving faster than you think.

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True or False?

• 8.) Playing on rail equipment, tracks or railcars
  is forbidden.

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True

• If you are in a railyard uninvited, you are
  trespassing and subject to criminal prosecution.
• The worst penalty is DEATH.

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True or False?

• 9.) Rust on the tracks means that they are old
  and no longer in use.

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False

• Tracks are made out of steel, which rusts easily,
  so its hard to tell if the rails are in use.
• Always expect a train!
• Trains DO NOT follow set schedules. Any time is
  train time!

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THINK

• Always expect a train!
• Stay off
• Stay away
• Stay alive

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Extra Credit

• Give this quiz to your parents, and have them
  write me a note telling me that they did take the
  Train Safety quiz! Due tomorrow 10 points!