TRAIN PREPARATION PROCEDURE TRAIN IS TURNED “ON” PROCEED TO DEPOT SUPERVISOR AND GET DAILY OBSERVATION REPORT FORM GO TO THE ASSIGNED 3-CAR TRAIN TURN OFF THE TRAIN YES CHECK AND CLOSE ALL BATTERY SWITCHES ON EACH CAR NO PLACE ALL DRIVER’S CAB AND HOSTLER IN NORMAL STATUS (Refer to Fig. 1A and 1B) COUPLED PROPERLY X PROCEED AND REPORT TO DEPOT SUPERVISOR NO A YES CHECK IF ALL CARS ARE COUPLED (MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL) DAILY OBSERVATION REPORT
A PROCEED TO DRIVER’S CAB AND PUSH THE “PANTOGRAPH UP” BUTTON AFTER 15 SECONDS, TURN ON THE TRAIN WITH “ATP” (UP TO 2 TRIES IF NOT SUCCESSFUL ON THE 1 ST TRY) (Refer to Fig. 2) PANTOGRAPH RAISED X NO YES INITIALIZED SUCCESSFULLY X NO YES OPEN DOORS ON RIGHT SIDE (“DOOR OPEN” INDICATOR IS ILLUMINATED) ALL DOORS OPENED ON THE RIGHT SIDE X NO YES CLOSE DOORS ON RIGHT SIDE (“DOOR OPEN” INDICATOR IS EXTIGUISHED) ALL DOORS CLOSED ON THE RIGHT SIDE X NO YES OPEN DOORS ON LEFT SIDE (“DOOR OPEN” INDICATOR IS ILLUMINATED) ALL DOORS OPENED ON THE LEFT SIDE X NO YES B
B CLOSE DOORS ON LEFT SIDE (“DOOR OPEN” INDICATOR IS EXTIGUISHED) SWITCH ON AND CHECK PASSENGER, DISPLAY AND OUTSIDE LIGHTINGS ALL DOORS CLOSED ON THE LEFT SIDE X NO YES ALL IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION (NO BUSTED LIGHTS) X NO YES SWITCH ON AND CHECK PASSENGERS AIR CONDITIONING ALL WORKING X NO YES PERFORM BRAKE TEST (Refer to Fig. 4) NO ICON IS DISPLAYED IN DIAGNOSTIC PANEL X NO YES CHECK ALL REQUIREMENTS WRITTEN IN DAILY OBSERVATION REPORT IF WORKING / PRESENT ALL WORKING AND PRESENT X NO YES C
C WRITE THE INITIAL ODOMETER READING IN THE DAILY OBSERVATION REPORT ALL 3 CARS PREPARED AND CHECKED PROCEED TO DEPOT SUPERVISOR, SHOW THE FILLED UP DAILY OBSERVATION REPORT AND WAIT FOR INSTRUCTIONS TURN OFF TRAIN AND PRESS PANTOGRAPH DOWN BUTTON A NO YES