Negotiation rules are not just a law for the machinist
The Northern Road Experience
Until relatively recently, locomotive crews were mainly responsible for violations of the negotiation rules. At the same time, employees of other services involved in the transportation process remained on the sidelines. The situation on the Northern Road changed for the better when a new regulation was introduced obliging representatives of all services to respond promptly to the slightest violation of the rules of negotiations. Moreover, the responsibility is assigned not only to ordinary performers, but also to managers at all levels.
ACTIONS DURING TRAIN OPERATION
After receiving the warning form, the driver's assistant enters into his form the long-term speed limits on the sections established by the order of the chief of the road. Locomotive crews duplicate the readings of the input, output, pre—passage, route and repeat signals twice - the first time when they become visible, the second time before passing.
If a train is accepted onto uncoded station tracks in the absence of visibility and information about the indications of the exit (route) traffic light, it is considered forbidding. In this situation, the assistant is obliged, standing at his workplace, to duplicate to the driver about the train and the speed limit as a forbidding indication of the traffic light: the speed of movement for 400-500 m before the exit (route) traffic light should be no more than 20 km / h, for 150-200 m — no more than 10 km / h.
Station attendants or train dispatchers (in areas with central control) inform the driver about deviations from the normal conditions for passing trains with information about the indication of the exit (route) traffic light when:
A passenger train is delayed at a station if the train is scheduled to run without stopping.;
the need to delay the train at the entrance or route signal with a forbidding indication (when the train is in the second section of the approach or two sections before the route traffic light);
skipping a passenger train along a non-specialized track;
performing work at a station that causes track coding to be disabled, as well as requiring special vigilance, unless this is included in the warning form DU-61.
ACTIONS DURING MANEUVERS AT STATIONS
Before the start of the movement, the locomotive crew is obliged to:
take jobs in the forward control cabin (standing assistant driver); signal the locomotive;
to put into working order the ALSN, UKBM, CLUB safety devices, as well as additional devices (except SOUTH) and radio communications;
check the action of the automatic and auxiliary brakes in accordance with the requirements of the Operating Instructions for brakes of rolling stock of railways dated 05/16/1994 № CT-CV-CL-VNIIZhT/277;
to comply with the rules of negotiations, as required by the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of 26.09.2003 No. 876r.
Shunting movements at the station are carried out in accordance with the train operating instructions and the station's technical and administrative act, while:
The driver is prohibited from starting traffic if he does not know or understand the plan and order of upcoming movements and has not received verbal permission from the station attendant.;
The machinist is obliged to familiarize the assistant with the plan and procedure for the production of shunting work.;
If any changes to the work plan are detected while driving, the driver must stop immediately to ask the maneuver supervisor for further action.;
The readings of the shunting signals are duplicated by the locomotive crew twice, the first time — when it is visible, the second — immediately before passing, indicating its number and letter.: "We are passing M (so-and-so) white", and each subsequent maneuvering traffic light, if it is not visible, is considered prohibited.;
the speed of the shunting train moving forward in passenger cars should be no more than 10 km/h.;
50 m before the coupling point of the shunting train moving forward in wagons, the driver makes a stop and then follows at a speed of 3 km/h.;
In all cases where a locomotive is connected to passenger or freight cars, it stops and engages at a speed of no more than 3 km/h 10 m away.;
in all cases, 10 m before the coupling point with a group of passenger cars, the driver stops the locomotive or shunting train, fixes the stop on the speed gauge belt by discharging the brake line by 0.6 — 0.7 kgf/cm2 with the driver's crane No. 394 (395), pulls the speed gauge belt by 3 — 5 mm and then drives up to the train and coupling at a speed of no more than 3 km/h.
When performing any type of movement, the driver is prohibited from setting the locomotive (train) in motion unless he has personally verified where, at what signal, and at what speed movement is allowed, based on the visibility of the track, signals, and the presence and condition of the locomotive's brakes and train.
When organizing control over the implementation of the rules of official negotiations, the depot managers, by their order, establish the procedure in which:
- locomotive crews, in case of violations in the implementation of the established rules of negotiations on the part of all employees involved in the transportation process, make an entry in the Book of comments of the drivers.;
- train drivers monitor the rules of negotiations during complex surprise inspections, train escorts and at fixed stations by listening to the recorders of negotiations and in real time, as well as watching continuous video recordings made via
hybrid video recorders. Based on the results of listening to the negotiations, they draw up acts indicating the place of inspection, date, time and submit them to the deputy head of the depot for operation, and in case of violations by employees of other farms, they send the acts to the heads of these departments.;
- when visiting the station, the deputy heads of the depot for operation check the implementation of the negotiation rules in real time and by listening to the negotiation recorder, including based on the results of inspections previously performed by train drivers to determine the quality of their work.
EXECUTIVE ACTIONS
Station chiefs:
Through the DSP, they carry out ongoing control over the implementation of the rules of official negotiations, and also bear personal responsibility for its compliance by all employees involved in the transportation process.;
for all identified violations of the negotiation rules, on the basis of the DSP report, the results of inspections of the rules and listening to recordings of the negotiation registrars, as well as on the basis of other received documents on violations, station employees conduct an investigation and operational reviews to determine the measure of personal responsibility.;
in cases of violations by employees of other departments, the material (report, act or extract from the protocol of inspections of the negotiation rules) is sent to the involved structural divisions of the road within three days.;
They take measures to preserve the records of the registrar of negotiations with recorded violations for a month.
They ensure control over the timely investigation of detected violations of the rules of negotiations and the taking of appropriate measures against violators.;
They report weekly to the head of the Transportation Service department on the results of the work carried out to monitor compliance with the negotiation rules.
The heads of depots, distances and other structural divisions are required to:
- when inspection materials (report or act) are received from station managers or heads of other road divisions outlining violations of the negotiation rules committed by employees of the subordinate unit, conduct their own investigation and operational analysis within three days to determine the measure of responsibility of those who committed these violations.;
- send the materials of the analysis (protocol, order) to the heads of stations and departments of the locomotive industry of the departments of the road involved.
Heads of departments of transportation services and locomotive facilities of the road departments:
Weekly, at planning meetings, the heads of departments are informed about the results of meeting the requirements of the above-mentioned procedure.
- submit proposals to the heads of departments on bringing to justice the heads of linear enterprises that violate the established control procedure;
- the reports received from the heads of stations and depots are summarized and sent monthly to the transportation and locomotive services.
The heads of the road departments determine the personal responsibility of the heads of all divisions for violations of the established rules of negotiations by any employee involved in the transportation process, It is especially important to take prompt action if a violation is detected by specialists or heads of structural divisions, departments and Management of the road when listening to the rules on the registrar of station negotiations and appropriate work has not been carried out on it.
A violation in the implementation of the established rules of negotiations is not taken into account and it is not reviewed if the second employee promptly eliminated this violation by re-following the rules of negotiations correctly. Otherwise, those employees who did not take measures to curb the violation and did not require the implementation of the rules of negotiations in full, followed by by submitting a report to the head of the structural unit. For each violation of the established technology, the perpetrators are brought to disciplinary or financial responsibility.