Battery-driven Rail Car Mover Training - Hands On

MODEL B-MAXI XL from Railquip Inc.

1.SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Only authorized properly trained persons are permitted to operate machine and that person
needs to read and understood operating instructions provided by manufacturer, Railquip Inc.
Before using the vehicle responsible supervisor must be informed.
Operators needs to be aware of all potential hazards:
-Rail Car Mover have moving parts which have sufficient force in motions to cause injury to
operator and people in the immediate vicinity.
-As a non mechanical hazard people are at risk of injury due to controlled high voltage in the
Rail Car Mover drive system and regarding to that operators needs to be especially cautious
at startups or when they connect to power supply to charge battery's.
-Since operator use remote controller to operate he can be in the vehicle (in the cabin) or can
walk beside vehicle and should be aware of all potential obstacles on the ground or on rail
tracks. Using of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) is required.
All safety warning symbols explained in details in the Operating Instructions section 3.
appendix 3.1 Explanation of the symbols

2.PRE-OPERATIONAL INSPECTION CHECKLIST

Needs to be done and signed.

3.OPERATING ELEMENTS
This Rail Car Mover use Radio Remote Control
Operator use Remote Control Sender unit (controller) to move/mount and dismount vehicle
from tracks and operate with winch and coupling device.
Emergency push buttons are located on the vehicle and on controller as well. Controller is
also equipped with 4x45 degree angle-dead men switch.

4.OPERATION
Operator should fill Pre-Operational Inspection Checklist and follow all steps from Operating
Instructions (hereinafter refereed to as OI) provided by Rail Car Mover manufacturer.

-Operator check all following issues before using the Rail Car Mover, described in detail in
section 5. of the OI appendix 5.1 Inspection before use
- Emergency Stop needs to be activated in case of emergency, follow instruction from section
5. of the OI appendix 5.1.1. Emergency Stop
- Driving Speed Pre-Selector allows to chose speed limitation, section 5. of the OI appendix
5.1.2 Reducing Driving Speed
Operator use Remote Control Sender unit (controller) to operate with vehicle. While operating
operator can be inside (in the driving cabin) or outside of the vehicle. In the driving cabin the
safety belt always has to be fastened.
-Operation in the driver cabin is explained in the section 5. of the OI appendix 5.2 Operation
in the driver cabin
-Control elements in the cabin further explained in the section 5. of the OI appendix 5.2.3
Control elements cabin
-Cabin driver seat adjustment explained in the section 5. of the OI appendix 5.3 Cabin driver
seat
- Driving on road, re-railing, driving on the rails and all breaking further explained in the
section 5. of the OI appendixes 5.4 Driving on road ; 5.5 Rerailing ; 5.6 Driving on rails ;
5.7 Braking on road and rails ; 5.7.1 Release brake
- Coupling and uncoupling of vehicles safety warnings and coupling devices further explained
in the section 5. of the OI appendix 5.8 Coupling of vehicle ; 5.8.3 Height adjustable
coupling device ; 5.10 Uncoupling of vehicle
- Off Tracking with the machine and parking of the machine explained in the section 5. of the
OI appendix 5.11 Off Tracking with the machine and 5.12 Parking of the machine
-All other options in the section 5. of the OI appendix 5.13 Options

5. EMERGENCY OPERATION
The emergency operation is operation with combinations malfunctions and failures that
requires immediate action to return vehicle in derivable position or prevent further damages to
the equipment or the objects close to.
All steps and instruction are explained in the section 6. of the OI appendixes
6.1 Malfunction
6.2 Towing of the machine
-6.2.1 In case of drive failure
-6.2.2 In case of electric failure
6.3 Lifting the track guiding via emergency hand pump

6. REGULAR MAINTENANCE WORK

This Rail Car Mover is battery-driven and battery's must be recharge regularly and operators
must adhere to Operating Instruction section 7. appendix 7.2 Charge battery
Winch battery's are the regular car battery's and should be maintained and recharge by the
manufactured specification from the label attached to the battery itself.