Where are the limits of Dead Sections (DS) found?

• A. AMT-2 Table 3
• B. AMT-2 Table 7
• C. AMT-2 Table 5
• D. In the locomotive maintenance manual.

Answer: (C)

Dead Sections are track portions that aren’t protected by the signaling system, so knowing where they begin and end is essential for safe work on or near the track. In AMT-2 materials, the official limits for where a Dead Section exists are documented in Table 5. This table consolidates the DS locations, lengths, and any notes needed to identify them across the railroad’s signaling configurations. The other references don’t serve this purpose: Table 3 and Table 7 cover different signaling-related topics, and the locomotive maintenance manual isn’t the source for DS limits because it focuses on the locomotive rather than track-side protection.