Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System or Relief From the Requirements of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 236, 31004-31005 [05-10698]
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‘‘FRA is not inclined to grant a
‘‘blanket’’ waiver for the entire BNSF
system. We suggest that any future
request should be more narrowly
focused and supported by very specific
data.’’
BNSF is now petitioning the FRA to
reconsider the waiver by offering a more
focused request that lists specific yard
and terminal locations that are manned
24 hours—7 days week. BNSF claims
that the reasons for seeking this relief is
that injuries related to locomotive hand
brakes continue to increase with no
increased benefit of applying all the
hand brakes to a locomotive consist.
BNSF also contends that this request is
in response to concerns expressed by
Labor Organizations to the
Transportation Group of BNSF’s Safety
Assurance and Compliance Program
(SACP), in hopes of seeking resolution
to this requirement. BNSF has listed 75
locations for FRA’s consideration for
exclusion from the requirements of
applying hand brakes to every
locomotive in a consist of an unattended
train. These locations are available for
review and copying on the Internet at
the docket facility’s Web site https://
dms.dot.gov.
Interested parties are invited to
submit written comments to FRA. All
written communications concerning this
petition should identify the appropriate
docket number (e.g., Docket Number
FRA–2002–15339) and must be
submitted in triplicate to the Associate
Administrator for Safety, Federal
Railroad Administration, 400 7th Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Comments received within 30 days of
the date of this notice will be
considered by FRA before any final
action is taken. Although FRA does not
anticipate scheduling a public hearing
in connection with these proceedings, if
any interested party desires an
opportunity for oral comment, they
should notify FRA in writing before the
end of the comment period and specify
the basis for their request.
All written communications
concerning these proceedings are
available for examination during regular
business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the
Central Docket Management Facility,
Room PL–401 (Plaza Level), 400 7th
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. All
documents in the public docket are also
available for inspection and copying on
the Internet at the docket facility’s Web
site https://dms.dot.gov.
Anyone is able to search the
electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
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business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (Volume
65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78) at
https://dms.dot.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC on May 24,
2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety
Standards and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 05–10699 Filed 5–27–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2005–21180]
Notice of Application for Approval of
Discontinuance or Modification of a
Railroad Signal System or Relief From
the Requirements of Title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations Part 236
Pursuant to Title 49 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) part 235 and 49
U.S.C. 20502(a), the following railroad
has petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) seeking approval
for the discontinuance or modification
of the signal system or relief from the
requirements of 49 CFR part 236 as
detailed below.
Applicant: CSX Transportation,
Incorporated, Mr. N. Michael Choat,
Chief Engineer, Communications and
Signal, 4901 Belfort Road, Suite 130,
Jacksonville, Florida 32256.
CSX Transportation, Incorporated
seeks approval of the proposed
modification of the traffic control
system, on the two main tracks and
sidings, between CP Crown Hill,
milepost CA 433.7, near Cabin Creek,
West Virginia and CP 461, milepost CA
461.0, near Charleston, West Virginia,
on the Huntington Division East,
Kanawha Subdivision, associated with a
major pole line elimination and signal
rationalization project. The proposed
changes consist of the following:
1. At CP Crown Hill, milepost 433.7,
discontinuance and removal of the four
controlled absolute holdout signals;
2. At CP EE Cabin Creek, milepost CA
438.0, conversion of the No. 1 poweroperated switch to hand operation, and
relocation of the governing eastbound
absolute signal eastward;
3. At CP Chesapeake, milepost CA
441.5, discontinuance and removal of
the four controlled absolute holdout
signals;
4. At mileposts CA 443.6 and CA
443.9, discontinuance and removal of
the two dwarf signals governing train
movements from the hand-operated
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switches, and designation of the
switches as non clearing;
5. At CP Marmet, milepost CA 444.5,
discontinuance and removal of the four
controlled absolute holdout signals;
6. At CP 447, milepost CA 447.4,
discontinuance and removal of the four
controlled absolute holdout signals;
7. At CP Elk, milepost CA 455.6,
conversion of the power-operated
crossover to hand operation, removal of
the governing absolute signals, and
installation of a dwarf signal to govern
cleared movements onto the main track;
8. At CP South Charleston, milepost
CA 457.0, discontinuance and removal
of switching signals 26R and 28L, and
removal of the electric lock from the
hand-operated switch at milepost CA
457.7, retaining the existing dwarf
signal to govern train movements over
the switch;
9. At CP 461, milepost CA 461.0,
discontinuance and removal of the four
controlled absolute holdout signals;
The reason given for the proposed
changes is to eliminate facilities no
longer needed in present day operation.
Any interested party desiring to
protest the granting of an application
shall set forth specifically the grounds
upon which the protest is made, and
include a concise statement of the
interest of the party in the proceeding.
Additionally, one copy of the protest
shall be furnished to the applicant at the
address listed above.
All communications concerning this
proceeding should be identified by the
docket number and must be submitted
to the Docket Clerk, DOT Central Docket
Management Facility, Room PL–401
(Plaza Level), 400 7th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Communications received within 45
days of the date of this notice will be
considered by the FRA before final
action is taken. Comments received after
that date will be considered as far as
practicable. All written communications
concerning these proceedings are
available for examination during regular
business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the
above facility. All documents in the
public docket are also available for
inspection and copying on the Internet
at the docket facility’s Web site at
https://dms.dot.gov.
FRA wishes to inform all potential
commenters that anyone is able to
search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our
dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the
comment, if submitted on behalf of an
association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review DOT’s complete
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published on April 11, 2000
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(Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477–
78) or you may visit https://dms.dot.gov.
FRA expects to be able to determine
these matters without an oral hearing.
However, if a specific request for an oral
hearing is accompanied by a showing
that the party is unable to adequately
present his or her position by written
statements, an application may be set
for public hearing.
Issued in Washington, DC on May 24,
2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety
Standards and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 05–10698 Filed 5–27–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2005–21153]
Notice of Application for Approval of
Discontinuance or Modification of a
Railroad Signal System or Relief From
the Requirements of Title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations Part 236
Pursuant to Title 49 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) part 235 and 49
U.S.C. 20502(a), the following railroad
has petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) seeking approval
for the discontinuance or modification
of the signal system or relief from the
requirements of 49 CFR part 236 as
detailed below.
Applicants: National Railroad
Passenger Corporation, Mr. R. Stephen
Strachan, Chief Transportation Officer,
15 S. Poplar Street, Wilmington,
Delaware 19801;
Norfolk Southern Corporation, Mr.
Brian L. Sykes, Chief Engineer, C&S
Engineering, 99 Spring Street, SW.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
The National Railroad Passenger
Corporation (Amtrak) and Norfolk
Southern Railway Company, jointly
seeks approval of the proposed
modification of the signal system,
between Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
milepost 65.2 and Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, milepost 103.3, on
Amtrak’s Mid-Atlantic Division,
Harrisburg Line. The proposal consists
of the removal of all intermediate
wayside signals, retaining only distant
and home signals, in connection with
the installation of full reverse signaling
with cab signals and speed control
between ‘‘Cork’’ and ‘‘State’’
Interlockings. In addition, the proposal
includes the following:
1. All hand-operated switches on the
main tracks will be electrically locked;
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2. Hot box and dragging equipment
detectors will be consolidated into one
location for this portion of the line;
3. At the eastern most portion of
existing Cork Interlocking, the No. 7
power-operated crossover will be
replaced with a hand-operated switch
equipped with an electric lock, the No.
1 power-operated crossover will be
removed, Signals 2R/4R, 2L, 6L, 6R, 20L
and 20R will be removed, and the No.
16 hand-operated switch to the New
Holland Secondary will become poweroperated, and will be remote-controlled
via a new Control Point ‘‘Holland’’;
4. The portion of Cork Interlocking
just east of the Lancaster passenger
station platforms will be remotecontrolled via a new interlocking
‘‘Conestoga’’, the tail track between
existing Signals 14R and 20L will
become a non signaled track used by
maintenance of way equipment and
occasional freight trains only, the
electric lock on Switch No. 30A will be
removed, the eastward and westward
station tracks will be removed along
with their signals, and the platforms
will be extended to meet Main Tracks
No.’s 1 and 2;
5. The portion of Cork Interlocking
just west of the platforms will be
reconfigured and remote-controlled and
will retain the name ‘‘Cork,’’ Switches
No.’s 49, 40A, 40C and 40D will be
removed, and Signal 38L will be
replaced by new Signal 7E, reducing the
limits of the interlocking on the No. 7
track;
6. The western most portion of
existing Cork Interlocking will be
replaced with the new Control Point
‘‘Lititz,’’ Signals 66L, 66R and 62R will
be removed and the No. 65 poweroperated crossover will become Switch
No. 25, a single power-operated turnout,
and Signal 64R will be removed and a
new signal 2W installed near the point
of switch, reducing the limits of the
interlocking on No. 2 track; and
7. At Roy Interlocking, the No.15
power-operated switch will be replaced
with an electrically-locked, handoperated switch, Signals 14L and 14C
will be removed, and a new Signal 9W
installed. This will establish the Route
441 highway-rail crossing outside of
interlocking limits, and the crossing will
be upgraded with a constant warning
device.
The reason given for the proposed
change is to retire facilities no longer
required, to provide reverse signaling on
all main tracks, to reconfigure Cork
Interlocking to eliminate diverging
moves for passenger trains stopping at
the Lancaster Station, and to provide a
30-mph freight train route through
Lancaster. Eventually, Amtrak intends
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to expand this system eastward all the
way to Philadelphia.
Any interested party desiring to
protest the granting of an application
shall set forth specifically the grounds
upon which the protest is made, and
include a concise statement of the
interest of the party in the proceeding.
Additionally, one copy of the protest
shall be furnished to the applicant at the
address listed above.
All communications concerning this
proceeding should be identified by the
docket number and must be submitted
to the Docket Clerk, DOT Central Docket
Management Facility, Room PL–401
(Plaza Level), 400 7th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Communications received within 45
days of the date of this notice will be
considered by the FRA before final
action is taken. Comments received after
that date will be considered as far as
practicable. All written communications
concerning these proceedings are
available for examination during regular
business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the
above facility. All documents in the
public docket are also available for
inspection and copying on the internet
at the docket facility’s Web site at
https://dms.dot.gov.
FRA wishes to inform all potential
commenters that anyone is able to
search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our
dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the
comment, if submitted on behalf of an
association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review DOT’s complete
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published on April 11, 2000
(Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477–
78) or you may visit https://dms.dot.gov.
FRA expects to be able to determine
these matters without an oral hearing.
However, if a specific request for an oral
hearing is accompanied by a showing
that the party is unable to adequately
present his or her position by written
statements, an application may be set
for public hearing.
Issued in Washington, DC on May 24,
2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety
Standards and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 05–10697 Filed 5–27–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2005-21180]
Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or
Modification of a Railroad Signal System or Relief From the
Requirements of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 236
Pursuant to Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 235 and
49 U.S.C. 20502(a), the following railroad has petitioned the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval for the discontinuance
or modification of the signal system or relief from the requirements of
49 CFR part 236 as detailed below.
Applicant: CSX Transportation, Incorporated, Mr. N. Michael Choat,
Chief Engineer, Communications and Signal, 4901 Belfort Road, Suite
130, Jacksonville, Florida 32256.
CSX Transportation, Incorporated seeks approval of the proposed
modification of the traffic control system, on the two main tracks and
sidings, between CP Crown Hill, milepost CA 433.7, near Cabin Creek,
West Virginia and CP 461, milepost CA 461.0, near Charleston, West
Virginia, on the Huntington Division East, Kanawha Subdivision,
associated with a major pole line elimination and signal
rationalization project. The proposed changes consist of the following:
1. At CP Crown Hill, milepost 433.7, discontinuance and removal of
the four controlled absolute holdout signals;
2. At CP EE Cabin Creek, milepost CA 438.0, conversion of the No. 1
power-operated switch to hand operation, and relocation of the
governing eastbound absolute signal eastward;
3. At CP Chesapeake, milepost CA 441.5, discontinuance and removal
of the four controlled absolute holdout signals;
4. At mileposts CA 443.6 and CA 443.9, discontinuance and removal
of the two dwarf signals governing train movements from the hand-
operated switches, and designation of the switches as non clearing;
5. At CP Marmet, milepost CA 444.5, discontinuance and removal of
the four controlled absolute holdout signals;
6. At CP 447, milepost CA 447.4, discontinuance and removal of the
four controlled absolute holdout signals;
7. At CP Elk, milepost CA 455.6, conversion of the power-operated
crossover to hand operation, removal of the governing absolute signals,
and installation of a dwarf signal to govern cleared movements onto the
main track;
8. At CP South Charleston, milepost CA 457.0, discontinuance and
removal of switching signals 26R and 28L, and removal of the electric
lock from the hand-operated switch at milepost CA 457.7, retaining the
existing dwarf signal to govern train movements over the switch;
9. At CP 461, milepost CA 461.0, discontinuance and removal of the
four controlled absolute holdout signals;
The reason given for the proposed changes is to eliminate
facilities no longer needed in present day operation.
Any interested party desiring to protest the granting of an
application shall set forth specifically the grounds upon which the
protest is made, and include a concise statement of the interest of the
party in the proceeding. Additionally, one copy of the protest shall be
furnished to the applicant at the address listed above.
All communications concerning this proceeding should be identified
by the docket number and must be submitted to the Docket Clerk, DOT
Central Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401 (Plaza Level), 400 7th
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Communications received within
45 days of the date of this notice will be considered by the FRA before
final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be
considered as far as practicable. All written communications concerning
these proceedings are available for examination during regular business
hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) at the above facility. All documents in the
public docket are also available for inspection and copying on the
Internet at the docket facility's Web site at https://dms.dot.gov.
FRA wishes to inform all potential commenters that anyone is able
to search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our
dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or
signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000
[[Page 31005]]
(Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit https://
dms.dot.gov.
FRA expects to be able to determine these matters without an oral
hearing. However, if a specific request for an oral hearing is
accompanied by a showing that the party is unable to adequately present
his or her position by written statements, an application may be set
for public hearing.
Issued in Washington, DC on May 24, 2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. 05-10698 Filed 5-27-05; 8:45 am]
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