Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System, 10086 [2011-4025]
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Notice of Application for Approval of
Discontinuance or Modification of a
Railroad Signal System
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, as detailed below.
Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad
Company, Mr. William E. Van Trump,
AVP Engineering—Signal/Comm./TCO,
1400 Douglas Street, STOP 0910,
Omaha, Nebraska 68179.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company
(UP) seeks approval of the proposed
discontinuance of the Automatic Block
Signal system on the Strang Subdivision
between control point Tower 68, at
milepost (MP) 0.42, and holding signal
ST912, at MP 2, near Englewood, Texas.
The discontinuance consists of the
removal of six automatic signals as well
as the circuit controllers from five handoperated switches and one handoperated crossover. The hand-operated
switches will remain in the application
area without signal protection. The
application area is to be Yard Limits and
shall contain Remote Control
Locomotive operations. The reason
given for the proposed changes is that
the signal system is no longer needed
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for efficient and safe operation of trains
in this area.
Interested parties are invited to
participate in these proceedings by
submitting written views, data, or
comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in
connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a
hearing. 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 communications concerning these
proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver
Petition Docket Number FRA–2011–
0008) and may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
• Web site: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Operations Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Communications received within 45
days of the date of this notice will be
considered by 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://www.regulations.gov.
Anyone is able to search the
electronic form of any written
communications and comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
document (or signing the document, 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; Page 19477) or at
https://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 16,
2011.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Regulatory and Legislative Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with Part 211 of Title
49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
notice is hereby given that the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) has
received a request for a waiver of
compliance from certain requirements
of its safety standards. The individual
petition is described below, including
the party seeking relief, the regulatory
provisions involved, the nature of the
relief being requested, and the
petitioner’s arguments in favor of relief.
Whitewater Valley Railroad
Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–
2010–0148
The Whitewater Valley Railroad
(WVRR) seeks a waiver of compliance
from certain provisions of the Railroad
Freight Car Safety Standards, i.e.
§§ 215.303 and 215.305, which require
stenciling of restricted cars; as well as
that of the Reflectorization of Rail
Freight Rolling Stock, i.e. §§ 224.3 and
224.5, which require applying reflectors
on freight cars and locomotives.
WVRR owns 13 freight cars that are
older than 50 years from their date of
original construction, and are restricted
by the provision of 49 CFR 215.203(a).
WVRR is concurrently seeking special
approval to continue to use these cars
under proceeding according to 49 CFR
215.203(b).
To support its petition to seek relief
from the stenciling and reflectorization
requirements, WVRR states that it is a
501(c)(3) non-profit organization. It is an
operating railroad museum dedicated to
the operation of a historic branch line
railroad, to the restoration of railroad
equipment, and to the conduct of
educational railroad programs. The
railroad owns and operates 19 miles of
track between Metamora and
Connersville, Indiana. These tracks are
not part of the general railway system.
Operating speeds on the line would
never be authorized at more than 25
miles per hour.
WVRR states that to support its
mission, it operates antiquated freight
and passenger cars built prior to 1945,
as well as a group of freight cars and
locomotives built after 1945, in public
excursion service as operating historic
artifacts. On rare occasions, locomotives
and freight cars (including flat, box and
hopper cars) are used to demonstrate
typical freight trains of the 1940s–60s.
These operations are sometimes
chartered programs designed for
photographers, film production, and for
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2011-0008]
Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or
Modification of a Railroad Signal System
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, as detailed below.
Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad Company, Mr. William E. Van
Trump, AVP Engineering--Signal/Comm./TCO, 1400 Douglas Street, STOP
0910, Omaha, Nebraska 68179.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) seeks approval of the
proposed discontinuance of the Automatic Block Signal system on the
Strang Subdivision between control point Tower 68, at milepost (MP)
0.42, and holding signal ST912, at MP 2, near Englewood, Texas. The
discontinuance consists of the removal of six automatic signals as well
as the circuit controllers from five hand-operated switches and one
hand-operated crossover. The hand-operated switches will remain in the
application area without signal protection. The application area is to
be Yard Limits and shall contain Remote Control Locomotive operations.
The reason given for the proposed changes is that the signal system is
no longer needed for efficient and safe operation of trains in this
area.
Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings
by submitting written views, data, or comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a hearing. 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 communications concerning these proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-
2011-0008) and may be submitted by any of the following methods:
Web site: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12-140, Washington, DC
20590.
Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Communications received within 45 days of the date of this notice
will be considered by 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://www.regulations.gov.
Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any written
communications and comments received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the document (or signing the
document, 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;
Page 19477) or at https://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 16, 2011.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-4025 Filed 2-22-11; 8:45 am]
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