[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-901]
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[Federal Register: January 14, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Application for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a
Railroad Signal System or Relief From the Requirements of 49 CFR Part
236
Pursuant to 49 CFR part 235 and 49 U.S.C. App. 26, the following
railroads have 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.
Block Signal Application (BS-AP)-No. 3273
Applicant: Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc., Mr. R. T. Haley,
Signal Supervisor C&S, 201 North Penn Street, Punxsutawney,
Pennsylvania 15767.
The Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc., seeks approval of the
proposed discontinuance and removal of the signal system, on the single
main track, between Macklin, milepost 282.4 and Eidenau, milepost
303.5, near Butler, Pennsylvania, on the Butler Branch.
The reason given for the proposed changes is to retire facilities
no longer required for present operation.
Rules Standards & Instructions Application (RS&I-AP)-No. 1089
Applicant: Consolidated Rail Corporation, Mr. J. F. Noffsinger,
Chief Engineer--C&S, 2001 Market Street, P.O. Box 41410, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19101-1410.
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) seeks relief from the
requirements of Sec. 236.566 (49 CFR 236.566) of the Rules, Standard
and Instructions to the extent that they be allowed to operate
nonequipped locomotives in automatic cab signal territory, on the two
main tracks between ``CP Jacks,'' milepost 191.3 and ``CP Gray,''
milepost 223.3, on the Pittsburgh Line, Harrisburg Division, for the
following operations:
1. Wire trains, work trains, wreck trains, and ballast cleaners to
and from work;
2. Engines and diesel cars moving to and from shops; and
3. Engines used in switching and transfer service, with or without
cars, not exceeding 20 miles per hour.
The reason given for the proposed changes is that exemptions are
already authorized for operation of nonequipped locomotives under the
same circumstances in cab signal territory at other locations on
Conrail, and that this relief request would be an extention of those
already existing exemptions.
RS&I-AP-No. 1090
Applicants: Union Pacific Railroad Company, and Missouri Pacific
Railroad Company, Mr. E. J. McCaddon, Director of Locomotive
Maintenance Operations, Harriman Dispatching Center, 850 Jones Street,
Omaha, Nebraska 68102-2920.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company and Missouri Pacific Railroad
Company (UP&MP) jointly seek relief from the requirements of Section
236.590 (49 CFR 236.590) of the Rules, Standard and Instructions for
all locomotives owned, leased, or operated under contract by the UP&MP,
equipped with Automatic Train Control Systems (including automatic
train control, automatic train stop, and coded cab signals), to the
extent that the carrier be permitted to extend the current 2 year time
limit (736 days) to 3 years, for change out or removal and cleaning of
the following pneumatic valves associated with Automatic Train Control
Systems:
1. ``EBPS''--Engine Brake Pressure Switch 35/20 PSI.
2. ``SBPS''--Service Brake Pressure Switch 35/20 PSI.
3. ATC--Magnet Valve.
4. CCS--Magnet Valve.
Applicant's justification for relief: To allow easier scheduling of
air brake work since time limits would coincide with other locomotive
valves, providing improved inventory control, reducing required
inventory, and reducing locomotive down-time. The carrier also states
the failure frequency is less than air brake valves currently changed
and cleaned on a 3 year basis.
Any interested party desiring to protest the granting of an
application shall set forth specifically the grounds upon which the
protest is made, and contain a concise statement of the interest of the
protestant in the proceeding. The original and two copies of the
protest shall be filed with the Associate Administrator for Safety,
FRA, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590 within 45 calendar
days of the date of issuance of this notice. Additionally, one copy of
the protest shall be furnished to the applicant at the address listed
above.
FRA expects to be able to determine these matters without 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 January 7, 1994.
Phil Olekszyk,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. 94-901 Filed 1-13-94; 8:45 am]
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