[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 89 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 25217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12006]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or
Modification of a Railroad Signal System or Relief From the
Requirements of Title 49 CFR Part 236
Pursuant to Title 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. 3422
Applicant: Norfolk Southern Corporation, Mr. C. M. Golias, Chief
Engineer S&E Engineering, 99 Spring Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia
30303.
Norfolk Southern Corporation seeks approval of the proposed
modification of the traffic control system, on the single main track,
at Carrollton, Missouri, milepost S-211.2 and WB Junction, Missouri,
milepost S-212.8, on the Kansas City District-Westward, Illinois
Division, consisting of the following:
1. Discontinuance and removal of the No. 7 power-operated switch
and 40LD controlled signal at WB Junction, milepost S-212.8, associated
with the installation of an electrically locked hand-operated switch
outside control point limits;
2. Discontinuance and removal of controlled signals 38L, 38RA, and
38RB, associated with the installation of back to back automatic
intermediate signals 2113 and 2114 at Carrollton, milepost S-211.2; and
3. Conversion of No. 37 power-operated switch at Carrollton,
milepost S-211.2 to an electrically locked hand-operated switch.
The reason given for the proposed changes is to reduce maintenance
costs without affecting safety.
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 3 filed with the Associate Administrator for Safety,
FRA, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 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, D.C. on May 2, 1997.
Grady Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. 97-12006 Filed 5-7-97; 8:45 am]
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