X97-20812. Track Safety Standards; Miscellaneous Proposed Revisions  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 12, 1997)]
    [Corrections]
    [Page 43201]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: X97-20812]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    
    Federal Railroad Administration
    
    49 CFR Part 213
    
    [Docket No. RST-90-1, Notice No. 5]
    RIN 2130-AA75
    
    
    Track Safety Standards; Miscellaneous Proposed Revisions
    
    Correction
    
        In proposed rule document 97-16663, beginning on page 36138, in the 
    issue of Thursday, July 3, 1997, make the following corrections:
    
    Subpart C--Track Geometry
    
    
    Sec. 213.53  [Corrected]
    
        1. On page 36166, in the first table, in the second column, in the 
    last entry 14'8'' should read 4'8''.
    
    Subpart D--Track Structure
    
    
    Sec. 213.113  [Corrected]
    
        2. On page 36170, in the ``Remedial Action'' table, in the first 
    column, in the fifth entry ``Defective weld 25'' should read 
    ``Defective weld''.
        3. On page 36171, in the third column, in the paragraph numbered 
    (12), in the fourth line, remove the open quotes before ``inch'' and 
    insert ``3/8''.
    
    Subpart G--Train Operations at Track Classes 6 and Higher
    
    
    Sec. 213.333  [Corrected]
    
        4. On page 36180, in the table entitled ``Vehicle/Track Interaction 
    Performance Limits'', the second entry in the ``Safety Limit'' column 
    should read
    tan--.5  1+.5tan
    
    
    Sec. 213.355  [Corrected]
    
        5. On page 36185, the table in the second column should read:
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                          Guard             
                                                          check             
                                                        gage--The           
                                                         distance           
                                                         between     Guard  
                                                         the gage     face  
                                                        line of a  gage--The
                                                         frog to    distance
                                                        the guard   between 
                                                         line\1\     guard  
                                                          of its   lines\1\,
                                                          guard     measured
                      Class of track                     rail or     across 
                                                         guarding  the track
                                                          face,     at right
                                                         measured  angles to
                                                          across    the gage
                                                        the track   line\2\,
                                                         at right   may not 
                                                        angles to   be more 
                                                         the gage    than-- 
                                                         line\2\,           
                                                         may not            
                                                         be less            
                                                          than--            
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Class 6 track.....................................    4' 6\1/           
                                                             2\''     4' 5''
    Class 7 track.....................................    4' 6\1/           
                                                             2\''     4' 5''
    Class 8 track.....................................    4' 6\1/           
                                                             2\''     4' 5''
    Class 9 track.....................................    4' 6\1/           
                                                             2\''    4' 5'' 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    \1\ A line along that side of the flangeway which is nearer to the      
      center of the track and at the same elevation as the gage line.       
    \2\ A line \5/8\ inch below the top of the center line of the head of   
      the running rail, or corresponding location of the tread portion of   
      the track structure.                                                  
    
    Appendix A to Part 213 [Corrected]
    
        6. On page 36187, in the first table:
        a. Under the column heading ``Elevation of outer rail (inches)'', 
    ``1/2'' should read ``5 1/2''.
        b. In the last column, in the tenth line from the bottom, ``41'' 
    should read``51''.
    BILLING CODE 1505-01-D
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
08/12/1997
Department:
Federal Railroad Administration
Entry Type:
Correction
Document Number:
X97-20812
Pages:
43201-43201 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. RST-90-1, Notice No. 5
RINs:
2130-AA75: Track Safety Standards
RIN Links:
https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/2130-AA75/track-safety-standards
PDF File:
x97-20812.pdf
CFR: (4)
49 CFR 213.53
49 CFR 213.113
49 CFR 213.333
49 CFR 213.355