[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR234.247]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 234--GRADE CROSSING SIGNAL SYSTEM SAFETY--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart D--Maintenance, Inspection, and Testing
 
Sec. 234.247  Purpose of inspections and tests; removal from service of relay or device failing to meet test requirements.

    (a) The inspections and tests set forth in Secs. 234.249 through 
234.271 are required at highway-rail grade crossings located on in 
service railroad tracks and shall be made to determine if the warning 
system and its component parts are maintained in a condition to perform 
their intended function.
    (b) If a railroad elects not to comply with the requirements of 
Secs. 234.249 through 234.271 because all tracks over the grade crossing 
are out of service or the railroad suspends operations during a portion 
of the year, and the grade crossing warning system is also temporarily 
taken out of service, a full inspection and all required tests must be

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successfully completed before railroad operations over the grade 
crossing resume.
    (c) Any electronic device, relay, or other electromagnetic device 
that fails to meet the requirements of tests required by this part shall 
be removed from service and shall not be restored to service until its 
operating characteristics are in accordance with the limits within which 
such device or relay is designed to operate.

[61 FR 31806, June 20, 1996, as amended at 66 FR 49560, Sept. 28, 2001]