[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR222.25]

[Page 267]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 222_USE OF LOCOMOTIVE HORNS AT PUBLIC HIGHWAY-RAIL GRADE CROSSINGS
--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart B_Use of Locomotive Horns
 
Sec. 222.25  How does this rule affect private highway-rail grade crossings?

    This rule does not require the routine sounding of locomotive horns 
at private highway-rail grade crossings. Except as specified in this 
section, this part is not meant to address the subject of private grade 
crossings and is not intended to affect present State or local laws or 
orders, or private contractual or other arrangements regarding the 
routine sounding of locomotive horns at private highway-rail grade 
crossings.
    (a) Private highway-rail grade crossings may be included in a quiet 
zone.
    (b) Private highway-rail grade crossings which are located in New 
Quiet Zones and which allow access to the public, or which provide 
access to active industrial or commercial sites, may be included in a 
quiet zone only if a diagnostic team evaluates the crossing and the 
crossing is equipped or treated in accord with the recommendations of 
such diagnostic team.
    (c)(1) At a minimum, every private highway-rail grade crossing 
within a New Quiet Zone shall be marked by a crossbuck and a ``STOP'' 
sign, each of which shall conform to the standards contained in the 
MUTCD, and shall be equipped with advance warning signs in compliance 
with Sec. 222.35(c).
    (2) At a minimum, every private highway-rail grade crossing within a 
Pre-Rule Quiet Zone shall, by December 18, 2006, be marked by a 
crossbuck and a ``STOP'' sign, each of which shall conform to the 
standards contained in the MUTCD, and shall be equipped with advance 
warning signs in compliance with Sec. 222.35(c)