[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR218.30]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 218_RAILROAD OPERATING PRACTICES--Table of Contents

 

               Subpart B_Blue Signal Protection of Workers

 

Sec. 218.30  Remotely controlled switches.



    (a) After the operator of the remotely controlled switches has 

received the notification required by Sec. 218.27(c), he must line each 

remotely controlled switch against movement to that track and apply an 

effective locking device to the lever, button, or other device 

controlling the switch before he may inform the employee in charge of 

the workers that protection has been provided.

    (b) The operator may not remove the locking device unless he has 

been informed by the person in charge of the workers that it is safe to 

do so.

    (c) The operator must maintain for 15 days a written record of each 

notification which contains the following information:

    (1) The name and craft of the employee in charge who provided the 

notification;

    (2) The number or other designation of the track involved;

    (3) The date and time the operator notified the employee in charge 

that protection had been provided in accordance with paragraph (a) of 

this section; and

    (4) The date and time the operator was informed that the work had 

been completed, and the name and craft of the employee in charge who 

provided this information.



[44 FR 2175, Jan. 10, 1979, as amended at 48 FR 6123, Feb. 10, 1983]