[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: 49CFR222.33]



[Page 270]

 

                        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 C_Exceptions to the Use of the Locomotive Horn

 

Sec. 222.33  Can locomotive horns be silenced at an individual public 

highway-rail grade crossing which is not within a quiet zone?



    (a) A railroad operating over an individual public highway-rail 

crossing may, at its discretion, cease the sounding of the locomotive 

horn if the locomotive speed is 15 miles per hour or less and train crew 

members, or appropriately equipped flaggers, as defined in 49 CFR 234.5, 

flag the crossing to provide warning of approaching trains to motorists.

    (b) This section does not apply where active grade crossing warning 

devices have malfunctioned and use of the horn is required by 49 CFR 

234.105, 234.106, or 234.107.



           Silenced Horns at Groups of Crossings--Quiet Zones