[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: 49CFR228.17]



[Page 367-368]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 228_HOURS OF SERVICE OF RAILROAD EMPLOYEES--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart B_Records and Reporting

 

Sec. 228.17  Dispatcher's record of train movements.



    (a) Each carrier shall keep, for each dispatching district, a record 

of train movements made under the direction and control of a dispatcher 

who uses telegraph, telephone, radio, or any other electrical or 

mechanical device to dispatch, report, transmit, receive, or deliver 

orders pertaining to train movements. The following information shall be 

included in the record:

    (1) Identification of timetable in effect.

    (2) Location and date.

    (3) Identification of dispatchers and their times on duty.

    (4) Weather conditions at 6-hour intervals.

    (5) Identification of enginemen and conductors and their times on 

duty.

    (6) Identification of trains and engines.



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    (7) Station names and office designations.

    (8) Distances between stations.

    (9) Direction of movement and the time each train passes all 

reporting stations.

    (10) Arrival and departure times of trains at all reporting 

stations.

    (11) Unusual events affecting movement of trains and identification 

of trains affected.

    (b) [Reserved]