[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: 49CFR234.209]



[Page 573]

 

                        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. 234.209  Interference with normal functioning of system.



    (a) The normal functioning of any system shall not be interfered 

with in testing or otherwise without first taking measures to provide 

for safety of highway traffic that depends on normal functioning of such 

system.

    (b) Interference includes, but is not limited to:

    (1) Trains, locomotives or other railroad equipment standing within 

the system's approach circuit, other than normal train movements or 

switching operations, where the warning system is not designed to 

accommodate those activities.

    (2) Not providing alternative methods of maintaining safety for the 

highway user while testing or performing work on the warning systems or 

on track and other railroad systems or structures which may affect the 

integrity of the warning system.