[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: 49CFR236.6]



[Page 589]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 236_RULES, STANDARDS, AND INSTRUCTIONS GOVERNING THE INSTALLATION, 

INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR OF SIGNAL AND TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEMS, 

DEVICES, AND APPLIANCES--Table of Contents

 

              Subpart A_Rules and Instructions: All Systems

 

Sec. 236.6  Hand-operated switch equipped with switch circuit controller.



    Hand-operated switch equipped with switch circuit controller 

connected to the point, or with facing-point lock and circuit 

controller, shall be so maintained that when point is open one-fourth 

inch or more on facing-point switch and three-eights inch or more on 

trailing-point switch, track or control circuits will be opened or 

shunted or both, and if equipped with facing-point lock with circuit 

controller, switch cannot be locked. On such hand-operated switch, 

switch circuit controllers, facing-point locks, switch-and-lock 

movements, and their connections shall be securely fastened in place, 

and contacts maintained with an opening of not less than one-sixteenth 

inch when open.