[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 49CFR214.323]



[Page 160]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 214_RAILROAD WORKPLACE SAFETY--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart C_Roadway Worker Protection

 

Sec.  214.323  Foul time.



    Working limits established on controlled track through the use of 

foul time procedures shall comply with the following requirements:

    (a) Foul time may be given orally or in writing by the train 

dispatcher or control operator only after that employee has withheld the 

authority of all trains to move into or within the working limits during 

the foul time period.

    (b) Each roadway worker to whom foul time is transmitted orally 

shall repeat the track number, track limits and time limits of the foul 

time to the issuing employee for verification before the foul time 

becomes effective.

    (c) The train dispatcher or control operator shall not permit the 

movement of trains or other on-track equipment onto the working limits 

protected by foul time until the roadway worker who obtained the foul 

time has reported clear of the track.