[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: 49CFR214.325]



[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.  214.325  Train coordination.



    Working limits established by a roadway worker through the use of 

train coordination shall comply with the following requirements:

    (a) Working limits established by train coordination shall be within 

the segments of track or tracks upon which only one train holds 

exclusive authority to move.

    (b) The roadway worker who establishes working limits by train 

coordination shall communicate with a member of the crew of the train 

holding the exclusive authority to move, and shall determine that:

    (1) The train is visible to the roadway worker who is establishing 

the working limits,

    (2) The train is stopped,

    (3) Further movements of the train will be made only as permitted by 

the roadway worker in charge of the working limits while the working 

limits remain in effect, and

    (4) The crew of the train will not give up its exclusive authority 

to move until the working limits have been released to the train crew by 

the roadway worker in charge of the working limits.