[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: 49CFR218.35]



[Page 204]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 218_RAILROAD OPERATING PRACTICES--Table of Contents

 

             Subpart C_Protection of Trains and Locomotives

 

Sec.  218.35  Yard limits.



    (a) After August 1, 1977, yard limits must be designated by--

    (1) Yard limit signs, and

    (2) Timetable, train orders, or special instructions.

    (b) After August 1, 1977, each railroad must have in effect an 

operating rule which complies with the requirements set forth below:

    (1) The main tracks within yard limits may be used, clearing the 

time an approaching designated class train is due to leave the nearest 

station where time is shown. In case of failure to clear the time of 

designated class trains, protection must be provided as Sec.  218.37. In 

yard limits where main tracks are governed by block signal system rules, 

protection as prescribed by Sec.  218.37 is not required.

    (2) Trains and engines, except designated class trains, within yard 

limits must move prepared to stop within onehalf the range of vision but 

not exceeding 20 m.p.h. unless the main track is known to be clear by 

block signal indications.

    (3) Within yard limits, movements against the current of traffic on 

the main tracks must not be made unless authorized and protected by 

train order, yardmaster, or other designated official and only under the 

operating restrictions prescribed in Sec.  218.35(b)(2).

    (c) Each railroad shall designate in the operating rule prescribed 

under paragraph (b) of this section the class or classes of trains which 

shall have superiority on the main track within yard limits.



[42 FR 5065, Jan. 27, 1977]