[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: 49CFR234.247]



[Page 590]

 

                        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.  234.247  Purpose of inspections and tests; removal from service 



of relay or device failing to meet test requirements.



    (a) The inspections and tests set forth in Sec. Sec.  234.249 

through 234.271 are required at highway-rail grade crossings located on 

in service railroad tracks and shall be made to determine if the warning 

system and its component parts are maintained in a condition to perform 

their intended function.

    (b) If a railroad elects not to comply with the requirements of 

Sec. Sec.  234.249 through 234.271 because all tracks over the grade 

crossing are out of service or the railroad suspends operations during a 

portion of the year, and the grade crossing warning system is also 

temporarily taken out of service, a full inspection and all required 

tests must be successfully completed before railroad operations over the 

grade crossing resume.

    (c) Any electronic device, relay, or other electromagnetic device 

that fails to meet the requirements of tests required by this part shall 

be removed from service and shall not be restored to service until its 

operating characteristics are in accordance with the limits within which 

such device or relay is designed to operate.



[61 FR 31806, June 20, 1996, as amended at 66 FR 49560, Sept. 28, 2001]