[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: 49CFR236.55]



[Page 608]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 236_RULES, STANDARDS, AND INSTRUCTIONS GOVERNING THE 

 

              Subpart A_Rules and Instructions: All Systems

 

Sec.  236.55  Dead section; maximum length.



    Where dead section exceeds 35 feet, a special circuit shall be 

installed. Where shortest outer wheelbase of a locomotive operating over 

such dead section is less than 35 feet, the maximum length of the dead 

section shall not exceed the length of the outer wheelbase of such 

locomotive unless special circuit is used.



[49 FR 3383, Jan. 26, 1984]