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Appendix C - Railroad Safety Regulations
Appendix C - Railroad Safety Regulations
Pages 127-137
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C-5 C.8 The Positive Train Control Mandate of the Railroad Safety Improvement Act C-6 C.9 New Technology Train Control Systems C-7 C.10 Passenger Car Safety Standards and the Operation of Non-FRA-Compliant Vehicles on Shared Corridors (49 CFR Part 238) C-8 C.10.1 Operation of Non-FRA-Compliant Passenger Vehicles C-8 C.10.2 Definition of Non-FRA-Compliant Passenger Vehicles C-8 C.10.3 Non-compliant Intercity Trains C-9 C.10.4 Use of Light Rail Vehicles on the General Rail System C-10 C-1 A P P E N D I X C Railroad Safety Regulations
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The applicability of FRA safety regulations where conventional rail services and urban transit services share tracks and corridors is discussed later in this section. Other points about applicability are: • The FRA specifically has authority over any new-technology guided ground transportation system, including magnetic levitation systems and systems that use non-United States (U.S.)
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Freight railroads typically maintain FRA Class 3 on secondary and lower traffic main lines and FRA Class 4 on primary main lines. There is also a significant amount of FRA Class 5 track on freight railroads, often on routes used by higher-speed intermodal services.
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C-4 Guidebook for Implementing Passenger Rail Service on Shared Passenger and Freight Corridors Table C-1. Maximum allowable speeds for passenger and freight trains by track class.
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C.7 Signal and Train Control System Regulations before the Railroad Safety Improvement Act (49 CFR Parts 235 and 236) This section describes FRA signal and train control systems regulations, before implementation of positive train control (PTC)
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C.8 The Positive Train Control Mandate of the Railroad Safety Improvement Act RSIA, signed into law on October 16, 2008, requires that a qualified positive train control system be installed on main lines carrying regularly scheduled passenger service and/or specified hazardous materials shipment. The requirements are found in Section 104 of RSIA, and state: Not later than 18 months after passage of this Act (i.e., by April 16, 2010)
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This could be a critical issue for passenger rail interests, as PTC costs are expected to be very high and could substantially increase the cost of implementing and operating passenger rail service. • Will the PTC interoperability requirements worked out among Class 1 freight railroads pose any problems for passenger service operators?
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The following paragraphs provide a summary of what is meant by "non-FRA-compliant" passenger rail vehicles, referring to technical reports, applicable FRA safety regulations, and the current status of efforts to introduce and use such vehicles on the general railroad network. C.10.2 Definition of Non-FRA-Compliant Passenger Vehicles A non-FRA-compliant passenger vehicle is one that does not fully meet all current FRA safety regulations applicable to passenger rail vehicles operating on the general rail network.
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Otherwise, the FRA took the view that passenger car structural safety was effectively managed by the AAR. In the early 1980s, the AAR stopped maintaining passenger car standards, and safety standards were left to the specification writers for individual passenger rail service operators, who continued to follow earlier practice.
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have initiated projects to further explore the safety and feasibility of shared light rail operations. The conclusions reached by these studies are: C-10 Guidebook for Implementing Passenger Rail Service on Shared Passenger and Freight Corridors
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In parallel with this research, the FRA has recently permitted limited concurrent operations on both San Diego Trolley and the RiverLINE with appropriate safety controls and tightly defined operating procedures. Railroad Safety Regulations C-11
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