PART 218—RAILROAD OPERATING PRACTICES
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Absolute block means a block in which no train is permitted to enter while it is occupied by another train.
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Blue signal means a clearly distinguishable blue flag or blue light by day and a blue light at night. When attached to the operating controls of a locomotive, it need not be lighted if the inside of the cab area of the locomotive is sufficiently lighted so as to make the blue signal clearly distinguishable
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Car shop repair track area means one or more tracks within an area in which the testing, servicing, repair, inspection,or rebuilding of railroad rolling equipment is under the exclusive control of mechanical department personnel.
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Controlling locomotive means a locomotive arranged as having the only controls over all electrical, mechanical and pneumatic functions for one or more locomotives, including controls transmitted by radio signals if so equipped. It does not include two or more locomotives coupled in multiple which can be moved from more than one set of locomotive controls.
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Designated crew member means an individual designated under the railroad’s operating rules as the point of contact between a train or yard crew and a utility employee working with that crew.
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Flagman’s signals means a red flag by day and a white light at night, and fusees as prescribed in the railroad’s operating rules.
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Interlocking limits means the tracks between the opposing home signals ofan interlocking.
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Rolling equipment includes locomotives,railroad cars, and one or more locomotives coupled to one or more cars.
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The utility employee is performing one or more of the following functions: set or release hand brakes;couple or uncouple air hoses and other electrical or mechanical connections;prepare rail cars for coupling; set wheel blocks or wheel chains; conduct air brake tests to include cutting air brake components in or out and position retaining valves; inspect, test, install, remove or replace a rear end marking device or end of train device. Under all other circumstances a utility employee working on, under, or between railroad rolling equipment must be provided with blue signal protection in accordance with §§ 218.23 through 218.30 of this part.
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Blue signals displayed in accordance with § 218.25, 218.27, or 218.29 signify that workers are on, under, or between rolling equipment. When so displayed—
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An engineer working alone as a one-person crew shall not perform duties on, under, or between rolling equipment, without blue signal protection that complies with § 218.27 or§ 218.29, unless the duties to be performed are listed in § 218.22(c)(5)
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If the rolling equipment to be protected includes one or more locomotives,a blue signal must be attached to the controlling locomotive at a location where it is readily visible to the engine man or operator at the controls of that locomotive
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When workers are on, under, or between rolling equipment on track other than main track—(a) A blue signal must be displayed at or near each manually operated switch providing access to that track;(b) Each manually operated switch providing access to the track on which the equipment is located must be lined against movement to that track and locked with an effective locking device;and(c) The person in charge of the workers must have notified the operator of any remotely controlled switch that work is to be performed and have been informed by the operator that each remotely controlled switch providing access to the track on which the equipment is located has been lined against movement to that track and locked as prescribed in § 218.30.
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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§ 218.37. In yard limits where main tracks are governed by block signal system rules, protection as prescribed by § 218.37 is not required.
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Whenever a crew member is providing flag protection, he must not permit other duties to interfere with the protection of his train
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Flag protection against following trains on the same track is not required if—
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When a train or engine service employee is required to couple an air hose or to adjust a coupling device and that activity will require that the employee place himself between pieces of rolling equipment located on a bowl track, the operator of any remotely controlled switch that provides access from the apex of the hump to the track on which the rolling equipment is located shall be notified;
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Disable means to unlawfully render a device incapable of proper and effective action or to materially impair the functioning of that device.
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Safety device means any locomotive-mounted equipment that is used either to assure that the locomotive operator is alert, not physically incapacitated, aware of and complying with the indications of a signal system or other operational control system or to record data concerning the operation of that locomotive or the train it is powering. See appendix B to this part for a statement of agency policy on this subject.
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Any individual who willfully disables a safety device is subject to a civil penalty as provided in appendix A of this part and to disqualification from performing safety-sensitive functions on a railroad if found unfit for such duties under the procedures provided for in 49 CFR part 209
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Clearance point means the location near a turnout beyond which it is unsafe for passage on an adjacent track(s). Where a person is permitted by a railroad’s operating rules to ride the side of a car, a clearance point shall accommodate a person riding the side of a car
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Correspondence of crossover switches means both crossover switches are lined for the crossover or both are lined for the straight tracks
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Crossover means, for purposes of this subpart only, a track connection between two adjacent, but not necessarily parallel, tracks, consisting of two switches, which is intended to be used primarily for the purpose of crossing over from one track to another
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Departure track means a track located In a classification yard where rolling equipment is placed and made ready for an outgoing train movement
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Foul or fouling a track means rolling equipment or on-track maintenance-of way equipment is located such that the end of the equipment is between the clearance point and the switch points leading to the track on which the equipment is standing
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Roadway maintenance activity means any work limited to the duties prescribed for a roadway worker by definition in this section, including movement of on-track maintenance-of-way equipment other than locomotives
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Switch tender means a qualified employee assigned to handle switches at a specific location
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Employee responsibility. An employee shall inform the railroad or employer whenever the employee makes a good faith determination that the employee has been directed to either take actions that would violate FRA regulations regarding the handling of equipment,switches, and fixed derails as required by this subpart, or to take actions that would violate the railroad’s operating rules implementing the requirements of this subpart.
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