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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration

 

Application for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a 
Railroad Signal System or Relief From the Requirements of 49 CFR Part 
236

    Pursuant to 49 CFR part 235 and 49 U.S.C. App. 26, the following 
railroads have petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 
seeking approval for the discontinuance or modification of the signal 
system or relief from the requirements of 49 CFR part 236 as detailed 
below.

Block Signal Application (BS-AP)-No. 3273

    Applicant: Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc., Mr. R. T. Haley, 
Signal Supervisor C&S, 201 North Penn Street, Punxsutawney, 
Pennsylvania 15767.
    The Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc., seeks approval of the 
proposed discontinuance and removal of the signal system, on the single 
main track, between Macklin, milepost 282.4 and Eidenau, milepost 
303.5, near Butler, Pennsylvania, on the Butler Branch.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is to retire facilities 
no longer required for present operation.

Rules Standards & Instructions Application (RS&I-AP)-No. 1089

    Applicant: Consolidated Rail Corporation, Mr. J. F. Noffsinger, 
Chief Engineer--C&S, 2001 Market Street, P.O. Box 41410, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania 19101-1410.
    Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) seeks relief from the 
requirements of Sec. 236.566 (49 CFR 236.566) of the Rules, Standard 
and Instructions to the extent that they be allowed to operate 
nonequipped locomotives in automatic cab signal territory, on the two 
main tracks between ``CP Jacks,'' milepost 191.3 and ``CP Gray,'' 
milepost 223.3, on the Pittsburgh Line, Harrisburg Division, for the 
following operations:
    1. Wire trains, work trains, wreck trains, and ballast cleaners to 
and from work;
    2. Engines and diesel cars moving to and from shops; and
    3. Engines used in switching and transfer service, with or without 
cars, not exceeding 20 miles per hour.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is that exemptions are 
already authorized for operation of nonequipped locomotives under the 
same circumstances in cab signal territory at other locations on 
Conrail, and that this relief request would be an extention of those 
already existing exemptions.

RS&I-AP-No. 1090

    Applicants: Union Pacific Railroad Company, and Missouri Pacific 
Railroad Company, Mr. E. J. McCaddon, Director of Locomotive 
Maintenance Operations, Harriman Dispatching Center, 850 Jones Street, 
Omaha, Nebraska 68102-2920.
    The Union Pacific Railroad Company and Missouri Pacific Railroad 
Company (UP&MP) jointly seek relief from the requirements of Section 
236.590 (49 CFR 236.590) of the Rules, Standard and Instructions for 
all locomotives owned, leased, or operated under contract by the UP&MP, 
equipped with Automatic Train Control Systems (including automatic 
train control, automatic train stop, and coded cab signals), to the 
extent that the carrier be permitted to extend the current 2 year time 
limit (736 days) to 3 years, for change out or removal and cleaning of 
the following pneumatic valves associated with Automatic Train Control 
Systems:
    1. ``EBPS''--Engine Brake Pressure Switch 35/20 PSI.
    2. ``SBPS''--Service Brake Pressure Switch 35/20 PSI.
    3. ATC--Magnet Valve.
    4. CCS--Magnet Valve.
    Applicant's justification for relief: To allow easier scheduling of 
air brake work since time limits would coincide with other locomotive 
valves, providing improved inventory control, reducing required 
inventory, and reducing locomotive down-time. The carrier also states 
the failure frequency is less than air brake valves currently changed 
and cleaned on a 3 year basis.
    Any interested party desiring to protest the granting of an 
application shall set forth specifically the grounds upon which the 
protest is made, and contain a concise statement of the interest of the 
protestant in the proceeding. The original and two copies of the 
protest shall be filed with the Associate Administrator for Safety, 
FRA, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590 within 45 calendar 
days of the date of issuance of this notice. Additionally, one copy of 
the protest shall be furnished to the applicant at the address listed 
above.
    FRA expects to be able to determine these matters without oral 
hearing. However, if a specific request for an oral hearing is 
accompanied by a showing that the party is unable to adequately present 
his or her position by written statements, an application may be set 
for public hearing.

    Issued in Washington, DC on January 7, 1994.
Phil Olekszyk,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. 94-901 Filed 1-13-94; 8:45 am]
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