[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 87 (Friday, May 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22430-22431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11063]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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

    Pursuant to Title 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 Title 49 CFR Part 236 
as detailed below.

Block Signal Application (BS-AP)-No. 3352

Applicant: Canadian American Railroad Company, Mr. Alfred E. Michon, 
President, Northern Maine Junction Park, RR2 Box 45, Bangor, Maine 
04401-9602

    The Canadian American Railroad Company seeks approval of the 
proposed discontinuance and removal of the automatic block signal 
system, of the single main track and sidings, between ``Boundary'', 
milepost 101.7 and Brownsville Junction, milepost 0.0, on the Moosehead 
Subdivision; and between milepost 104.84 and milepost 105.15, on the 
Mattawamkeag Subdivision, in the State of Maine, a distance of 
approximately 102 miles.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is the abandonment of 
passenger service and changes in freight train service has altered 
operations, and the maintenance and repair of the signal system is very 
expensive.

BS-AP-No. 3353

Applicant: Eastern Maine Railway Company, Mr. E. Scott Smith, 11 
Gifford Road, P.O. Box 5666, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, E21 5B6

    The Eastern Maine Railway Company seeks approval of the proposed 
discontinuance and removal of the automatic block signal system, of the 
single main track and sidings, between Vanceboro, milepost 5.6 and 
Brownsville Junction, milepost 104.84, Maine, on the Mattawamkeag 
Subdivision, a distance of approximately 99.2 miles. [[Page 22431]] 
    The reason given for the proposed changes is the abandonment of 
passenger service and changes in freight train service has altered 
operations, and the maintenance and repair of the signal system is very 
expensive.

Rules Standards and Instructions Application (RS&I-AP) No. 1095

Applicant: CSX Transportation, Incorporated, Mr. D.G. Orr, Chief 
Engineer--Train Control, 500 Water Street (S/C J-350), Jacksonville, 
Florida 32202

    CSX Transportation, Incorporated (CSX) seeks permanent relief from 
the requirements of the Rules, Standard and Instructions, 49 CFR, Part 
236, Section 236.566, to the extent that CSX be allowed to operate non-
equipped locomotives for all CSX freight trains, on all main tracks of 
the RF&P Subdivision, between Richmond, Virginia, milepost CFP 4.8, and 
Alexandria, Virginia, milepost 110.1; including the discontinuance and 
removal of all on board automatic cab signal and train control 
equipment from all CSX freight locomotives.
    The applicant's justification for relief is that the 106 mile RF&P 
Subdivision, is the only subdivision on CSX that requires the use of 
automatic cab signal and train control equipped locomotives. CSX 
desires to operate trains on the RF&P Subdivision in exactly the same 
safe manner as the balance of their 18,000 mile system. CSX has 2,754 
road locomotives of which only 51 are equipped with automatic cab 
signal and train control apparatus. Utilization of these locomotives is 
severely restricted and requires special locomotive management 
procedures to ensure that one of the equipped locomotives is in the 
lead of every freight consist operated over the RF&P Subdivision.
    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 April 25, 1995.
Phil Olekszyk,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Compliance and Program 
Implementation.
[FR Doc. 95-11063 Filed 5-4-95; 8:45 am]
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