[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 89 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 25217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12006]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration


Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or 
Modification of a Railroad Signal System or Relief From the 
Requirements of Title 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 49 CFR part 236 as 
detailed below.
Block Signal Application (BS-AP)-No. 3422
Applicant: Norfolk Southern Corporation, Mr. C. M. Golias, Chief 
Engineer S&E Engineering, 99 Spring Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 
30303.

    Norfolk Southern Corporation seeks approval of the proposed 
modification of the traffic control system, on the single main track, 
at Carrollton, Missouri, milepost S-211.2 and WB Junction, Missouri, 
milepost S-212.8, on the Kansas City District-Westward, Illinois 
Division, consisting of the following:
    1. Discontinuance and removal of the No. 7 power-operated switch 
and 40LD controlled signal at WB Junction, milepost S-212.8, associated 
with the installation of an electrically locked hand-operated switch 
outside control point limits;
    2. Discontinuance and removal of controlled signals 38L, 38RA, and 
38RB, associated with the installation of back to back automatic 
intermediate signals 2113 and 2114 at Carrollton, milepost S-211.2; and
    3. Conversion of No. 37 power-operated switch at Carrollton, 
milepost S-211.2 to an electrically locked hand-operated switch.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is to reduce maintenance 
costs without affecting safety.
    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 3 filed with the Associate Administrator for Safety, 
FRA, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 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, D.C. on May 2, 1997.
Grady Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 97-12006 Filed 5-7-97; 8:45 am]
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