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10-21-2009, 03:48 AM
The Federal Railroad Administration of the Department of Transportation is seeking infomation collection to increase safety at highway-rail grade crossings nationwide by requiring that locomotive horns be sounded when trains approach and pass through these crossings, or by ensuring that a safety level at least equivalent to that provided by blowing horns exists for rail corridors in which horns are silenced. Communities that qualify for this exception may create ``quiet zones'' within which locomotive horns would not be routinely sounded. FRA reviews applications by public authorities intending to establish new or, in some cases, continue pre-rule quiet zones to ensure that the necessary level of safety is achieved.
For more information:
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-25078.htm
For more information:
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-25078.htm