FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: REGULATORY RELIEF FROM LOCOMOTIVE HORN SOUNDING PATTERN AT PUBLIC HIGHWAY-RAIL GRADE CROSSINGS

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Federal Railroad Administration has issued a proposed rule called: Regulatory Relief From Locomotive Horn Sounding Pattern at Public Highway-Rail Grade Crossings.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on July 1 by Kyle D. Fields, Chief Counsel.

Summary: This proposed rule would provide greater flexibility for compliance with FRA's train horn regulation. Specifically, this proposed rule would allow for regulatory relief from the required pattern of sounding the locomotive horn in two long blasts, one short blast, and one long blast where trains, locomotive consists, and individual locomotives have stopped in close proximity to a public highway-rail grade crossing location. This proposed rule would in...