Route locking.
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Law
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CFR 49
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Transportation
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Other Regulations Relating to Transportation
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Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
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Rules, Standards, and Instructions Governing the Installation, Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair of Signal and Train Control Systems, Devices, and Appliances
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Traffic Control Systems
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Standards
- Route locking.
Route locking shall be provided where switches are power-operated. Route locking shall be effective when the first pair of wheels of a locomotive or car passes a point not more than 13 feet in advance of the signal governing its movement, measured from the center of the signal mast or, if there is no mast, from the center of the signal.
[49 FR 3386, Jan. 26, 1984]
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