Automatic brake application, initiation by restrictive block conditions stopping distance in advance.

  1. Law
  2. CFR 49
  3. Transportation
  4. Other Regulations Relating to Transportation
  5. Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
  6. Rules, Standards, and Instructions Governing the Installation, Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair of Signal and Train Control Systems, Devices, and Appliances
  7. Automatic Train Stop, Train Control and Cab Signal Systems
  8. Standards
  9. Automatic brake application, initiation by restrictive block conditions stopping distance in advance.

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§ 236.502 Automatic brake application, initiation by restrictive block conditions stopping distance in advance.

An automatic train-stop or train-control system shall operate to initiate an automatic brake application at least stopping distance from the entrance to a block, wherein any condition described in § 236.205 obtains, and at each main track signal requiring a reduction in speed.


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