[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 87 (Friday, May 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 22431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11062]



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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 49 CFR Part 236.
    Pursuant to 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. 3350
Applicant: Montana Rail Link, Incorporated, Mr. Richard L. Keller, 
Chief Engineer, PO Box 8779, Missoula, Montana 59807.

    The Montana Rail Link, Incorporated seeks approval of the proposed 
modification of the traffic control signal system, on the single main 
track, between West Toston, milepost 194.3 and East Louisville, 
milepost 228.1, Montana, on the Second Subdivision; consisting of the 
discontinuance and removal of 21 automatic intermediate block signals 
and installation of 14 automatic intermediate block signals, associated 
with the installation of electronic coded track circuits and pole line 
elimination.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is to upgrade the signal 
system and improve train operations.

BS-AP-No. 3351
Applicants: National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Ms. Alison Conway-
Smith, Vice President/Chief Engineer, 30th and Market Streets, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Mr. J.A. Turner, Engineer--
Signals, Southern Pacific Building, One Market Plaza, San Francisco, 
California 94105
Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, Mr. Jerome Kirzner, Director 
Rail Services, 1250 San Carlos Avenue, PO Box 3006, San Carlos, 
California 94105.

    The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Southern Pacific 
Transportation Company, and the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board 
jointly seek approval of the proposed discontinuance and removal of the 
barricade detectors, from the signal system, at Dumbarton Street, 
milepost 26.8 and Berkshire Street, milepost 26.9, on the Peninsula 
Corridor, near San Jose, California, involving the installation of 
additional mechanical protection to include Jersey Barricades.
    The reasons given for the proposed changes is to eliminate a 
chronic vandalism problem of false activations, resulting in train 
delays, and history of these detectors reveals no known activations 
that actually prevented an accident.
    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 filed with the Associate Administrator for Safety, 
FRA, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 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, DC on April 25, 1995.
Phil Olekszyk,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Compliance and Program 
Implementation.
[FR Doc. 95-11062 Filed 5-4-95; 8:45 am]
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