Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 82 - KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION › Article 5 - RAILROAD SAFETY › Section 82-5-14 - Regulations relating to side clearance between railroad equipment and other structures

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
The minimum side clearances from center line of track shall be
				as follows:
(a) in general eight (8)
			 feet six (6) inches;
(b) at
			 platforms eight (8) inches or less above the top of the rail, five (5) feet
			 from the center of the track;
(c)
			 platforms more than eight (8) inches but less than four (4) feet above the top
			 of rail shall be either six (6) feet two (2) inches or eight (8) feet from
			 center line of track with no intermediate clearance permitted. Further, if side
			 clearance is reduced to six (6) feet two (2) inches on one side, a full
			 clearance of eight (8) feet shall be maintained on the opposite side;
(d) platforms on main line tracks
			 or passing tracks shall be eight (8) feet six (6) inches;
(e) platforms more than four (4) feet above
			 the top of the rail shall be a minimum of eight (8) feet six (6) inches on main
			 line, passing tracks, or side tracks;
(f) icing platforms shall be a minimum of six
			 (6) feet eight (8) inches. Further, the supports of this platform shall provide
			 a minimum clearance of eight (8) feet;
(g) retractable platforms, either sliding or
			 hinged, which are attached to a permanent structure, shall be so constructed
			 that, when retracted or in a nonworking position and firmly secured or
			 anchored, the resulting clearance is a minimum of eight (8) feet;
(h) Platforms defined under subsection (b) of
			 this regulation may be combined with platforms defined under subsections (c)
			 and (e) of this regulation, provided that the lower platform presents a level
			 surface to the face of the wall of the platform with which it is combined. No
			 other combinations will be permitted.
(i) bridges and tunnels shall have a minimum
			 side clearance of eight (8) feet. Further, the lower section with structure of
			 bridges including bridges supporting track affected; handrails, water barrels
			 and refuge platforms on bridges and trestles, water columns, oil columns, block
			 signals, cattle guards, or portions thereof, four (4) feet or less above the
			 top of the rail may have clearances decreased to the extent defined by a line
			 extending diagonally upward from a point level with the top of the rail and
			 five (5) feet six (6) inches distant laterally from the center line of track to
			 a point four (4) feet above the top of the rail and eight (8) feet distant
			 laterally from the center line of track. However, the clearance authorized in
			 this subsection is not permitted on through bridges where the work of trainmen
			 or yardmen requires them to be upon the decks of such bridges for the purpose
			 of coupling or uncoupling cars in the performance of switching service on a
			 switching lead;
(j) switch boxes,
			 switch operating mechanism necessary for the control and operation of signals,
			 and interlockers projecting four (4) inches or less above the top of the rail
			 shall have a minimum clearance of three (3) feet;
(k) signals and switch stands three (3) feet
			 or less above the top of the rail when located between tracks shall have
			 minimum clearance of six (6) feet;
(l) signals and switch stands over three (3)
			 feet above the top of the rail shall have a minimum clearance of eight (8) feet
			 six (6) inches;
(m) mail cranes
			 and train order stands when not in the operative position shall have a minimum
			 clearance of eight (8) feet six (6) inches;
(n) minimum clearances at building entrances
			 shall be seven (7) feet. However, inside clearance of buildings may be reduced
			 on one side of the track to six (6) feet two (2) inches provided eight (8) feet
			 is maintained on the opposite side. Further, clearance at doors may be reduced
			 to six (6) feet two (2) inches on one side of the track provided, full
			 clearance of eight (8) feet three (3) inches is maintained on the opposite
			 side;
(o) minimum clearance on
			 curved track shall be increased to allow for overhang and the tilting of a car
			 eighty-five (85) feet long, sixty (60) feet between centers of trucks and
			 fourteen (14) feet high;
(p)
			 material, merchandise and other articles adjacent to tracks shall be located at
			 a minimum of eight (8) feet six (6) inches from the tracks.