West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 150 - Public Service Commission › Title 150 - EXEMPT LEGISLATIVE RULE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Series 150-08 - Rules And Regulations For The Government Of Railroad Safety And Sanitation › Section 150-8-13 - Time Limits For Correcting Violations

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
13.1. Where no other time limit is imposed by
				these Rules, violations of these Rules and defects reported to the railroad
				shall be corrected within thirty (30) days of notification unless the railroad
				requests and receives from the Commission an extension of time to effect such
				corrections, or unless the Commission, in cases involving danger to human
				health and safety, requires correction in less than thirty (30) days. Nothing
				in this subsection shall affect the enforcement powers set forth in rule 7.3.
TABLE 150-8A
Minimum
Description Side Clearances
a. All structure and obstructions above the
				top of the rail except those hereinafter specifically
				mentioned....................................................................................................
				8'0"
NOTE: Posts, poles, pipes, warning signs and similar
				  obstructions should, where practicable, have a side clearance of ten (10)
				  feet.
b. Platforms eight (8)
				inches or less above top of
				rail......................................................................
				5'0"
c. Platforms four (4) feet or
				less above top of
				rail...........................................................................
				6'4"
d. Switch boxes,
				switch-operating mechanisms and accessories necessary for the control and
				operation of signals and inter lockers projecting four (4) inches or less above
				the top of
				rail..................................................................................................
				3'0"
e. Signals and switch stands
				three (3) feet or less above top of rail and located between tracks where not
				practicable to provide clearances otherwise
				prescribed.....................................................................................................................................
				6'0"
f. Through bridges supporting
				track affected, tunnels, water columns and oil
				columns..............................................................................................................................
				8'0"
g. The clearances for
1. through bridges supporting track
				affected,
2. water barrel platforms
				and refuge platforms on bridges and trestles not provided with
				walkways,
3. handrails,
4. water barrels,
5. water columns,
6. oil columns,
7. block signals,
8. cattle guards, and
9. stock chutes, when all or portions thereof
				are four (4) feet or less above top of rail, may be decreased to the extent
				defined by a line extending diagonally upward from a point level with top of
				rail and five (5) feet six (6) inches distant laterally from center line of
				track; provided, however, that the minimum clearance for handrails and water
				barrels on bridges with walkways shall be seven (7) feet nine (9) inches, and
				provided further, the minimum clearance for fences of cattle guards shall be
				six (6) feet nine (9) inches.
TABLE 150-8A
(Cont'd)
NOTE: Unless previously approved by the Commission, the
				  clearances authorized in this section, except as provided for handrails and
				  water barrels, are not permitted on through bridges where the work of trainmen
				  or yardmen require them to be upon the decks of such bridges for the purpose of
				  coupling and uncoupling cars in the performance of switching service on a
				  switching lead.