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The GCOR is supplemented by System Special Instructions, Timetables, Hazardous Materials Instructions, Air Brake and Train Handling Instructions, and General Orders. These documents are issued by each individual railroad. System Special instructions, Timetables, and General Order can modify or amend the General Code of Operating Rules. GCOR 1.3 ...
The GCOR is used by every Class I railroad west of the Mississippi River, most of the Class II railroads, and numerous shortline railroads. A few railroads, including CSX , Norfolk Southern , Illinois Central , Metro North and Florida East Coast , have adopted their own rulebooks. [ 1 ]
Block register territory (BRT) is a designation applied to some lightly used segments of railroad track in the United States. In these areas, trains are only authorized to move into the territory when a special type of log book is filled out correctly. BRT is described in the General Code of Operating Rules (GCOR) as Rule 6.15.
United States Railroad Administration (3 C, 8 P) Pages in category "United States railroad regulation" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total.
The rules cover employee responsibilities, signaling equipment, procedures for safe train movement, dealing with accidents and other topics that directly and indirectly affect railroad safety. These rules govern operation on main lines, defined as those with some form of block control system.
A Trump-era rule allowing railroads to haul highly flammable liquefied natural gas will now be formally put on hold to allow more time to study the safety concerns related to transporting that ...
Direct traffic control (DTC) is a system for authorizing track occupancy used on some railroads instead of or in addition to signals.It is known as "direct" traffic control because the train dispatcher gives track authority directly to the train crew via radio, as opposed to through wayside personnel via telephone or telegraph, as in train orders.
Aug. 16—AUSTIN — Railroad Commission of Texas Commissioners voted to publish for public comment proposed amendments that are critical to updating the agency's rules regulating waste management ...