49 CFR 236.302
§ 236.302 Track circuits and route locking.
United States · 49 CFR — Transportation · Status: effective
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- 49 CFR 236.302, § 236.302 Track circuits and route locking, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/258998
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Track circuits and route locking shall be provided and shall be effective when the first pair of wheels of a locomotive or a car passes a point not more than 13 feet in advance of the signal governing its movement, measured from the center of the mast, or if there is no mast, from the center of the signal.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.