49 CFR 236.760
§ 236.760 Locking, approach.
United States · 49 CFR — Transportation · Status: effective
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- 49 CFR 236.760, § 236.760 Locking, approach, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/259163
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Electric locking effective while a train is approaching, within a specified distance, a signal displaying an aspect to proceed, and which prevents, until after the expiration of a predetermined time interval after such signal has been caused to display its most restrictive aspect, the movement of any interlocked or electrically locked switch, movable-point frog, or derail in the route governed by the signal, and which prevents an aspect to proceed from being displayed for any conflicting route.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.