49 CFR 236.767
§ 236.767 Locking, route.
United States · 49 CFR — Transportation · Status: effective
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- 49 CFR 236.767, § 236.767 Locking, route, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/259170
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Electric locking, effective when a train passes a signal displaying an aspect for it to proceed, which prevents the movement of any switch, movable-point frog, or derail in advance of the train within the route entered. It may be so arranged that as a train clears a track section of the route, the locking affecting that section is released.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.