Highway-rail crossing inventory instructions and procedures manual

 · - Railroad Grade Crossings. Section Reference updates (1 page); a rewrite of Section (1)(a) (railroad crossing sight distance) to match RCW (2 pages); and Exhibit is updated to match AASHTO , Table based on WB (1 page). Current Status: Statewide Review: DM Chapter State Draft (DOCX KB).  · This instruction manual evolved into the “Highway-Rail Crossing Inventory Instructions and Procedures Manual,” dated December A revised policy and set of instructions, “U.S. DOT National Highway-Rail Crossing Inventory Policy, Procedures and Instructions for States and Railroads,” were subsequently issued in August Wide Open SpacesHistoryQuality Life SportsParksShopping ServicesPeopleWildflowers BBQShoresSchools RodeosMusicTacos AdventureTrailsTraditions SafelySunsetsCulture FestivalsFriendsLife PossibilitiesLegends Site Index Contact Español Toggle navigation Driver Government Business Inside TxDOT Careers Toggle navigation Inside TxDOT Get Involved .

This includes the movement of off- highway equipment and oversized loads using private or public grade crossings. The processes and procedures outlined herein must be utilized when proposed work falls within the railroad Right-of-Way, operating envelope and/or property limits, regardless of whether going over, above or alongside a railroad line. FRA Highway-Rail Crossing Trespass Programs Moving America Forward Summary •Requires railroads to submit information to the U.S. DOT National Highway-Rail Crossing Inventory •Mandated by section (a) of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of •Submit information about previously unreported and new highway-rail and pathway crossings to. regulations for quiet zones, Emergency Notification Systems (ENS) at highway-rail and pathway grade crossings, and highway-rail and pathway crossing inventory reporting, as well as programs related to trespassers on railroad property. Using both this discipline-specific compliance manual and the General Manual will aid FRA and.

Under FRA regulations in subpart F to 49 CFR Part , railroads are required to report highway-rail and pathway crossings to the National Crossing Inventory The USDOT National Highway-Rail Crossing Inventory was developed in the early s through the cooperative efforts of FHWA, the FRA, the AAR, individual States, and individual railroads. procedure: (1) identify the primary operating railroad or the railroad that owns the property, or (2) identify the dispatching railroad, or (3) identify the railroad that performs maintenance on the crossing, or (4) the railroads need to jointly decide and agree as to who will carry the crossing in. This Highway-Rail Crossing and Trespasser Programs (HRGXTP) Compliance Manual sets forth the methods, policies, and procedures that shall be used by Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) inspectors and State Inspectors1 during their inspection and investigation activities to.