(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(1) revisions to the existing locomotive headlight standards, including standards for placement and intensity;
(2) requiring the use of reflective material to enhance locomotive visibility;
(3) requiring the use of additional alerting lights, including ditch, crossing, strobe, and oscillating lights;
(4) requiring the use of auxiliary lights to enhance locomotive visibility when viewed from the side;
(5) the effect of an enhanced visibility measure on the vision, health, and safety of train crew members; and
(6) separate standards for self-propelled, push-pull, and multi-unit passenger operations without a dedicated head end locomotive.
(e)
(2) In prescribing regulations under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Secretary may exclude a category of trains or rail operations from a specific visibility requirement if the Secretary decides the exclusion is in the public interest and is consistent with rail safety, including grade-crossing safety.
(3) A locomotive equipped with temporary visibility measures prescribed under subsection (b) of this section when final regulations are prescribed under paragraph (1) of this subsection is deemed to be complying with the final regulations for 4 years after the final regulations are prescribed.
Open Table|
Revised Section |
Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 20143(a) | 45:431(u)(6). | Oct. 16, 1970, Pub. L. 91–458, 84 Stat. 971, §202(u); added Oct. 27, 1992, Pub. L. 102–533, §14, 106 Stat. 3522. |
| 20143(b) | 45:431(u)(2) (1st, 2d sentences). | |
| 20143(c) | 45:431(u)(1). | |
| 20143(d) | 45:431(u)(3). | |
| 20143(e)(1) | 45:431(u)(5). | |
| 20143(e)(2) | 45:431(u)(4). | |
| 20143(e)(3) | 45:431(u)(2) (last sentence). |
In this section, the word "visibility" is substituted for "conspicuity" for clarity and consistency in this chapter.
In subsection (a), the words "by means of lighting, reflective materials, or other means" are omitted as surplus.
In subsection (b), the words "those lights" are substituted for "such measures" for clarity.
In subsection (c), the word "Secretary's" is substituted for "Department of Transportation's" because of 49:102(b). The word "using" is substituted for "having . . . in service" to eliminate unnecessary words.
In subsection (e)(2) and (3) of this section, the reference is to paragraph (1) of this subsection, rather than to subsection (d) of this section, because the regulations are prescribed under paragraph (1).
In subsection (e)(2), the words "a category" are substituted for "and category" to correct an apparent mistake in the source provision. See S. Rept. 102–990, 102d Cong., 2d Sess., p. 18 (1992).
In subsection (e)(3), the word "full" is omitted as surplus.
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