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Track Geometry Measurement System (TGMS) Inspections
The Federal Railroad Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on October 24, 2024. Comments closed on December 23, 2024.
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What the agency says
FRA is proposing to revise its regulations governing the minimum safety requirements for railroad track. The proposed changes would require all Class I and II railroads, as well as intercity passenger railroads and commuter railroads, to operate a qualifying Track Geometry Measurement System (TGMS), a type of automated track inspection (ATI) technology, at specified frequencies on all Class 1 through 5 mainline and controlled siding track that transports: annual tonnage greater than 10 million gross tons (MGT); regularly scheduled passenger rail service; or trains containing hazardous materials. FRA also proposes increasing the required frequency of TGMS inspections on Class 6 track.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-24153
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
- Agency
- Transportation Department; Federal Railroad Administration
- Published
- October 24, 2024
- Comments due
- December 23, 2024
- Dates
- Written comments must be received by December 23, 2024. Comments received after that date will be considered to the extent possible without incurring additional expense or delay.
- Docket
- Docket No. FRA-2024-0032
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2130-AC96
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 49 CFR 213
- Topics
- Penalties; Railroad safety; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 17
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