Rules Respecting Track Safety

Rules Respecting Track Safety
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Table of contents

Part I – General

• 1. Short title
• 2. Interpretation
• 3. Scope
• 4. Application
• 5. Excepted track
• 6. Responsibility of the railway company
• 7. Knowledge, qualifications and certification
  • A. Track inspectors and track supervisors
  • B. Track maintenance and repair work
  • C. A person authorizing movements to pass over a broken rail
• 8. Measuring track not under load
• 9. Track maintenance and repair work
• 10. Railway company track standards for inspection, maintenance and repair work
• 11. Key track performance indicators

Part II - Track safety rules

• A. Classes of track: operating speed limits
• B. Roadbed
  • I. Drainage
  • II. Vegetation
• c. Track geometry
  • 1. Scope
  • 2. Gauge
  • 3. Track alignment
  • 4. Curves: elevation and speed limitations
  • 5. Elevation of curved track: runoff
  • 6. Track surface
  • 7. Remedial action for measurements by electronic geometry inspection vehicle
  • 8. Track geometry management plan
• D. Track structure
  • I. Ballast: general
  • II. Crossties
  • III. Defective rails
  • IV. Rail surface management
  • V. Rail joints
  • VI. Tie plates
  • VII. Rail anchoring
  • VIII. Rail fastenings
  • IX. Continuous welded rail (cwr)
  • X. Rail wear
  • XI. Turnouts and track crossings generally
  • XII. Switches
  • XIII. Frogs
  • XIV. Spring rail frogs
  • XV. Self-guarded frogs
  • XVI. Frog guard rails
• E. Track appliances and track-related devices
  • I. Scope
  • II. Derails
• F. Inspection
  • 1. Scope
  • 2. Track – Inspections
  • 3. Track - Turnouts and special trackwork inspections
  • 4. Track - Electronic geometry inspections
  • 5. Track - Rail flaw inspections
  • 6. Yard track - Inspections
  • 7. Yard track - Turnout inspections walking inspections
  • 8. Yard track - Electronic geometry inspections
  • 9. Yard track - Rail flaw inspections
  • 10. Inspection records
  • 11. Inspection equipment