Clearance Point [Railroad Operating Practices] Law and Legal Definition
According to 49 CFR 218.93 [Title 49 – Transportation; Subtitle B -- Other Regulations Relating to Transportation; Chapter II -- Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation; Part 218 -- Railroad Operating Practices; Subpart F -- Handling Equipment, Switches, and Fixed Derails], clearance point means “the location near a turnout beyond which it is unsafe for passage on an adjacent track(s). Where a person is permitted by a railroad's operating rules to ride the side of a car, a clearance point shall accommodate a person riding the side of a car.”
Legal Definition list
- Clearance Point [Railroad Operating Practices]
- Clearance Examination [HUD]
- Clearance Card
- Clearance
- Clear-View Doctrine
- Clearfield Trust Doctrine
- Clearing Agency
- Clearing Agent
- Clearing Corporation
- Clearing House
- Clearing Member
Related Legal Terms
- Administrative and Operating [A&O] Subsidy
- Advanced Conservation Practices
- Advanced Workplace Practices
- Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [ACIP]
- Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution
- Air Carrier Operating Certificate
- Air Traffic Clearance
- Airport Operating Certificate
- All-Points Bulletin
- Appointments Clause
