Working radio [Railroad Communications] Law and Legal Definition
According to 49 CFR 220.5 [Title 49 – Transportation; Subtitle B -- Other Regulations Relating to Transportation; Chapter II -- Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation; Part 220 -- Railroad Communications; Subpart A – General], working radio means “a radio that can communicate with the control center of the railroad (through repeater stations, if necessary to reach the center) from any location within the rail system, except:
(1) Tunnels or other localized places of extreme topography, and
(2) Temporary lapses of coverage due to atmospheric or topographic conditions. In the case of joint operations on another railroad, the radio must be able to reach the control center of the host railroad.”
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