Railroad Workplace Safety Compliance Manual

This manual is issued as a supplement to the Federal Railroad Administration Track Safety Enforcement Manual and the Signal and Train Control Enforcement Manual. It prescribes the manner in which Federal and State Track, and Signal and Train Control, Inspectors shall engage in investigative and monitoring activities to assure railroad compliance with rules, regulations, orders, and standards issued by the Federal Railroad Administrator. It is an instrument of program management issued solely for the guidance of FRA personnel. It neither creates nor abridges any private right or obligation. The guidance provided by this manual may be revoked or modified without prior notice by memorandum of the Associate Administrator for Safety.