Action
Notice of Interim Final Order and Request for Comments.
Summary
FRA is issuing an Interim Final Order in which The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) is ordered to temporarily cease the sounding of locomotive horns at specific crossings within the City of Yakima, Washington. As provided by statute, the Secretary of Transportation, and by delegation, the Federal Railroad Administrator, in order to promote the quiet of communities affected by rail operations and the development of innovative safety measures at highway-rail crossings, may, in connection with demonstration of proposed new supplementary safety measures, order a railroad to temporarily cease the sounding of locomotive horns at such crossings.