DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration

Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System or Relief From the Requirements of Title 49 CFR Part 236

    Pursuant to Title 49 CFR Part 235 and 49 U.S.C. App. 26, the 

following railroads have petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval for the discontinuance or modification of the signal system or relief from the requirements of Title 49 CFR Part 236 as detailed below.

Block Signal Application (BS-AP)-No. 3359

Applicant: Utah Railway Company, Mr. William Callor, Jr., Division Engineer, P. O. Box 57040, Salt Lake City, Utah 84157

    The Utah Railway Company, seeks approval of the proposed 

discontinuance and removal of the automatic block signal system, on the single main track, between milepost 1.4 and milepost 4.3, near Martin, Utah, and between milepost 17.8 and milepost 18.4, near Wattis, Utah, consisting of the discontinuance and removal of nine signals, No.'s 14, 16, 21, 28, 35, 38, 43, 178 and 184.

    The reason given for the proposed changes is that the signals are 

obsolete, delaying trains, and no longer needed to protect out of service branch lines.