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NATIONAL ARCHIVES VENDOR:

REFERENCE INFORMATION PAPERS 91 and 116

http://www.archives.gov/publications/ref-info-papers/

http://www.archives.gov/publications/ref-info-papers/rip91.pdf RIP-91

http://www.archives.gov/research/railroads/reference-info-paper.pdf RIP-116

(a hardcopy or digital copy of these ought to reside in your reference library)

STB WEBSITE: http://www.stb.dot.gov/stb/index.html

ICC Valuation Docket “Rice Index”: http://rnetzlof.pennsyrr.com/iccindex/index.html

FRA CROSSING WEBSITE: http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/publicsite/crossing/crossing.aspx

CONRAIL FINAL SYSTEM PLAN:http://www.multimodalways.org/archives/govts/federal/executive/agencies/DOT/USRAII/FSP/FSP.html

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RAILROAD SURVEYING 101

NYAPLS Annual ConferenceRochester-Syracuse-Fishkill-Islip

October 13, 14, 16, 17, 2013

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SAFETY DRILL (RAILROAD OBSESSION)

• Safety Briefing• Fire Exits• CPR /IED Use• Meeting Place• Designated Caller (911)• Designate Hazards• Changes During Day

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Safety (AREMA C-24)MODULE 1• Surveyor’s Right of Entry vs. 49CFR214• Why “On Track Safety” ???? Hotbutton Issue

(1) STATE LAW DOES NOT TRUMP FEDERAL LAW(2) NJ, NY, PA, MD, DE SURVEYOR’S RIGHT OF ENTRY / TRESPASS STATUTE IS

VAGUE TO NON-EXTANT REGARDING RAILROADS & SURVEYORS….ALL BUT PA (SILENT) DICTATE NO TRESPASSING/WALKING ALONG TRACKS

RAILROADS ARE NOT DENYING ACCESSS TO SURVEYORS. INSTEAD THEY ARE ALLOWING THEM ON THEIR RIGHTS-OF-WAY UNDER THEIR PROTECTION AND UNDER THE SAME RULES THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE TO ABIDE BY. THE ISSUE IS MANAGEMENT OF RISK & LIABILITY.

Since 9/11/2001 ACCESS TO AND AROUND THE NATION’S TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE HAS ONLY GOTTEN MORE DIFFICULT. WITH RAILROADS BEING THE SAFEST WAY TO SHIP HAZARDOUS BULK MATERIALS & LADING, RAILROAD RIGHTS OF WAY HAVE BECOME SECURITY ZONES. RAILROADS HAVE HAD TO ADJUST TO THE TIMES.

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Safety (AREMA C-24)• Surveyor’s Right of Entry vs. 49CFR214• Why “On Track Safety” ?

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Safety (APPLIES TO ALL)

SURVEYORS ARE NOT EXEMPT• Surveyor’s Right of Entry vs. 49CFR214• Why “On Track Safety”• 205 Fatalities On US Railroads (2010)

– 1 surveyor (GA)– More than half pedestrian trespassers

• 1 SURVEYOR IS GETTING KILLED EVERY 2 YEARS ONAVERAGE IN THE U.S.PLEASE DON’T BE THE NEXT!

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FRA/ USDOT STATES:NEW YORK• It is unlawful in New York for anyone other than a

railroad employee in the performance of their duties to walk upon the tracks of any railroad.

• AS OF 1-16-12 the NY Statute got even tougher on all• ARTICLE 140 includes:• Section 1 – Personal Trespass on RR Property• Section 140.10 of the Penal Law is amended to prohibit trespassing by individuals on foot on all RR property

statewide• Previously, this section only applied to RR property located in NYC, Long Island and Monroe County• The penalty for violating this section is a Class B Misdemeanor, punishable by a maximum three months jail and

a $500 fine

• http://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/safety/cross_chp9.pdf

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Response to NEW YORK Statutes:

• IF the surveyor is there without the knowledge and permission of the railroad, he/she is a trespasser at the federal level under 49 CFR 214….You can only be a roadway worker, an operating employee or a trespasser under the federal regulations (no exceptions shown in the rule)

• What qualifies him as a “roadway worker” under 49CFR214 ? (NOT Railroad Rules qualified, no evidence of annual training by a railroad common carrier)

• Homeland Security issue / you became a threat to Interstate Transportation? (like RailFans?)

• OSHA has limited jurisdiction on RR R/W, FRA assumes lead role (If no OSHA rule, FRA rule then holds where appropriate.) Injury on RR R/W becomes a railroad statistic.)

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THE SAME GOES FOR NEW YORK

• A railroad corporation in New York shall no be liable for any injury to an passenger wile on the• platform of a car, on in any baggage, wood or freight car, in violation of the printed regulations of

the railroad, posted at the time in a conspicuous place inside of the passenger cars, then in the train, if there shall be at the time sufficient room for the proper accommodation of the passenger inside such passenger cars.

• No person other than those connected with or employed by the railroad shall walk upon on along the track or tracks, except where the tracks are laid across or along streets or highways, in which case he shall not walk upon the track unless crossing the same.

• It is also unlawful for any person to ride, lead, or drive any horse or other animal upon any railroad,• or within the fences and guards, other than at a farm or street or forest crossing, without consent. If• convicted, a person shall forfeit to the people of the state the sum of ten dollars, and pay all

damages sustained to the railroad. N.Y. [Railroad] Law § 83 (1999).

• CITIES OVER ONE MILLION CAN STIFFEN THE TRESPASS PROHIBITION IF THE PROPERTY IS PROPERLY POSTED. N.Y. [Railroad] Law § 83-b (1999)

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TRESPASSING/ STATE LEVEL • IN NEW YORK (AND IN MOST OTHER STATES):

• (1) YOU ARE IN TRESPASS WITHOUT WRITTEN OR VERBAL (BEWARE THE HEARSAY RULES) PERMISSION…

• (2) THERE ARE SOME PROECTIONS FOR FEDERAL SURVEYORS (BLM, USFS, FEMA etc on public lands.,tidal lands, etc. for some public benefit)

• BECAUSE OF (1) and (2), YOU ARE EXPECTED BY THE RAILROADS TO NOTIFY THEM AND COMPLY WITH THEIR RIGHT-OF-ENTRY PERMIT RULES. NO TWO RAILROADS ARE THE SAME. THERE ARE MAJOR DIFFERENCES WITH: (1) PERMIT FEES, (2) PROCESSING TIMES, (3) FLAGMAN COSTS, (4) COMPLIANCE COSTS.

• TO A RAILROAD, YOU CAN BE A RAILROAD EMPLOYEE, ITS CONTRACTOR, OR A TRESPASSER (NO OTHER CLASSIFICATION)

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Right of Entry vs. Safety

• 49 CFR 214 “ON TRACK SAFETY”• Railroad Property is PRIVATE Property• Railroad Police (Special Agents) are licensed federal

marshals (complete w/ guns and badges!)…can arrest YOU! (and confiscate your equipment)

• You can be arrested for criminal trespass!• You most likely are not insured to work on railroad

rights-of-way… (special risk area)• OSHA/FRA can fine you $10,000 +

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The “Dirty Dozen”

The TOP 12STUMBLING BLOCKS, BLUNDERS,

ASSUMPTIONS (BAD OR MISINFORMED)RAILROAD TECHNICAL PROFESSIONALS SEE

ON AN ALMOST EVERYDAY BASIS

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“The “Dirty Dozen”

#1 Railroad curves#2 If in doubt, the Assessor’s Map is WRONG!#3 Slope Chaining!#4 Center of Track in mainline curve is NOT center of

right-of-way, there is no such thing as parallel spirals and 3-point on curve solution is VERBOTEN!!!

#5 All railroad R/W’s are strip conveyances, right?#6 Pulling of a milepost (It’s got legs!!)

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The “Dirty Dozen” continued

#7 Misinterpreting Control Point#8 Equations and scaled items (“sc.” and “pro”) #9 Misinterpreting chaining and map calls#10 T-Rails (Why was it set and where’s the actual

point?)

Potentially deadly blunders...“ I’m a surveyor and I don’t need any permission to send my crews out on the tracks and besides: (1) the trains go slow here and I can always get a schedule”- or -“My insurance will cover me while working on the railroad”

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The “Dirty Dozen” continued

#11 Fenceline = Right-of-Way Line?#12 The only public record is found in the county

courthouse?

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ICC Uniform Series of Accounts

Mapping Instructions• ICC General Order #1 (1914) mapping instructions• ICC General Order #4 (1915) field survey parties• ICC General Order #7 (1916) land schedules• Please download David Pfieffer’s excellent research text

at: http://www.rrhistorical-2.com/rlhs/research.htm(ALIAS RIP-91) Excellent description of what can be found at archives-2 (Rockville, MD)……

• Write this down! 1-202-357-5332 or 1-886-325-7208 for the book in hardcopy form to get RIP-91 or new RIP-116

PLEASE AVOID THE “STUPID ZONES”!

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“Stupid Zones”

• New Roads and Highways Crossing Railroad Curves at Grade…

• Vertical Curves within 30 Ft. Of the Nearest Rail at an At-Grade Crossing (AASHTO/AREMA JOINT STANDARD for at-grade crossings)

• “FOULING” the std. clearance envelope• Utilities too shallow or too close to railroad switches,

bridges and structures• Creating sight distance problems• BE AWARE OF THE PROPOSED NEW FRA/DOT

MODEL LAW AND ITS EFFECT ON NEW PROJECTS

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“Stupid Zones”

• New Roads and highways crossing railroad curves at grade…

• Vertical curves within 30 Ft. of the nearest rail at an at-grade crossing (AASHTO/AREMA JOINT STANDARD)

• Pedestrian ways parallel to or crossing active rail lines (attractive nuisance)

WATCH FOR THE NEW VISION DISTANCE MODEL LAWhttp://www.fra.dot.gov/downloads/safety/BackgroundOverviewModelLaw.pdf

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“Stupid Zones”

• “FOULING” the standard clearance envelope• Utilities too shallow or too close to railroad

switches, bridges and structures• Creating sight distance problems ( public works

vegitation/ beautification projects, bushes, trees)

• FOULING ENVELOPE: ANYTHING WITHIN8.5-10 FT OF THE CENTERLINE OF TRACKAND from TOP OF RAIL TO 23-26 FT ABOVE TOPOF RAIL (CATENARY DEPENDENT)

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OK, where am I on the RR?• Learn to communicate with the railroad in terms that

they more readily understandI’m interested in finding OHRY map data at:State:___ New YorkCOUNTY: __Tioga Town: OWEGORegion:__________(Shortline) =Owego Harford RailwayDivision:_________(Shortline/OHRY Main Track)Subdivision:_______(Shortline, Sub, Line Segment or Dist.) In this case Albany Division/ Baldwinsville SubBetween: STATION and STATION: Tioga Center & FlemingBetween: Milepost and Milepost MP 32 and MP 34Near Crossing: (DOT Number) ___________ 362 350R (Talcott Street, MP 289.79 )Former PC 26.7-mile railroad between Owego, New York and Harford Mills, New York. OHRY leases the property on a long-term lease from the owner, Tioga County Industrial Development Agency (TCIDA). Former Lehigh Valley Auburn Branch (PC, was not included into CR….Line Code 1003

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US-DOT/ AAR Crossing Numbering System

• Typical DOT number tag found attached to poles, cross-bucks, mast-mounted flashing lights/gate/bells, bridges and also stenciled on signal department instrument cases

• UP & BNSF Now include those numbers on the “Panic” signs found at all crossings (UP is 4” x 8” Blue & White, BNSF’s are 14” x 18” Black and White steel signs...

• FRA Rule extended this program to all Class 1, 2, & 3 railroads, starting in 2008

• 49-CFR-234.309 [FR Doc. 2012–13843 Filed 6–11–12; 8:45 am]

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US-DOT/ AAR Crossing Numbering System

• Tags can be gray-metal license plates (4”x 9”) and/or 5”x9” laminated cardboard tag

• DOT Numbers are unique to a particular crossing in the USA, Number is a 6-digit number and a check code letter….Tag also shows track owner !

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If All Else Fails, Before You Panic:EMERGENCY NUMBERS• UNION PACIFIC 1-800-848-8715 Dispatcher

1-800-877-7267 UP Police• BNSF 1-800-832-5452 Emergency• CPR-Soo-D&H 1-800-551-2553 Emergency• CSX 1-800-232-0144• NS 1-800-453-2530• Genessee & Wyoming 1-203-629-3722• AMTRAK 1-800-331-0008• Long Island RR 911/ 1-888-NYC SAFE/(718) 497-3023• RAILAMERICA* 1-800-342-1131• CONRAIL SHARED ASSET LINES* (800) 272-0911

ALL LISTED ON THE NEW YORK CONTACT SHEETS…INCLUDE IN YOUR JOB BRIEFING

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ENS “Panic Signs” Look Like...

Norfolk Southern CSX

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Panic Signs Look Like…

UNION PACIFIC BNSF

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ORIGINAL DOT LAMINATED TAGS

• PLACED 1970-1984• 24# Paper In 8 Mill Clear

Plastic Laminate• Stapled or Strapped to

crossbucks and poles

• Camanche, IA shown (CP/ICE/DRI/MILW) Typical Condition

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http://fragis.frasafety.net/GISFRASafety/default.aspxhttp://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/publicsite/crossing/crossing.aspxhttp://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Default.asp

DOT # Information from Panic Signs

Example of web page

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http://fragis.frasafety.net/GISFRASafety/default.aspx

http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/publicsite/crossing/crossing.aspxhttp://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/Default.aspx

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DOT # Information from Panic Signs

Example of web page

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New Signs to Look for...

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Information on New or Modified Crossings•The ONLY arbiter of what crossing is public or private in NEW YORK is NYDOT-Railroad Engineering & Safety Section under its application/ decision process.

(You cannot turn a private crossing into a public crossing w/o STATE AGENCY OVERVIEW!!!)

•The ONLY agency that can permit placement of, change width of or dictate change type of crossing protection of a public crossing is the NYDOT Railroad Section. (Local entities can, w/NYDOT inclusion, petition to change use, protection, size or crossing method.) https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/osss/rail/grade-crossings/regulatory-process?nd=nysdot

•The State DOTs now administers the DOT Crossing Number database for New York (Issues new numbers and does record corrections, not the railroads)

•GET YOUR FIELD PARTIES IN THE HABIT OF RECORDING THE DOT NUMBERS IN THE FIELD NOTES TO HELP VERIFY RAILROAD LOCATION.

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NEW YORK APPLICATION OF STATUTE:

• The commissioner and the New York Department of Transportation (NYDOT) have statutory authority to order the construction of new crossings and alterations to existing ones. The statute does not specifically mention authority for closure of existing crossings.

• New York Railroad Law Sections 88, 89, 93-96 • Under NY Railroad Law, the Department has regulatory authority for grade

crossing safety over all public highway-railroad grade crossings in New York as well as private crossings along intercity (Amtrak) and commuter railroad (Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road) corridors. The Grade Crossing Safety and Regulation Section assists in managing the regulatory process.

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MARYLAND STATUTEThe Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) has general authority to abandon, relocate, construct, or reconstruct any railroad grade crossing or railroad grade separation that is dangerous or inconvenient for public travel. If the railroad-grade crossing is dangerous or inconvenient for public travel, SHA may construct a railroad grade separation. Md. Ann. Code art. 8 § 640(b)(2) (Michie 1998).

The Maryland secretary of transportation has general authority to approve the construction or modification of a railroad grade crossing or a change of crossing protection equipment and to impose conditions necessary to insure public safety at the crossing. No other approval, safety condition, or protective measure may be required by any public authority.

Except for an industrial track spur or siding, a railroad may not construct, reconstruct, improve, widen, relocate, or otherwise alter a railroad grade crossing over a state, county, or municipal highway, except in Baltimore City or over a private road, or change the crossing protection at such a crossing unless approved by the secretary.This same section provides that a person may not construct, reconstruct, improve, widen, relocate, or otherwise alter either a railroad grade crossing over a public highway or a private road over a railroad or change the crossing protection at such a crossing unless approved by the secretary. Md. Ann. Code art. 8 § 639 (Michie 1998).

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PENNSYLVANIA STATUTE • The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has exclusive authority to eliminate highway-rail

grade crossings. After due notice and proper hearing to all parties in interest, the commission may order any crossing relocated, altered, suspended, protected, or abolished.

• Upon a finding of immediate danger to the safety and welfare of the public, the commission may order an immediate alteration, improvement, or suspension. Any order for suspension must include the following for protection of the motoring public:

•• 1. Removal or covering of crossing warning devices.• a) Paving over the tracks.• b) Removing the tracks and paving over the area formerly occupied by the tracks.• c) Barricading the crossing.• Within a township, borough, or city, the Court of Quarter Sessions of the county may close a

crossing upon petition of the railroad company and declare as a public highway any over grade or under grade substitution that is to then be maintained by the proper authorities. Pa. CONS. STAT. §2702 (1999). Also see 32 Pa. Code § 33.31.

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DELAWARE:The Delaware Department of Transportation has the authority to order the closing

of highway-rail crossings. Del. Code Ann. tit. 2 § 1804 (1999).

MARYLAND:The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) has general authority to abandon, relocate, construct, or

reconstruct any railroad grade crossing or railroad grade separation that is dangerous or inconvenient for public travel. If the railroad-grade crossing is dangerous or inconvenient for public travel, SHA may construct a railroad grade separation. Md. Ann. Code art. 8 § 640(b)(2) (Michie 1998).

The Maryland secretary of transportation has general authority to approve the construction or modification of a railroad grade crossing or a change of crossing protection equipment and to impose conditions necessary to insure public safety at the crossing. No other approval, safety condition, or protective measure may be required by any public authority.

Except for an industrial track spur or siding, a railroad may not construct, reconstruct, improve, widen, relocate, or otherwise alter a railroad grade crossing over a state, county, or municipal highway, except in Baltimore City or over a private road, or change the crossing protection at such a crossing unless approved by the secretary.

This same section provides that a person may not construct, reconstruct, improve, widen, relocate, or otherwise alter either a railroad grade crossing over a public highway or a private road over a railroad or change the crossing protection at such a crossing unless approved by the secretary. Md. Ann. Code art. 8 § 639 (Michie 1998).

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NEW YORK:

• The power to order creation or elimination of a highway-rail crossing lies with the commissioner of transportation.

•• Any railroad company or governing body of a municipality that contains a highway-rail crossing

can petition the commissioner to institute grade crossing elimination procedures.•• The commissioner may hold public hearings on any elimination requested by petition after giving

due notice to the parties in interest. At the conclusion of the hearing, the commissioner shall, by order, determine whether it is in the public interest to require the elimination of the highway-rail grade crossing. In any elimination order, the procedures for elimination are to be specified. N.Y. [Transp.] Law § 222 (McKinney 1999).

• THERE REMAINS THE PROBLEM WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS TRYING TO REGULATE RAILROADS LOCALLY WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ISSUES THAT MAKE ANY LOCAL REGULATION MOOT.

• (THE CURRENT RUCKUS IN MASSACHUSETTS OVER RAILROAD “NOISE”)

IS THIS OR IS THIS NOT ABANDONED? AND WHY?

FREEBURG, MO (UNDER US-61) FORMER CRIP (Rock Island)St. Louis to Kansas City Main Line 1903-1980, Last Train 1983

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Basics of Railroad Survey Control

HIERARCHY (best to least)(1) T-Rails (called out in mapping)

(2) Crossing frogs

(3) Bridges & Tunnel Portals (including stone arches)

(4) Pipes, Culverts & Treated Timber Boxes

(5) Headblock / Point of Switch (Turnouts)

(6) Centerline of road crossings

(7) Signage

(8) Map Calls to land lines (PRO & SC Standard Warning)

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Tech Tip:

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(Crash course condensed version)• Charters

– (A) Initial Regulation• Regulation (pre & post Staggers Act, 1983)• Common Carriers Defined (Class 1’s, Regionals, Shortlines, Industrials)

– (A) ICC vs. AAR Classification• Interurban & Transit• Logging & Mining Railroads• Funiculars / Inclined Railways• Mileage of all gauges in the US “tops out” between 1915-1923 (254,000 miles in

1916)– Current mileage is just short of 183,000 miles (check figure, Standard & Poors’)

• Railroad genealogy / Chain of Title (Understanding History & Finance)

Understanding What Railroads Are

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Railroad Operating Structure

Typical, Military Origins to Today• Operating

– Trainmaster, Yardmaster, Superintendent, Train Crews, Dispatcher, Management Asset Management, LAW, Lease & Contract, Accounting, Billing

• Maintenance / Engineering (M/W)– Division Engineer, Roadmaster, Chief Engineer, Trackman,

Field Engineer, Signal and Communication Functions• Equipment / Mechanical

– Mechanical Foremen, Carmen, Shops

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Railroad Orientation

MODULE 5• Timetable vs. Geographic / Compass Direction• District / Division / Subdivision / Line Segment• Railroad Slang (Skip)• Safety Rules / Testing / Requirements

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Evidence and Official Record

• Looking Beyond the Courthouse• Surveyors collect, examine & evaluate “EVIDENCE”, they are

not “Judge and Jury” (Even though at times we ought to be)• The assessors map is “a best guess estimate” - It should not be

gospel ! (of data integrity, assumptions and cartoons…)• Official record does not automatically imply that it will be found

in the local courthouse! (Title Companies stumble badly here) • The Issue of Charters & Interpretations (Varies State to State)

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Federal Laws and Regulations

• Acts of 1862,1866,1872,1875• Interstate Commerce Act of 1913• Staggers Act of 1983• ICCTEA and TEA-21• Titles 16, 43 and 49 of the Federal

Revised codes (CFR’s)• Charters are generally state issue

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State Laws

• Fence & Livestock • Statute Side Clearance -NY Statute

Railroad Law Section )• AREMA Chapter 28 (Clearance

Tables by state)• The Ag Industry Issue

(Ethanol Plants, etc.)Catenary Issues, etc

THE OIL & GAS BOOM(Lac Megantic misinformation)

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RAILROAD FENCE LAW- New York•

• NEW YORK RAILROAD LAWS – SECTION 52• Section 52-a: Fences along road operated by electric third rail• Notwithstanding the provisions of section fifty-two or of any other law, general or special, within a

city containing a population of over one million inhabitants according to the last preceding federal census or state enumeration, every railroad corporation operating a railroad deriving its motive power in whole or in part from an electrified third rail shall erect and thereafter maintain a fence or fences along the boundary line of its right of way contiguous and adjacent to a public highway running generally parallel to or terminating at such boundary line whenever the commissioner of transportation after a hearing on notice to such railroad corporation shall determine it to be necessary for the public welfare and shall by order so direct. The order of the commissioner of transportation may prescribe the height, length, materials and design of such fence or fences.

• (Sec 52A is the only known regulation anywhere in the US saying the fence will be set on the boundary. Sections 52, 52C behave like any other state requesting a maintainable barrier)

• IN SPIKE OF SOME TRAGEDIES CREATED BY PEDESTRIAN TRESPASSERS, STRUCK BY AMTRAK AND CSX (TOWSON, LAUREL & OTHERS) THERE IS NO STATE LAW ABOUT PEDESTRIAN BARRICADES ON RAIL LINES (IN 2004, FRA TRIED TO FLOAT A PROPOSED ANTI-RAIL TRESPASSER LAW THAT WENT NOWHERE)

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ICC Uniform System of Accounts49CFR1201• This single government regulation gave today’s surveyor the

following to use as evidence:– ICC CADASTRE (Valuation maps, station, R/W, Land &

other maps)• VAL map index maps and overview to railroad in 1918• ICC Valuation Order #7 …land schedules• ICC Corporate structure valuation statements (family tree)• ICC Field notes (title, improvements, audits, appraisal)• Uniform standards between railroads• Collection of applicable maps & records of the time

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ICC Uniform System of Accounts

49CFR1201• Impetus for railroads to catalog all improvements to verify • Addition and betterments accounting system• Depreciation was not allowed 1913 until 1983 & Staggers Act!!• Those railroads so valuated

– (Turned in a complete set of maps schedules & accounting)• http://rnetzlof.pennsyrr.com/Iccindex/icc_l.html• http://www.nara.gov/publications/prologue/railrd1.html• HTTP://WWW.NHRS.ORG (pfieffer nara paper)

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• Direct outcome of ICC Act of 1913• VAL Maps (under ICC General Order #1) were created as an

“accounting tool”• Accountants make lousy surveyors, the rules under ICC G.O. #1

have come to haunt surveyors relating to these maps ever since• The Act (under 49-CFR-1201) is more to level the playing fields

in a tax sense than for the benefit of surveyors and mappers… “VALUATION”!

• Mis-Understanding, ignorance and guessing of what the ICC Uniform System of Accounts (Especially ICC General Order 1) was, has created generations of blunders and other errors.

ICC Uniform System of Accounts

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ICC General Order #1

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Valuation Map Key Index (typical)

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ICC General Order No. 4Instructions to Field Parties

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ICC General Order No. 7Land Schedules, Form DV-107

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The ICC Land Schedule / Cadastre

Before GIS there was still cadastre. Form DV 107COURTESY OF ICC GENERAL ORDER No. 7

ICC Forms DV-1107 and DV-1108

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Unexpected Things That Show Up in DV-107 “Land Schedules” Affecting Title:

• Court Decrees/ Decisions• Unfiled Ordinances/ Charters• S.O.L./ Statute Of Limitations (Adverse Possession claim)• Condemnation• Contracts/Licenses/Agreements• Charters - Proclamations• Ordinances/Vacations• Federal Grants/State Grants/Statute(s)/Rulings• Dedication Documents• Wills (listed terms)

OFTEN FOUND OUTSIDE CLERK & RECORDERSOFFICES…, BUT STILL PUBLIC RECORD/ EVIDENCE

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ICC VALUATION ORG CHART (CH&D)/ B&O RR

GENERAL ORDER 26 REQUIRED THE RAILROADS TO SUBMIT A HISTORY OF THE LINES CONSTRUCTION AND CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY TO BE INCLUDED IN THEVALUATION DOCKET FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL RAILROAD.

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ICC GENERAL ORDER 20 – UPRR

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ICC GENERAL ORDERS 20 & 26 LA&SLGeneral Order 26 – Shows relationship of

Valuation Sections to states served (separate from Index Key Maps)

General Order 20 –Shows how the components of the company were assembled (as of Valuation Date 1916-1952, most before 1926) and how those pieces of the company were obtained

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ICC Chaining Notes & Location Sketch(D&RG Ouray Branch - Colorado 1918)

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INTERMISSION BREAK

ABOUT THOSE PESKY RAILROAD ICC VALUATION

SECTIONS AND FRA LINE SEGMENTS

(SEE SAMPLE IN BOOK)

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VALUATION SECTION NUMBERING

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ABOUT THE VALUATION NUMBERING SCHEME

CADASTRESET OF HIGHLY ORGANIZED OVERLAYING MAPS

(GIS BEFORE THE ADVENT OF COMPUTERS)

IF ALL YOU EVER SAW WAS THE RAILROAD R/W MAP, THEN YOU ONLY SAW THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG

THE WEALTH OF INFORMATION THAT STILL EXISTS IS TRULY STAGGERING

LAND SCHEDULES – FIELD NOTES – ACCOUNTING(ADVENT OF RAILROAD “LINE SEGMENTS”)

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LINE SEGMENTS:

“LINE SEGMENTS” ARE NOT THE SAME AS VALUATION SECTIONS AS DEFINED BY ICC/STB

LINE SEGMENTS ARE AN OPERATING TOOL SUGGESTED/ DEMANDED BY FRA TO DEFINE AREAS WHERE OPERATING EMPLOYEES ARE QUALIFIED TO WORK IN. THESE “LINE SEGMENTS” BREAK THE RAILROAD LINES INTO MANAGEABLE “CHUNKS” THAT THE OPERATING PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH. YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO SEE LINE SEGMENTS AS OPPOSED TO VALUATION SECTIONS…

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USRA “Line Codes”

ORIGINALLY CREATED BYPENN-CENTRAL IN 1971

ADOPTED AND UPGRADEDBY USRA (UNITED STATES RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION AS PART OF THE 3R ACT TO ANALYZE AND DETERMINE WHAT PARTS OF THE FAILED NORTHEASTERN RAILROADS WOULD BECOME CONRAIL

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Introduction to railroad clearances

Will It Fit?

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Can You Spot the Clearance Problems?

CLEARANCE REGULATIONS VARY SLIGHTLY FROM STATE TO STATE; KNOW THE REGULATIONS IN YOUR JURISDICTION !SOMEONE’S LIFE MAY WELL DEPEND ON IT!!!

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IN YOUR FILE: AREMA CH 28 TABLES CLEARANCE DIAGRAM BASICS

NEW YORK RAILROAD LAW – SECTION 51-A

Along with CONSTRUCTION STAKING, remember this while establishing width for track easements keeping in mind fences, signs, lighting, utility fixtures (Fire hydrants, pedestals, etc) and other objects that may foul the clearance envelope.

MASSIVE ISSUE EXISTS TODAY WITH ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS GUESSING ON CLEARANCE DIMENSIONS – DO NOT FALL INTO THE TRAP – CONSULT THE REGULATIONS FIRST AND DESIGN ACCORDINGLY.

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CLEARANCES

http://www.weblaws.org/new_york/laws/n.y._railroad_law_sec._51-a

Be aware of older clearances being “grandfathered – in”…if you add to a structure, you design to the current regulation and often must adjust the older grandfathered sections, including fences & gates .

Be aware that in curves, the clearances are greater because of car overhang. You are protecting men on the side of a railcar.

Docks , Bridges and Platforms have special rules as do track spacing.

There are FRA rules even more restrictive than state rules.

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Clearances

AREMA C-28MODULE 12• Safety Mandates• Side Clearances• Overhead Clearance (* NS

Bridge Collision clip with stack train in siding)

• Track Clearances• Overhead Wires (NEC Code)• Doorways, Openings, Bridges

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Turnouts & Switches (AREMA C-5)

MODULE 3• Frog Unit Triangle• Terminology• Layout Terminology• Layout Methodology

– Semi Tangent Method– Equivalent Curve Method– Significance of long tie / switch ties

on grade & alignment

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Switch Components / Familiarizations

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Track & Switch Geometry

• Headblock, Point of Switch HB/Pt Sw• Point of Frog (PF) =PT-TO• Turnout Lead• Size of Turnout (Unit Triangle = Frog #)• Equivalent Curve vs Switch & Lead Curves• Rail Size• Crossing Frogs / DIAMOND$

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Turnout Standard Plans

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Basic Turnout Geometry

• Simple curves, chord definition (not arc; what’s radius good for?)• The typical boundary surveyor need only be concerned with HB (PtSw), PF,

measured lead, frog angle, frog size & description, degree of equivalent curve, switch point length and weight of rail. (This is what you need to communicate to the railroad with!)

• If elevation is important, please note end of long switch ties! (Defines plane)

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Theoretical PF = PT-TO(Offset radially 1/2 gauge)

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Point of Switch [PTSW] = Headblock [HB]

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Basic Turnout Geometry• Simple curves, Chord Definition (not arc; what’s radius good for?)• The typical boundary need only be concerned with HB (PtSw), PF, measured lead, frog

angle, frog size & description, degree of equivalent curve, switch point length and weight of rail. (This is what you need to communicate to the railroad with!)

• If elevation is important, please note end of long switch ties!

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Turnout Layout: Construction Step “A”• Pick your tangent baseline to come out of (must match rail)• Set your PI• Turn your frog angle delta, using semi-tangent “T” from your standard plans or

switch table, establish your PT - TO (Theo. PF)• Set your PC on the baseline using your semi-tangent distance “T”

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Turnout Layout: Construction Step “B”• Lay in your equivalent curve radius (“r”) between the PC and PT

– i.e. “Fillet the Curve”• Equivalent radius is determined by solving for “r”. Using either given semi-tangent

distance, lead distance or degree of equivalent curve “D”– *** beyond the PT a short piece of tangent [20-45 long depending on frog length, PF to

HEEL] because actual component is tangent (fixed) as fabricated in the rail mill . Try to avoid curves between the PF and the end of the largest (17 ft?) Ties...

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Turnout Layout: Construction Step “C”

• Lay-in your point of switch/ headblock (PTSW=HB)• Switch symbol is a 6 ft segment (switch rod) topped off by a 2 ft diameter circle

(outline of old base of switch stand [thus the lollipop symbol])

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Turnout Layout: Construction Step “D”

• Remove the short segment of curve between the PC and PTSW– HB or PTSW is used to label the beginning of a track

in a turnout in order to avoid confusion with the Point-of-Spiral (PS) in a spiral curve (i.e. PS--PSC--PCS--ST )

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Turnout Layout: Construction Step “E”

• Lay out the limits of your long switch ties (8 ft to 17 ft in stepped increments generally as determined by your standard plan for a given turnout– ** Switch tie limits (blue dotted line) denotes where both

tracks must remain in the same plane and hold the same grade….

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Searles Spiral Notation

• Curve in the field is anything BUT the curve on the map (Use 3-Point on a Curve Solution and be prepared to dance with the devil in survey hell!)

• Searles vs. AREMA / AREA 10-Chord Spiral

• The track may show spiral data on the map, but the right-of-way is most likely NOT spiraled (99% of the time)…Look for the original intent!

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Curve Tags / Spiral Parts

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String Line Solution and Machine Curves

• String line solution and machine graphed curves smooth the curve given existing track conditions…

• These curves are not engineering or survey correct.• Over time, curves tend to get elongated, have doglegs at the ends & main body

of curve gets pulled to inside of cut/fill

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Track Liners

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Why Setting Pins Within 25 Ft of A Track Is Generally A Really Bad Idea.

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Additional Issues

Survey, Subdivision & Development Issues Affecting Surveyors• Drainage (AREMA C-1)• Railroad Industrial Development

– Bad design in industrial parks/plats lead to future grief– Almost all the Class 1’s have design specs/standards on the

web (Some shortlines adopt the former Cls. 1’s Standards)• Fencing & gates (AREMA C-1)• Pipeline & wireline crossings (AREMA C-1, C-28, C-26)• Bridge basics & abbreviations (AREMA C-18, C-4 and others)• Cross section (cut & fill typical example)

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Lease & Contact (AREMA C-1)• Control & Risk• Railroad Specifications• Easements run with the land/leases-contracts-permits do not! Railroads was

accountability! Specific Performance/CONSEQUENCES! Are Critical.Please beware of the trend by some railroad operating departments to delegate these duties to outside railroad contractors.– BNSF uses Jones Lang LaSalle (old Staubach)/Bartlett & West– NS & CSX use DMJM/Harris (CSX Largely In-House Except Mapping)– RailAmerica use IMGONLINE plus others pending (thru Fortress)– RAMS used by multiple shortlines; G&W Going in-house

Contract documents & forms commonly now show up on the web. Lots of problems encountered with owner/developers waiting for the last minute to submit lease documents for approvals. Submit these documents as early as possible!

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RAILROAD CONTRACTS

• Almost all railroad lease & contract documents will notbe found at the county clerk & recorder’s office.

• The private surveyor’s challenge is to find copies of these documents, usually from the land-owner.

• Most railroads will only release copies of their contract documents unless there is a request from the licensee. (Privacy and confidentiality issues) ….Those railroad contract numbers found in research are often “gold”.

• Title lawyers and real estate people/ landmen are famous for overlooking having contracts assigned.

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PLEASE REMEMBER

• (1) Right-of-Way on a railroad means “the property” (Easement,Fee, Ordinance, Charter, Grant, etc.)

• (2) CONTRACTS RUN WITH THE INDIVIDUAL, EASEMENTS RUN WITH THE LAND.

*DO NOT CONFUSE EASEMENT WITH ANY OTHER COLOR OF TITLE

ON RAILROAD R/W. “EASEMENT” IS A HORRIBLY ABUSED TERM, ESPECIALLY BY TITLE ATTORNEYS, ENGINEERS AND LANDMEN (ALL SHOULD KNOW BETTER) IN TERMS OF GRANT R/W.

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Railroad Risk Management Axiom:

EASEMENTSARE A

DIRTY WORD!(Title, Control, Liability & Accountability)

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Survey Operations

Topographic Mapping and Plan Sets to Communicate with Railroad Engineers

MODULE 11• What the railroads want to see (simplicity, eliminate the

clutter)• Use graphical symbols railroads use in graphical

presentations (Old AREA Chapter 10, see FILE)• Level of detail

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Field Surveying Operations

Field Construction Layout Staking MODULE 13• Safety Considerations• Intervals (especially curves (Tamper Points) and

turnouts• Gradelines and key points to identify• Setting stakes a track foreman can identify and actually

use• AREMA C-24 and Practical Guide

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The Abandonment Issue and ICC/STB

AbandonmentMODULE 14• Abandonment vs. Embargo vs. Out-of-service• Who is the final arbiter?• NITU/ Rails to Trails / Rail banking• Adverse abandonment• Abuses of the system that affect surveyors• What happened between 1980 and 1983 with the ICC that affects

railroad mapping data as sought by surveyors

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The Abandonment Issue

• Is it abandoned, embargoed or out of service?• 49 USC 10903….Abandonment Regulations• 49 USC 10502….Prior Approval Conditions For Abandonment• National Trails Systems Act 16 USC 1247 (Rails to Trails)• Principal of Adverse Abandonment (STB Creede & Yakima Valley

cases)• The ICC/STB Dockets For Abandonment (AB- & FD- Prefixes)• 1996 to Present on-line, on the WEB www.stb.dot.gov• 1975-1996 at the STB/ICC Library in Washington DC• Pre-1975 (1873-1975) Filed At National Archives, Rockville MD• PLSC and the Trinidad Railway Abandonment Case (AB-573 O X)

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NATIONAL ARCHIVES 2 (NARA-2)

College Park, MD (University of Maryland Campus)

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Researchmanship

• Mapping, records, standards and contracts……..• ICC Federal Mandate, Tax Basis• GLO/BLM Filing Maps• R/W & Track Maps, Track Charts• Additional RR Cadastral Mapping• Land Schedules

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Researchmanship

• Bridge Records • Elkins Act Contracts• Building Records• Closeouts (AFE’s AFR’s)• Secretary’s Office (deed & contract)• Standard plans• Chief Engineer’s Standard Instructions• AREMA Manual

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Researchmanship

• Track charts (schematics) • Pipeline/water/wells/fueling facility diagrams and

handwritten records• Lease & Contract/ License Agreements• Permits/ File Records Folders (UPRR)• Location Engineer’s Profile Maps• Fence/Crossing/Sidetrack/ Clearance

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Researchmanship

• Mapping, records, standards and contracts……..• ICC Federal Mandate, Tax Basis• GLO/BLM Filing Maps• R/W & Track Maps, Track Charts• Additional RR Cadastral Mapping• Land Schedules (DV-107’s)

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Researchmanship

• Bridge Records • Elkins Act Contracts• Building Records• Closeouts (AFE’s AFR’s)• Secretary’s Office (deed & contract)• Standard plans• Chief Engineer’s Standard Instructions• AREMA Manual

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Researchmanship

• Track charts (schematics) • Pipeline/water/wells/fueling facility diagrams and

handwritten records• Lease & Contract/ License Agreements• Permits/ File Records Folders (UPRR)• Location Engineer’s Profile Maps• Fence/Crossing/Sidetrack/ Clearance

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Retracement Tips Abandoned R/W

• Scavenging and detective work pays big dividends• Gather as many R/W maps as possible (bias)• If you find standard plans: JACKPOT!• Old photos, sketches, PUC files, road viewer reports• Know your local historians and their resources• History and evidence have value• Maryland statutes /Old pre-1913 Railroad Commission

archived files

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Retracement Tips Abandoned R/W

• Locate old fixed objects on R/W• R/W Posts• Poleline cut-offs• Bridge Piling Cutoffs (Match To Standard Plans)• Old culverts and or headwalls• Locate limits of cuts & fills, especially on long

tangents• Fixed ties with spike holes still present

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Retracement Tips Abandoned R/W

• Road crossings with ties, tie plates or rail abandoned in place

• Locate limits of ballast & split• Signal foundations and or

signal appliances• Terrain analysis basics• Dig for culverts and boxes

with covered ends• Closeout notes, bridge &

building records, contracts

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Back A Moment To The Narrow Gage IssueBATH & HAMMONDSPORT RR (1872-today; NG to SG 8-1-1889)CATSKILL MOUNTAIN RAILWAY , Later CAIRO RAILROAD / CATSKILL &

TANNERSVILLE RAILWAY 1880-1919CENTRAL VALLEY RR (1871-1875, Chenango County)CHATEAUGAY RR (D&H Branch – some to NYC, 1878-1972; NG-SG 1903)CROWN POINT IRON COMPANY RR (1872-1896)HAYT’S CORNERS, OVID & WILLARD RR (LV; 1882-1959)HERKIMER, NEWPORT & POLAND RY (3’-6”; NYC 1880-1976; SG 1883)NEW YORK & MANHATTAN BEACH RY. (PRR/LIRR 1870-today;NG-SG 1883)SARATOGA, MT McGREGOR & LAKE GEORGE RR (D&H, 1878-1928)SPRINGVILLE & SARDINIA RR (1878-1916)STONY CLOVE & CATSKILL MTN RR/KAATERSKILL RR (NYC 1880-1940)

AND THEN THERE IS THE 6’-0” ERIE RR in the southern tier. Standard gauged June 24, 1882 (overnight), many portions of the road were dual gage (3-rail) 1860-1882.

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THE POWER OF THE ICC/STB

• THE ABANDONMENT ISSUE• POWER OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE• CONTROL OF ALL MERGERS, LINE SALES• CONTROL OF LEASES, TRACKAGE RIGHTS

• ALSO CONTROL REGULATED WATER TRANSPORTATION, INTERCITY BUS LINES AND OTHER COMMON CARRIER TRANSPORTATION

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FEDERAL REGULATION / PRE-EMPTIONThe Cautiously Guarded Railroad Trump Card

49 USC 10501-in essence, no local or state law supersedes the authority of the Surface Transportation Board (formerly the Interstate Commerce Commission) -Federal Rule

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STB/ICC TERMS TO RECKON WITH:

• ABANDONMENT (AB & FD Dockets)• EMBARGO• DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE• NITU/RAILBANKING (Notice of Interim Trail Use)• ADVERSE ABANDONMENT• OFA/ OFFER FOR ASSISTANCE• SDM/ System Diagram Map• EP/ Ex Parte (Rulemaking/Review/Hearing process)• DIRECTED SERVICE ORDER

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Abandonments

AB = Abandonment Docket (Post 1976)FD = Finance Docket (Mergers, Sales, New Construction, Abandonments (1887-1976)NOR = Notice of Rulemaking/ RegulationEP=Ex Parte HearingSDM=System Diagram Map (identifies potential abandonment candidates, Classes 1-5) OFA = Offer For Assistance

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The ICC CARD INDEX SYSTEM 1887-1996

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ASKING ABANDONMENT INFO FROM THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

• Please, if at all possible, include the key elements of Railroad, State, County, Milepost, Timetable Stations and approximate date of abandonment.

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ICC/ STB ABANDONMENT PROCESS• FILING OF SDM/ SYSTEM DIAGRAM MAP

NO abandonment application can start until the SDM has been in place (posted) for 30 days and line has not seen any revenue service for 2 years. (49CFR1152(a)

The SDM will show the railroads abandonment plans for at least the next three years, and is color coded:

– RED, Class 1=To be abandoned within 3 years– GREEN, Class 2= Potentially abandoned lines– YELLOW, Class 3 = Abandonment already pending with STB (on file)– BROWN, Class 4 = Being operated under Directed Service (Continuation)– -BLACK/DARK BLUE, Cls 5 = Carrier Owned, normal operation

assumed.-– Class 3 Lines (shortlines) can submit a written description instead of a map

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ICC/STB ABANDONMENT PROCESS (2)Filing the AB-Docket (FD-Docket prior to 1976)

DAY “0” – Abandonment Petition Filed With STBDay 10 = Due date for oral hearing requestsDAY 20 = STB Review of Initial Application Due, Federal Record publishedDAY 45 = Due date for protests & comments, NITU requestsDAY 110 = Due date for service of Decision on the meritsDAY 120 = Due Date for OFA’s (or 10 days after granting application)

STB Then follows evaluations and procedure set out by 49 CFR 1152 and 49USC10502

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THE RAILS TO TRAILS NIGHTMAREAbuse of the National Interim Trail Use (NITU) Process

Know the NITU rules, hold trails people accountable, don’t get buffaloed by those who want the benefits, but not the responsibility.

http://www.stb.dot.gov/stb/docs/Abandonments%20and%20Alternatives1.pdf

The horribly vague language of the 1976 bill.Do not get left holding the liability so others can play.Challenge & Document trail rights at Day 1

Reference: National Trails System Act 16 USC 1247(d)http://www.stb.dot.gov/stb/public/resources_railstrails.html49 CFR 1152.29

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STB/ ICC CASES OF NOTE:

FD-34818 CR/PC/PRR PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD HARSIMUS STEM EMBANKMENT CASE(results in AB_167_1189_X; CR public failure)

FD-35412 MIDDLETOWN & NEW JERSEY RAILROAD/ NSFD-35444 NEW YORK NEW JERSEY RAIL LLCFD-33388(100)/FD-34909 CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS (NJ)FD-34442 SMS RAIL SERVICES/ Paulsboro, NJ (Common Carrier)FD-34392 NEW JERSEY RAIL CARRIERS, LLC/ Columbia Term.FD-34390 Winchester & Western RR/ CR Millville Industrial SpurAB_167_1185_X CR Mercer County Abandonment (5.7 Miles)AB_167_766_N CR/Conrail Weehawken Branch AbandonmentAB_434_3_X Winchester & Western RR Haleyville Abandonment FD-23966 Formation of Penn Central (1966) PRR+NYC+Others

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Relevant NJ-MD-PA-DE-NY Cases at STB

• AB-290-311(X) Norfolk Southern abandonment at Baltimore (freight service on certain MTA Lines)

• AB-434-3(x) Winchester & Western abandons in Cumberland County, Hayleyville

• FD-35098 = Control of Maryland Midland by GWI• FD-33888 = Breakup of ConRail to CSX & NS• AB-286-5 = THE NEW YORK, SUSQUEHANNA

AND WESTERN RAILWAY CORPORATION—DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE EXEMPTION—IN BROOME AND CHENANGO COUNTIES, NY

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New York Cases:

FD-35631 SARATOGA AND NORTH CREEK RAILWAY, LLC--OPERATION EXEMPTION--TAHAWUS LINE (Ed Ellis & Iowa Pacific Corp.)

FD-35654 GENESEE & WYOMING INC.--CONTROL--RAILAMERICA INC. ET AL.

FD-35648 PINELAWN CEMETERY--PETITION FOR DECLARATORY ORDER (LIRR RR/ NY&A/MTA USE OF RAIL YARD CASE AT FARMINGDALE, NY)

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Relevant Regional Cases At STB

• FD-34893 Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend RR (NS - near Notre Dame University

• AB-865 0 X Honey Creek Railroad vs. Roberts Construction (Henry County, New Castle, IN…What happens when local opinion clashes with federal rule + NITU) FD-34869

• EP-647 0 Class Exemption for expedited abandonment procedure for Class II and Class III Railroads (Friction between ACSM and AAR)

• AB-878 0 Adverse Discontinuance - City of Peoria, IL (Peoria Heights Railroad)

• FD-34783 Indiana Railroad - Acquisition of CP-Soo Line Latta Subdivision (Milwaukee Road, CTH&SE Evansville Line, Fayette to Bedford + Trackage Rights)

• FD-33537/FD -33508/FD-33805/FD-35051 Missouri Central/Central Midland/Amaren/ GRC-Control & Discontinuance Saga

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Relevant STB / ICC Cases of Note

• AB-55 579X CSX Railroad, Abandonment in Parke & Vermilion Counties (OFA), former C&IW line over Wabash River…

• AB-556 2X Railroad Ventures Case (Youngstown, OH, Land swindle)• FD-34527 Maumee & Western RR/RMW Ventures vs. CSX (rail crossing at

Defiance, OH)..senior rights case• AB-477-3 X Graysville & Poseyville Railroad (Owensville Terminal

RR)…railbanked line comes back to life and out of the weeds (Gibson & Posey counties)

• FD-34536 RailAmerica (Indiana & Ohio) - Creation of Chicago Ft. Wayne & Eastern RR from CSX, former CR/PC/PRR main line

• AB-55 631 X Terminal Warehouse vs/ CSX (Cleveland, OH abandonment determination)

• AB-102-(13) UP/MKT Boonville Bridge Ruckus (Katy Trail MO River Lift Bridge)….when local assumptions and legend don’t match the facts.

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• FD-33388 100 Conrail Division of Assets to NS & CSX (Conrail Breakup & Shared Assets) EP-695! (abandonment)

• AB-448 2X SF&L Railway/ A&K Materials (Sale of west end of TP&W Railway, Scam & Abuse of STB Regulations by a salvage and real estate company abusing OFA rules)

• FD-33537 Missouri Central vs Lee’s Summit & Raytown

Relevant STB / ICC Cases

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Your Contact For Help Inside STB:

Christine L. GlaabLibrarianSurface Transportation Board395 E St., S.W.Washington, D.C. 20423-0001202-245-0406 (voice)202-245-0540 (fax)glaabc@stb.dot.gov

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Railroad Measurement Science

MODULE 20• Track geometry cars (49CFR213) (AREMA C-2)

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Railroad Measurement Science

• Railroad GIS (AREMA C-16)… UP example “Do Maps”• Track Charts (AREMA C-16)

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GIS & The Railroad Industry

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Copy attached to your handout and also in your electronic files….

Contact Sheet(s)…Region-Specific

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Contact Sheet for New York RR’s

• List is current as of October 1, 2013• Please plan to contacts railroads EARLY and OFTEN (60-90

days)….Latecomers expecting railroads and management companies to jump through hoops because of a lack of planning on the parts of surveyors, engineers and developers are doomed to fail! Tardiness is hardly an excuse. (Why kill a project?)

• Almost all companies listed are private. • NYAPLS WELCOME (encouraged even)TO POST ON

WEBSITE . STB is adding additional pdf’s occasionally.• Communication is good business & good policy.

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Glossary / Common Railroad Terminology

MODULE 17– Headblock / Point of Switch– Point of Frog / PF (theoretical vs.

1/2 “ PF)– Lead– Heel & Toe of Frog– Clearance Point– Anchor– Angle Bar– O.T.M.– Track Foot vs. Lineal Foot

From multiple AREMA sources among others

– Insulated Joint– Track Throw– Surface– Bent– EE Br. (etc.)– Dump Plank– Equivalent Curve (turnouts)– Degree of Curve– Gauge Corner– Gauge Side / Curve Side / Field

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FIELD CREW CHECKLIST

• Got R-O-E Permit?• Got Flagman?• Got Safety Training?• Know what to shoot?• Job Briefing?• Safety Action Plan?• Vest, Hardhat, Steel Toed

Boots, Safety Glasses, Hearing Protection?

• Showing DOT Numbers (in your fieldbook notes?)

• Control list to be looking for? (HB, Bridges, T-Rails, Crossing Frogs?)

• Standard Plan Data• Track Chart?

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OFFICE CHECKLIST

• GOT ALL COPIES OF VALUATION MAPS?• GOT LAND SCHEDULES (DV-107’s)• ICC FIELD NOTES? APPRAISAL NOTES?• PRE-ICC MAPPING? (looking for original cv.

data, pre-1914 if spirals shown)• STANDARD PLANS? CONTRACTS?• ICC/STB BACKGROUND?• Any Narrow/Broad Gage pre-history?• Lined-up access for field crew?

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Websites

• www.livegenmi.com/1895 (railroad maps by county circa 1895)• www.aar.org (Association of American Railroads)• www.bnsf.com (BNSF Railroad, links to Staubach/JLL & Map Requests)• www.uprr.com/reus/ (Union Pacific Real Estate)• www.omnitrax.com (Colorado Based shortline rr holding company)• www.RailAmerica.com (owner of 30 shortline railroads and others)• www.stb.dot.gov (Surface Transportation Board, successor to ICC)• www.crrm.org (Colorado Railroad Museum - Golden)• www.gwrr.com Genessee & Wyoming Rail Holding Company• www.caliper.com/maptitude/fra/init.asp (FRA Crossing Locator)• http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html (Library of Congress,

links to old railroad route maps, historical documents)• www.OLI.org Operation LifeSaver (Rail & Crossing Safety)• http://transportmuseumassociation.org/ Museum of Transportation – St. Louis

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Websites• www.AREMA.org (American Railway Engineering & Maintenance Association;

successor to AREA)• www.ipogo.net/spiral.html (10-Chord Spiral help, “Spirals for Dummies”)• www.archives.gov (National Archives, NARA-Rockville, MD)• www.rrb.gov/cov_index2.html (Index to active railroads, RRB lists)• www.aar.com/ertc/index.htm (AAR Emergency Response Training Center at Pueblo

Test Track…”Rattlesnake Junction Training Facility”• www.contractororientation.com 49CFR214 awareness trainer for BNSF, Union

Pacific and others, need certification for R/O/E• www.msa.md.gov/ Maryland State Archives• www.BORAIL.Org (B&O Museum/ Baltimore…Curator& Archivist John P.Maranto• http://broadway.pennsyrr.com/Rail/Prr/Documentation/Forms/standard_plans.html

– PRR STANDARD PLANS• More websites linked to your state contact sheet, railroad & museum specific

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Required Reading

• Steven Ambrose’s “Nothing Like It In The World” (New York: Simon & Schuster; 2000)

• Edward Gillette’s “Locating the Iron Trail” (Boston: The Christopher Publishing House; 1925)

• Thomas Weber’s “The Northern Railroads in the Civil War 1861-1865 (Indiana University Press, 1952/1970/1999)

• David Phieffer’s RIP-91 (Free Book)

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Operation Lifesaver• www.oli.org …..NATIONAL OPERATION LIFESAVERIN NEW YORK:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/New-York-Operation-Lifesaver/139283572782190

http://www.safeny.ny.gov/ols.htmSAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMSEven EisenhandlerExecutive DirectorPO Box 214Rensselaer, NY 12144Phone: (518) 269-9131Email: NYSOPLifesaver@aol.comWeb: www.oli.orgexternal link

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Farnsworth Group Contact Information

• www.f-w.com• In Colorado:

Charlie Tucker, LSi8055 E. Tufts Avenue, Ste. 850Denver, CO 80237303-692-8483 303-692-0470 (fax)303-475-7200 (cell)email: ctucker@f-w.com

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CSX Contact Information/ Les Odom, PLS

• www.CSX.com• SYSTEM REAL ESTATE & CONTRACT

OFFICE AT JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA:

Leslie D. Odom, RPLSCSX Real Property, Inc.

6737 Southpoint Drive SJacksonville, FL 32216Phone: 904-279-4514Fax: 904-245-4520email: [Leslie_Odom@csx.com]

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Norfolk Southern Contact:

James H. (Jim) Rader, Jr., RLSSystem Engineer Real EstateNorfolk Southern Corp.1200 Peachtree Street, NEAtlanta, GA 30309 - 3579Phone 404 - 529 - 1272Cell 404-245-6795 Email - jhrader@nscorp.comPlease use info for contacts on information sheet first!

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