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Notice.
This document provides the public notice that Stone Gables Estates, doing business as Harrisburg, Lincoln & Lancaster Railroad (HLLR), petitioned FRA for a modification of existing relief from certain regulations concerning safety glazing and safety appliances on a locomotive.
FRA must receive comments on the petition by November 9, 2026. FRA will consider comments received after that date to the extent practicable.
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Michael Barron, Railroad Safety Specialist, FRA Motive Power & Equipment Division, telephone: 202-493-1367, email: michael.barron@dot.gov.
Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this document provides the public notice that by letter received August 25, 2026, HLLR petitioned FRA for a modification of a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained in 49 CFR parts 223 (Safety Glazing Standards—Locomotives, Passenger Cars and Cabooses) and 231 (Railroad Safety Appliance Standards). The relevant Docket Number is FRA-2024-0068.
Specifically, HLLR requests a modification to the existing waiver from § 233.9, Requirements for equipment built or rebuilt after June 30, 1980, which, in part, requires locomotives with the specified characteristics to be equipped with certified glazing in all locomotive cab windows. Relief was also granted from § 231.15(b), (d), and (g), Steam locomotives used in road service, relating to the use of pilot sill-steps, side handholds, and the lack of an automatic coupler, and § 231.17(c) and (f), Specifications common to all steam locomotives, relating to handrails and the lack of an automatic coupler.
In its petition, HLLR stated that locomotive HLLR 331 is now being used in passenger service and will operate between 60 and 90 days per year. HLLR stated that the locomotive is maintained “to FRA standards.”
A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications concerning the petition, is available for review online at www.regulations.gov.
Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings by submitting written views, data, or comments. FRA does not anticipate scheduling a public hearing in connection with these proceedings since the facts do not appear to warrant a hearing. If any interested party desires an opportunity for oral comment and a public hearing, they should notify FRA, in writing, before the end of the comment period and specify the basis for their request.
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Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-18383 Filed 9-8-26; 8:45 am]
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