TITLE 92: TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER III: ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION
SUBCHAPTER c: RAIL CARRIERS
PART 1500 MINIMUM CLEARANCES APPLICABLE TO TRACKS, STRUCTURES, FIXTURES AND OTHER APPURTENANCES OF RAILROADS
SECTION 1500.150 LADDER TRACKS


 

Section 1500.150  Ladder Tracks

 

a)         The distance from the center line of any subsidiary track to the centerline of any adjacent ladder track where the switches are operated mechanically, shall not be less than 15 feet; where the switches are not operated mechanically, not less than 17 feet.

 

b)         The distance between the centerlines of two adjacent parallel ladder tracks where the switches in both are operated mechanically, shall be not less than 17 feet; where the switches in either or both are not operated mechanically, not less than 19 feet.

 

(Source:  Amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 20360, effective December 15, 2005)