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 1500.270 POLES, POSTS AND SIGNS


 

Section 1500.270  Poles, Posts and Signs

 

The face of all telegraph, telephone, or other poles, whistle posts, mile posts, posts for signal bridges, whipcords, crossing gates, highway crossing bells, and all other signs, signals or devices not otherwise provided for in this Part, shall be not less than 9 feet from the centerline of adjacent tracks.  No part of any sign or appurtenance attached to such poles or posts shall be less than 8 feet from the centerline of an adjacent track, between the top of rail and a point 15 feet above.

 

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