Wash. Admin. Code § 296-860-20060 - Maintain clearances between tracks

You must comply with the track clearance requirements in Table 5.

Table 5 - Minimum Standard Gauge Track Clearances

If your track clearance involves: Then the minimum clearance requirements between centerlines of standard gauge parallel tracks are:
Main or passing tracks used for transporting cars, locomotives, motors, or like equipment 14 feet
Any tracks adjacent to main or passing tracks 15 feet
Team, house, or industry tracks 13 feet
Yard tracks 14 feet
Ladder and other tracks 20 feet

Note: The following illustration will help you understand the track clearance requirements discussed in this section and WAC 296-860-20080 regulating narrow gauge rail operations.

STANDARD GAUGE TRACK CLEARANCES

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Notes

Wash. Admin. Code § 296-860-20060
Amended by WSR 15-24-102, Filed 12/1/2015, effective 1/5/2016

Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, [49.17].040, and[49.17].050 . 02-17-106, § 296-860-20060, filed 8/21/02, effective 10/1/02.

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