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
SUBPART A: GENERAL RULES
Section 1500.10 Scope
Section 1500.15 Incorporations by Reference
Section 1500.20 General Requirements
SUBPART B: STEAM RAILROADS: TRACK CENTERS
Section 1500.110 Main Tracks
Section 1500.120 Tracks Adjacent to Main Tracks
Section 1500.130 Subsidiary Passenger Tracks
Section 1500.140 Subsidiary Freight Tracks
Section 1500.150 Ladder Tracks
SUBPART C: STRUCTURAL CLEARANCES
Section 1500.160 Bridges
Section 1500.170 Buildings and Miscellaneous Structures
Section 1500.180 Awnings and Canopies
Section 1500.190 Overhead Loading Platforms
Section 1500.200 High Freight Platforms
Section 1500.210 High Passenger Platforms
Section 1500.220 Low Passenger Platforms
Section 1500.230 Switch Stands
Section 1500.240 Low Switch Stand Dwarf Signals, Signal Apparatus, etc.
Section 1500.250 Pen Stocks and Water Tanks (Repealed)
Section 1500.260 Semaphore Signals
Section 1500.270 Poles, Posts and Signs
Section 1500.280 Fences
Section 1500.290 Mail Cranes (Repealed)
Section 1500.300 Building Materials or Supplies
Section 1500.310 Overhead Wire Crossings
SUBPART D: ELECTRIC INTERURBAN RAILROADS: TRACK CENTERS
Section 1500.410 Main Tracks (Repealed)
Section 1500.420 Tracks Adjacent to Main Tracks (Repealed)
Section 1500.430 Subsidiary Passenger Tracks (Repealed)
Section 1500.440 Subsidiary Freight Tracks (Repealed)
Section 1500.450 Ladder Tracks (Repealed)
SUBPART E: ELECTRIC INTERURBAN RAILROADS: STRUCTURAL CLEARANCES
Section 1500.460 Bridges (Repealed)
Section 1500.470 Buildings and Miscellaneous Structures (Repealed)
Section 1500.480 Awnings and Canopies (Repealed)
Section 1500.490 Overhead Loading Platforms (Repealed)
Section 1500.500 High Freight Platforms (Repealed)
Section 1500.510 High Passenger Platforms (Repealed)
Section 1500.520 Low Passenger Platforms (Repealed)
Section 1500.530 Switch Stands (Repealed)
Section 1500.540 Low Switch Stands, Dwarf Signals, Signal Apparatus, etc. (Repealed)
Section 1500.550 Pen Stocks and Water Tanks (Repealed)
Section 1500.560 Semaphore Signals (Repealed)
Section 1500.570 Poles, Posts and Signs (Repealed)
Section 1500.580 Fences (Repealed)
Section 1500.590 Mail Cranes (Repealed)
Section 1500.600 Building Materials or Supplies (Repealed)
Section 1500.610 Overhead Wire Crossings (Repealed)
SUBPART F: STREET RAILROADS
Section 1500.700 General (Repealed)
Section 1500.710 Track Centers (Repealed)
Section 1500.720 Bridges (Repealed)
Section 1500.730 Buildings and Miscellaneous Structures (Repealed)
Section 1500.740 Poles (Repealed)
Section 1500.750 Switch Stands, Signal Apparatus, etc. (Repealed)
Section 1500.760 Building Materials and Supplies (Repealed)
Section 1500.770 Overhead Wire Crossings (Repealed)
SUBPART G: CLEARANCE PROCEDURE
Section 1500.810 Authorization to Construct and Operate
Section 1500.820 Form of Application (Repealed)
Section 1500.830 Approval of Application (Repealed)
Section 1500.840 Hearings (Repealed)
AUTHORITY: Implementing Section 18c-7401 and authorized by Section 18c-1202(9) of the Illinois Commercial Transportation Law [625 ILCS 5/18c-7401 and 18c-1202(9)].
SOURCE: Adopted October 14, 1920, amended May 14, 1969; codified at 8 Ill. Reg. 13672; Part recodified at 10 Ill. Reg. 18001; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 16489, effective October 1, 1987; amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 20360, effective December 15, 2005.
SUBPART A: GENERAL RULES
Section 1500.10 Scope
a) This Part prescribes minimum track centers, and minimum horizontal and vertical clearances applicable to tracks, structures, fixtures, and other appurtenances of "railroads." The term "railroad' means track and associated structures, including bridges, tunnels, switches, spurs, terminals and other facilities, and equipment, including engines, freight cars, passenger cars, cabooses, and other equipment, used in the transportation of property or passengers by rail [625 ILCS 5/18c-1104(31)].
b) This Part applies to all new construction and to the reconstruction of "railroads" carried on after the date on which this Part becomes effective.
c) Nothing herein contained prohibits any "railroad" from constructing its tracks, bridges, buildings and other structures with clearances greater than required by this Part. Where conditions apparently make it impracticable to comply with this Part, a formal petition for permission to maintain reduced clearances shall be made to the Illinois Commerce Commission ("Commission").
d) Unless otherwise stated all horizontal distances are measured at right angles to the vertical plane passing through the centerline of the track.
e) Railroad-Highway Bridge Clearance refers to the vertical clearance between the top of rail of a track and the lowest point of the structural members that carry a highway bridge over a railroad track. For new and reconstructed highway bridges spanning railroad tracks, clearance requirements outlined in the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association Manual for Railway Engineering (2004 Edition) ("AREMA Manual") shall be followed when determining vertical clearance.
(Source: Amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 20360, effective December 15, 2005)
