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Code of Federal Regulations Title 49. Transportation 49 CFR § 1201.11 11 Ballast

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) This account shall include the cost of gravel, stone, slag, cinders, sand, and like material used in ballasting tracks (including tracks in shop, fuel station, and supply yard areas, etc.) including cost of worktrain service and the cost of labor expended in placing ballast in tracks.

Note A:  The cost of ballast used in the construction of temporary tracks, such as gravel-pit and quarry tracks, shall be included in the appropriate clearing accounts.

Note B:  Earth placed to form a crown in the middle of the track is not considered as ballast.

Note C:  The cost of ballast material placed on the decking of bridges solely for fire-protected purposes shall be included in account 6, “Bridges, trestles and culverts.”

Note D:  Surfacing (surface correction of existing ballast) is to be considered maintenance and expensed.

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