# Track Safety Standards
> **Federal Railroad Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2001-01-10 · Effective 2001-04-10 · 66 FR 1894
## Document
- **Document number:** 01-590
- **Category:** railroad-safety
- **Sub-agency:** Federal Railroad Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 66 FR 1894
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 213
- **Publication date:** 2001-01-10
- **Effective date:** 2001-04-10
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. RST-90-1, Notice No. 9
## Abstract

FRA amends the Track Safety Standards to provide procedures for track owners to use Gage Restraint Measuring Systems (GRMS) to assess the ability of their track to maintain proper gage. Under the current Track Safety Standards, track owners must evaluate a track's gage restraint capability through visual inspections conducted at frequencies and intervals specified in the standards. With this amendment, track owners may monitor gage restraint on a designated track segment using GRMS procedures. Individuals employed by the track owner to inspect track must be permitted to exercise their discretion in judging whether the track segment should also be visually inspected by a qualified track inspector.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/01/10/01-590/track-safety-standards)
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