# Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
> **US Department of Transportation** · Final rule; response to petitions for reconsideration. · Published 2006-08-17 · Effective 2006-09-18 · 71 FR 47614
## Document
- **Document number:** 06-6912
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Transportation
- **Federal Register citation:** 71 FR 47614
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 222
- **Publication date:** 2006-08-17
- **Effective date:** 2006-09-18
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. FRA-1999-6439, Notice No. 17
## Abstract

This document responds to petitions for reconsideration of FRA's April 27, 2005 final rule that required that the locomotive horn be sounded while trains approach and enter public highway-rail grade crossings. This document amends and clarifies the final rule, in response to petitions for reconsideration and associated letters in support that have been submitted by interested parties, including the railroad industry, rail unions, and a manufacturer of traffic channelization devices.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2006/08/17/06-6912/use-of-locomotive-horns-at-highway-rail-grade-crossings)
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