---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 236.601"
title: "49"
number: "236.601"
heading: "Signals controlled by devices; location."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/236.601"
---

# §236.601. Signals controlled by devices; location.


Signals controlled by devices used to provide protection against unusual contingencies, such as landslides, dragging equipment, burned bridges or trestles and washouts shall be located so that stopping distance will be provided between the signal and the point where it is necessary to stop the train.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20102-20103, 20107, 20133, 20141, 20157, 20301-20303, 20306, 20501-20505, 20701-20703, 21301-21302, 21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 19684, Dec. 25, 1968, unless otherwise noted.