This document provides the public notice that the Grand Canyon Railway (GCRX) petitioned FRA for relief from certain regulations concerning a locomotive's 1,472 service day insp...
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
This document provides the public notice that the Grand Canyon Railway (GCRX) petitioned FRA for relief from certain regulations concerning a locomotive's 1,472 service day inspection.
DATES:
FRA must receive comments on the petition by August 10, 2026. FRA
( printed page 34890)
will consider comments received after that date to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES:
Comments:
Comments related to this docket may be submitted by going to
https://www.regulations.gov
and following the online instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions:
All submissions must include the agency name and docket number. All comments received will be posted without change to
https://www.regulations.gov;
this includes any personal information. Please see the Privacy Act heading in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this document for Privacy Act information related to any submitted comments or materials.
Docket:
For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to
https://www.regulations.gov
and follow the online instructions for accessing the docket.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Barron, Railroad Safety Specialist, FRA Motive Power & Equipment Division, telephone: 202-493-1367, email:
michael.barron@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Under part 211 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), this document provides the public notice that by letter dated February 12, 2026, GCRX petitioned FRA for a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the Federal railroad safety regulations contained at 49 CFR part 230 (Steam Locomotive Inspection and Maintenance Standards). FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2026-0760.
Specifically, GCRX seeks relief from the requirements of § 230.17,
One thousand four hundred seventy-two (1472) service day inspection
(SDI), for locomotive No. 4960. In its petition, GCRX requests an extension of the deadline for No. 4960's 1,472 SDI until December 31, 2027. GCRX states that the locomotive operated only 10 service days in 2020, and the deadline extension until 2027 will allow the locomotive to accrue about 400 total service days. In addition, GCRX notes that No. 4960 received an annual inspection in February of 2026 and will receive a fifth annual inspection early in 2027.
A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications concerning the petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov.
Interested parties are invited to participate in these proceedings by submitting written views, data, or comments. FRA does not anticipate scheduling a public hearing in connection with these proceedings since the facts do not appear to warrant a hearing. If any interested party desires an opportunity for oral comment and a public hearing, they should notify FRA, in writing, before the end of the comment period and specify the basis for their request.
Communications received by August 10, 2026 will be considered by FRA before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be considered if practicable.
Privacy Act
Anyone can search the electronic form of any written communications and comments received into any of FRA's dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the document, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the public to inform its processes. DOT posts these comments, without edit, including any personal information the commenter provides, to
www.regulations.gov,
as described in the system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
https://www.transportation.gov/privacy.
See also
https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice
for the privacy notice of
regulations.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 34889
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Notice of Petition for Waiver of Compliance,” thefederalregister.org (June 9, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-11514/notice-of-petition-for-waiver-of-compliance.