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Track Safety Standards; Continuous Welded Rail (CWR)

Final rule; response to petition for reconsideration.

This document responds to a petition for reconsideration of FRA's final rule published on August 25, 2009, which revised the Track Safety Standards. FRA received one petition questioning the definitions of "adjusting/de-stressing" and "buckling-prone condition" as they are used with regard to continuous welded rail (CWR).

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