# 2026-16430: Chicago Railway Begs for Train Safety Plan Tweaks

2026-16430, Belt Railway Company of Chicago's Request To Amend Its Positive Train Control Safety Plan, is a Federal Register notice from Transportation Department, Federal Railroad Administration published 2026-08-12, effective FRA will consider comments received by September 1, 2026. FRA may consider comments received after that date to the extent practicable and without delaying implementation of valuable or necessary modifications to a PTC system. (as of 2026-08-19).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16430
- As of: 2026-08-19
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-16430
- Title: Belt Railway Company of Chicago's Request To Amend Its Positive Train Control Safety Plan
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Transportation Department; Federal Railroad Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 52109
- Published: 2026-08-12
- Effective: FRA will consider comments received by September 1, 2026. FRA may consider comments received after that date to the extent practicable and without delaying implementation of valuable or necessary modifications to a PTC system.
- Comments close: 2026-09-01
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-19

## In one line

Chicago Railway Begs for Train Safety Plan Tweaks

## Summary

This document provides the public with notice that, on August 6, 2026, the Belt Railway Company of Chicago (BRC) submitted a request for amendment (RFA) to its FRA-certified positive train control safety plan (PTCSP) to perform necessary maintenance and optimization of its operational technology network during September and October 2026. To complete this maintenance, BRC is requesting four planned windows during which work will be performed on the network infrastructure, and during which unplanned positive train control (PTC) system outages may occur. As this RFA involves a request for FRA's approval of proposed material modifications to an FRA-certified PTC system, FRA is publishing this notice and inviting public comment on BRC's RFA to its PTCSP.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2026-16430 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/12/2026-16430/belt-railway-company-of-chicagos-request-to-amend-its-positive-train-control-safety-plan)
- [2026-16430 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-12/pdf/2026-16430.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16430 (as of 2026-08-19).