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6.1A Page 15 Cat.. EXHIBIT C OPERATING SYSTEM INTERFACE (OSI) (Third Party) PART 1 - GENERAL 1.01 DESCRIPTION Outline for Contractor's interface with Caltrain' s operating system, including track work, train control, and communications. 1.02 DEFINITIONS A. Caltrain: AKA, The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (pCJPB) is a public agency comprised of three counties; San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara, and is otherwise known as Caltrain. B. Amtrak: Under contract with the PCJPB to operate and maintain the Caltrain system. C. Operating System: Includes, but is not limited to, the tracks on which trains and on-track equipment operate or may potentially operate, and in addition any facilities closely related to the operation of the railroad system including signal and communication masts, bridges, poles, cables, signal houses, tunnels, culverts, grade crossings and station platforms and facilities. D. Operating Envelope: Anywhere within Caltrain property including any area that is an essential component of the operating system. E. Work Window: A designated period of time with a specific beginning and ending time for which the track, signals, bridges and other Operating System elements within the Operating Envelope are modified or temporarily removed from service to allow construction or maintenance work to occur. Written authority from Caltrain, and an approved Weekly Site Specific Work Plan (SSWP), is required before a Contractor is granted a Work Window. The Contractor' s Work Window shall have specific geographic limits, which are defmed in the approved SSWP. Modifications or suspension of train and on-track equipment movements resulting from a Work Window involves written changes to the Railroad's Rules of Train and On-Track Equipment Operations. These written changes are known as Track Bulletins and are categorized as follows. (a) Multiple Track Window: An approved Work window in which passenger/ commuter and freight train service on two or more adjacent main tracks is suspended or halted. However, trains and on-track equipment associated with construction and maintenance activities may still operate on the tracks with suspended service but subject to the control of the Employee-in-Charge/ Flagman. Within rail corridors with three or more main tracks passenger/ commuter and freight train service may operate on the remaining main tracks subject to "Form B" restrictions. A "Form C" Track Bulletin will be issued by the Owner's Railroad Contract Operator/ Operating Railroad of Record to suspend or modify the train service on the two or more adjacent main tracks.