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Cal� • <br /> EXHIBIT C <br /> OPERATING SYSTEM INTERFACE (OSI) <br /> (Third Party) <br /> PART1 -GENERAL <br /> 1.01 DESCRIPTION <br /> Outline for Contractor's interface with Caltrain's operating system, including track work, train <br /> control, and communications. <br /> 1.02 DEFINITIONS <br /> A. Caltrain: AKA, The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board(PCJPB) is a public agency <br /> comprised of three counties; San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara, and is otherwise <br /> known as Caltrain. <br /> B. Amtrak: Under contract with the PCJPB to operate and maintain the Caltrain system. <br /> C. Operating System: Includes,but is not limited to, the tracks on which trains and on-track <br /> equipment operate or may potentially operate, and in addition any facilities closely related <br /> to the operation of the railroad system including signal and communication masts,bridges, <br /> poles, cables, signal houses, tunnels, culverts, grade crossings and station platforms and <br /> facilities. <br /> D. Operating Envelope: Anywhere within Caltrain property including any area that is an <br /> essential component of the operating system. <br /> E. Work Window: A designated period of time with a specific beginning and ending time <br /> for which the track, signals,bridges and other Operating System elements within the <br /> Operating Envelope are modified or temporarily removed from service to allow <br /> construction or maintenance work to occur. Written authority from Caltrain, and an <br /> approved Weekly Site Specific Work Plan(SSWP), is required before a Contractor is <br /> granted a Work Window. The Contractor's Work Window shall have specific geographic <br /> limits, which are defined in the approved SSWP. Modifications or suspension of train and <br /> on-track equipment movements resulting from a Work Window involves written changes <br /> to the Railroad's Rules of Train and On-Track Equipment Operations. These written <br /> changes are known as Track Bulletins and are categorized as follows. <br /> (a) Multiple Track Window: An approved Work window in which passenger/ <br /> commuter and freight train service on two or more adjacent main tracks is <br /> suspended or halted. However, trains and on-track equipment associated with <br /> construction and maintenance activities may still operate on the tracks with <br /> suspended service but subject to the control of the Employee-in-Charge/ Flagman. <br /> Within rail corridors with three or more main tracks passenger/ commuter and <br /> freight train service may operate on the remaining main tracks subj ect to "Form B" <br /> restrictions. A "Form C" Track Bulletin will be issued by the Owner's Railroad <br /> Contract Operator/ Operating Railroad of Record to suspend or modify the train <br /> service on the two or more adjacent main tracks. <br />