[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR216.13]



[Page 189]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 216_SPECIAL NOTICE AND EMERGENCY ORDER PROCEDURES: RAILROAD TRACK, 

LOCOMOTIVE AND EQUIPMENT--Table of Contents

 

                  Subpart B_Special Notice for Repairs

 

Sec. 216.13  Special notice for repairs--locomotive.



    (a) When an FRA Motive Power and Equipment Inspector or State 

Equipment Inspector determines a locomotive is not safe to operate in 

the service to which it is put, whether by reason of nonconformity with 

the FRA Railroad Locomotive Safety Standards set forth in part 229 of 

this chapter or the FRA Railroad Locomotive Inspection Regulations set 

forth in part 230 of this chapter or by reason of any other condition 

rendering the locomotive unsafe, he or she will notify the railroad in 

writing that the locomotive is not in serviceable condition. After 

receipt of the Special Notice, the railroad shall remove the locomotive 

from service until it is restored to serviceable condition. The 

locomotive may not be deemed to be in serviceable condition until it 

complies with all applicable requirements of parts 229 and 230 of this 

chapter and until all additional deficiencies identified in the Special 

Notice have been corrected.

    (b) The carrier shall notify the FRA Regional Administrator in 

writing when the locomotive is returned to service, specifying the 

repairs completed. The carrier officer or employee directly responsible 

for the repairs shall subscribe this writing under oath.



[41 FR 18657, May 6, 1976, as amended at 64 FR 25659, May 12, 1999]