[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: 49CFR218.1]



[Page 194-195]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 218_RAILROAD OPERATING PRACTICES--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 218.1  Purpose.









                            Subpart A_General



Sec.

218.1 Purpose.

218.3 Application.

218.5 Definitions.

218.7 Waivers.

218.9 Civil penalty.

218.11 Filing, testing, and instruction.



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               Subpart B_Blue Signal Protection of Workers



218.21 Scope.

218.22 Utility employee.

218.23 Blue signal display.

218.24 One-person crew.

218.25 Workers on a main track.

218.27 Workers on track other than main track.

218.29 Alternate methods of protection.

218.30 Remotely controlled switches.



             Subpart C_Protection of Trains and Locomotives



218.31 Scope.

218.35 Yard limits.

218.37 Flag protection.

218.39 Hump operations.

218.41 Noncompliance with hump operations rule.



       Subpart D_Prohibition Against Tampering With Safety Devices



218.51 Purpose.

218.53 Scope and definitions.

218.55 Tampering prohibited.

218.57 Responsibilities of individuals.

218.59 Responsibilities of railroads.

218.61 Authority to deactivate safety devices.



               Subpart E_Protection of Occupied Camp Cars



218.71 Purpose and scope.

218.73 Warning signal display.

218.75 Methods of protection for camp cars.

218.77 Remotely controlled switches.

218.79 Alternative methods of protection.

218.80 Movement of occupied camp cars.



Appendix A to Part 218--Schedule of Civil Penalties

Appendix B to Part 218--Statement of Agency Enforcement Policy on Blue 

          Signal Protection for Utility Employees

Appendix C to Part 218--Statement of Agency Enforcement Policy on 

          Tampering



    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 

1.49.



    Source: 44 FR 2175, Jan. 10, 1979, unless otherwise noted.







    This part prescribes minimum requirements for railroad operating 

rules and practices. Each railroad may prescribe additional or more 

stringent requirements in its operating rules, timetables, timetable 

special instructions, and other special instructions.