[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: 49CFR218.53]



[Page 203]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 218_RAILROAD OPERATING PRACTICES--Table of Contents

 

       Subpart D_Prohibition Against Tampering With Safety Devices

 

Sec. 218.53  Scope and definitions.



    (a) This subpart establishes standards of conduct for railroads and 

individuals who operate or permit to be operated locomotives equipped 

with one or more of the safety devices identified in paragraph (c) of 

this section.

    (b) Disable means to unlawfully render a device incapable of proper 

and effective action or to materially impair the functioning of that 

device.

    (c) Safety device means any locomotive-mounted equipment that is 

used either to assure that the locomotive operator is alert, not 

physically incapacitated, aware of and complying with the indications of 

a signal system or other operational control system or to record data 

concerning the operation of that locomotive or the train it is powering. 

See appendix B to this part for a statement of agency policy on this 

subject.