[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: 49CFR218.57]



[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. 218.57  Responsibilities of individuals.



    Any individual who knowingly operates a train, or permits it to be 

operated, when the controlling locomotive of that train is equipped with 

a disabled safety device, is subject to a civil penalty as provided for 

in appendix A of this part and to disqualification from performing 

safety-sensitive functions on a railroad if found to be unfit for such 

duties. See appendix B to this part for a statement of agency 

enforcement policy concerning violations of this section.