[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: 49CFR241.3]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 241_UNITED STATES LOCATIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR DISPATCHING OF UNITED 

STATES RAIL OPERATIONS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 241.3  Application and responsibility for compliance.



    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, this part 

applies to all railroads.

    (b) This part does not apply to--

    (1) A railroad that operates only on track inside an installation 

that is not part of the general railroad system of transportation; or

    (2) Rapid transit operations in an urban area that are not connected 

to the general railroad system of transportation.

    (c) Although the duties imposed by this part are generally stated in 

terms of a duty of a railroad, each person, including a contractor for a 

railroad, who performs a function covered by this part, shall perform 

that function in accordance with this part.