[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 49CFR224.5]



[Page 326]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 224_REFLECTORIZATION OF RAIL FREIGHT ROLLING STOCK--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec.  224.5  Definitions.



    Administrator means the Administrator of the Federal Railroad 

Administration or the Administrator's delegate.

    Associate Administrator means the Associate Administrator for 

Safety, Federal Railroad Administration, or the Associate 

Administrator's delegate.

    Damaged means scratched, broken, chipped, peeled, or delaminated.

    Flat car means a car having a flat floor or deck on the underframe 

with no sides, ends or roof (including spine cars, articulated and mult-

unit intermodal cars).

    Freight rolling stock means:

    (1) Any locomotive subject to Part 229 of this chapter used to haul 

or switch freight cars (whether in revenue or work train service); and

    (2) Any railroad freight car (whether used in revenue or work train 

service).

    Freight rolling stock owner means any person who owns freight 

rolling stock, is a lessee of freight rolling stock, manages the 

maintenance or use of freight rolling stock on behalf of an owner or one 

or more lessors or lessees, or otherwise controls the maintenance or use 

of freight rolling stock.

    Locomotive has the meaning assigned by Sec.  229.5 of this chapter, 

but for purposes of this part applies only to a locomotive used in the 

transportation of freight or the operation of a work train.

    Obscured means concealed or hidden (i.e., covered up, as where a 

layer of paint or dense chemical residue blocks all incoming light); 

this term does not refer to ordinary accumulations of dirt, grime, or 

ice resulting from the normal railroad operating environment.

    Person means an entity of any type covered under 1 U.S.C. 1, 

including but not limited to the following: A railroad; a manager, 

supervisor, official, or other employee or agent of a railroad; any 

owner, manufacturer, lessor, or lessee of railroad equipment, track or 

facilities; any independent contractor providing goods or services to a 

railroad; and any employee of such an owner, manufacturer, lessor, 

lessee, or independent contractor.

    Railroad means all forms of non-highway ground transportation that 

run on rails or electromagnetic guideways, including high speed ground 

transportation systems that connect metropolitan areas, without regard 

to whether they use new technologies not associated with traditional 

railroads.

    Railroad freight car has the meaning assigned by Sec.  215.5 of this 

chapter.

    Tank car means a rail car, the body of which consists of a tank for 

transporting liquids.

    Universal Machine Language Equipment Register means the database 

containing information on rail equipment maintained by the Association 

of American Railroads.

    Unqualified Retroreflective Sheeting means engineering grade 

sheeting, super engineering grade sheeting (enclosed lens) or high-

intensity type sheeting (ASTM Type I, II, III, or IV Sheeting) as 

described in ASTM International Standard D-4956-04, ``Standard 

Specification for Retroreflective Sheeting for Traffic Control.''

    Work train means a non-revenue service train used for the 

maintenance and upkeep service of the railroad.