[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: 49CFR240.1]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 240_QUALIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS--Table 

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec.  240.1  Purpose and scope.





    (a) The purpose of this part is to ensure that only qualified 

persons operate a locomotive or train.

    (b) This part prescribes minimum Federal safety standards for the 

eligibility, training, testing, certification and monitoring of all 

locomotive engineers to whom it applies. This part does not restrict a 

railroad from adopting and enforcing additional or more stringent 

requirements not inconsistent with this part.

    (c) The qualifications for locomotive engineers prescribed in this 

part are pertinent to any person who operates a locomotive, unless that 

person is specifically excluded by a provision of this



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part, regardless of the fact that a person may have a job classification 

title other than that of locomotive engineer.



[56 FR 28254, June 19, 1991, as amended at 64 FR 60988, Nov. 8, 1999]