[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR840.2]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
           CHAPTER VIII--NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
 
PART 840_RULES PERTAINING TO NOTIFICATION OF RAILROAD ACCIDENTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  840.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part, the following words or phrases are defined as 
follows:
    (a) Railroad means any system of surface transportation of persons 
or property over rails. It includes, but is not limited to, line-haul 
freight and passenger-carrying railroads, and rapid

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transit, commuter, scenic, subway, and elevated railways.
    (b) Accident means any collision, derailment, or explosion involving 
railroad trains, locomotives, and cars; or any other loss-causing event 
involving the operation of such railroad equipment that results in a 
fatality to a passenger or employee, or the emergency evacuation of 
persons.
    (c) Joint operations means rail operations conducted on a track used 
jointly or in common by two or more railroads subject to this part, or 
operation of a train, locomotive, or car by one railroad over the track 
of another railroad.
    (d) Fatality means the death of a person either at the time an 
accident occurs or within 24 hours thereafter.

[41 FR 13925, Apr. 1, 1976, as amended at 47 FR 49408, Nov. 1, 1982]