[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR218.51]

[Page 218]
 
                        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.  218.51  Purpose.

    Source: 54 FR 5492, Feb. 3, 1989, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) The purpose of this subpart is to prevent accidents and 
casualties that can result from the operation of trains when safety 
devices intended to improve the safety of their movement have been 
disabled.
    (b) This subpart does not prohibit intervention with safety devices 
that is permitted:
    (1) Under the provisions of Sec.  236.566 or Sec.  236.567 of this 
chapter;
    (2) Under the provisions of Sec.  218.61 of this part; or
    (3) Under the provisions of Sec.  229.9 of this chapter, provided 
that when a locomotive is being operated under the provision of Sec.  
229.9(b) a designated officer has been notified of the defective alerter 
or deadman pedal at the first available point of communication.

[54 FR 5492, Feb. 3, 1989, as amended at 58 FR 36613, July 8, 1993]