[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: 49CFR224.5]

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                        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.

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