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Part 218 — Railroad Operating Practices

51 sections · Title 49: Transportation

§ 218.1Purpose.
§ 218.3Application.
§ 218.4Preemptive effect.
§ 218.5Definitions.
§ 218.7Waivers.
§ 218.9Civil penalty.
§ 218.11Filing, testing, and instruction.
§ 218.21Scope.
§ 218.22Utility employee.
§ 218.23Blue signal display.
§ 218.24One-person crew.
§ 218.25Workers on a main track.
§ 218.27Workers on track other than main track.
§ 218.29Alternate methods of protection.
§ 218.30Remotely controlled switches.
§ 218.31Scope.
§ 218.35Yard limits.
§ 218.37Flag protection.
§ 218.39Hump operations.
§ 218.41Noncompliance with hump operations rule.
§ 218.51Purpose.
§ 218.53Scope and definitions.
§ 218.55Tampering prohibited.
§ 218.57Responsibilities of individuals.
§ 218.59Responsibilities of railroads.
§ 218.61Authority to deactivate safety devices.
§ 218.71Purpose and scope.
§ 218.73Warning signal display.
§ 218.75Methods of protection for camp cars.
§ 218.77Remotely controlled switches.
§ 218.79Alternative methods of protection.
§ 218.80Movement of occupied camp cars.
§ 218.91Purpose and scope.
§ 218.93Definitions.
§ 218.95Instruction, training, and examination.
§ 218.97Good faith challenge procedures.
§ 218.99Shoving or pushing movements.
§ 218.101Leaving rolling and on-track maintenance-of-way equipment in the clear.
§ 218.103Hand-operated switches, including crossover switches.
§ 218.105Additional operational requirements for hand-operated main track switches.
§ 218.107Additional operational requirements for hand-operated crossover switches.
§ 218.109Hand-operated fixed derails.
§ 218.121Purpose and scope.
§ 218.123General train crew size safety requirements.
§ 218.125Specific passenger and tourist train operation exceptions to crew size safety requirements.
§ 218.127Specific freight train exceptions to crew size safety requirements.
§ 218.129Conditional exceptions based on compliance dates for Class II and III legacy freight train operations, certain other Class II and III freight railroad train operations, work train operations, helper service train operations, and lite locomotive train operations staffed with a one-person train crew.
§ 218.131Special approval petition requirements for train operations staffed with a one-person train crew.
§ 218.133Risk assessment content and procedures.
§ 218.135Special approval procedure.
§ 218.137Annual railroad responsibilities after receipt of special approval.