Title 49, Part 218 — Railroad Operating Practices
51 sections
Section 218.1
Purpose.
Section 218.3
Application.
Section 218.4
Preemptive effect.
Section 218.5
Definitions.
Section 218.7
Waivers.
Section 218.9
Civil penalty.
Section 218.11
Filing, testing, and instruction.
Section 218.21
Scope.
Section 218.22
Utility employee.
Section 218.23
Blue signal display.
Section 218.24
One-person crew.
Section 218.25
Workers on a main track.
Section 218.27
Workers on track other than main track.
Section 218.29
Alternate methods of protection.
Section 218.30
Remotely controlled switches.
Section 218.31
Scope.
Section 218.35
Yard limits.
Section 218.37
Flag protection.
Section 218.39
Hump operations.
Section 218.41
Noncompliance with hump operations rule.
Section 218.51
Purpose.
Section 218.53
Scope and definitions.
Section 218.55
Tampering prohibited.
Section 218.57
Responsibilities of individuals.
Section 218.59
Responsibilities of railroads.
Section 218.61
Authority to deactivate safety devices.
Section 218.71
Purpose and scope.
Section 218.73
Warning signal display.
Section 218.75
Methods of protection for camp cars.
Section 218.77
Remotely controlled switches.
Section 218.79
Alternative methods of protection.
Section 218.80
Movement of occupied camp cars.
Section 218.91
Purpose and scope.
Section 218.93
Definitions.
Section 218.95
Instruction, training, and examination.
Section 218.97
Good faith challenge procedures.
Section 218.99
Shoving or pushing movements.
Section 218.101
Leaving rolling and on-track maintenance-of-way equipment in the clear.
Section 218.103
Hand-operated switches, including crossover switches.
Section 218.105
Additional operational requirements for hand-operated main track switches.
Section 218.107
Additional operational requirements for hand-operated crossover switches.
Section 218.109
Hand-operated fixed derails.
Section 218.121
Purpose and scope.
Section 218.123
General train crew size safety requirements.
Section 218.125
Specific passenger and tourist train operation exceptions to crew size safety requirements.
Section 218.127
Specific freight train exceptions to crew size safety requirements.
Section 218.129
Conditional 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.
Section 218.131
Special approval petition requirements for train operations staffed with a one-person train crew.
Section 218.133
Risk assessment content and procedures.
Section 218.135
Special approval procedure.
Section 218.137
Annual railroad responsibilities after receipt of special approval.