Part 218 — Railroad Operating Practices
Current through Sep 25, 2026
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20131, 20138, 20144, 20168; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.
Source: 44 FR 2175, Jan. 10, 1979, unless otherwise noted.
Sections
- § 218.1 Purpose.
- § 218.3 Application.
- § 218.4 Preemptive effect.
- § 218.5 Definitions.
- § 218.7 Waivers.
- § 218.9 Civil penalty.
- § 218.11 Filing, testing, and instruction.
- § 218.21 Scope.
- § 218.22 Utility employee.
- § 218.23 Blue signal display.
- § 218.24 One-person crew.
- § 218.25 Workers on a main track.
- § 218.27 Workers on track other than main track.
- § 218.29 Alternate methods of protection.
- § 218.30 Remotely controlled switches.
- § 218.31 Scope.
- § 218.35 Yard limits.
- § 218.37 Flag protection.
- § 218.39 Hump operations.
- § 218.41 Noncompliance with hump operations rule.
- § 218.51 Purpose.
- § 218.53 Scope and definitions.
- § 218.55 Tampering prohibited.
- § 218.57 Responsibilities of individuals.
- § 218.59 Responsibilities of railroads.
- § 218.61 Authority to deactivate safety devices.
- § 218.71 Purpose and scope.
- § 218.73 Warning signal display.
- § 218.75 Methods of protection for camp cars.
- § 218.77 Remotely controlled switches.
- § 218.79 Alternative methods of protection.
- § 218.80 Movement of occupied camp cars.
- § 218.91 Purpose and scope.
- § 218.93 Definitions.
- § 218.95 Instruction, training, and examination.
- § 218.97 Good faith challenge procedures.
- § 218.99 Shoving or pushing movements.
- § 218.101 Leaving rolling and on-track maintenance-of-way equipment in the clear.
- § 218.103 Hand-operated switches, including crossover switches.
- § 218.105 Additional operational requirements for hand-operated main track switches.
- § 218.107 Additional operational requirements for hand-operated crossover switches.
- § 218.109 Hand-operated fixed derails.
- § 218.121 Purpose and scope.
- § 218.123 General train crew size safety requirements.
- § 218.125 Specific passenger and tourist train operation exceptions to crew size safety requirements.
- § 218.127 Specific freight train exceptions to crew size safety requirements.
- § 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.
- § 218.131 Special approval petition requirements for train operations staffed with a one-person train crew.
- § 218.133 Risk assessment content and procedures.
- § 218.135 Special approval procedure.
- § 218.137 Annual railroad responsibilities after receipt of special approval.
- Appendix A to Part 218 [Reserved]
- Appendix B to Part 218—Statement of Agency Enforcement Policy on Blue Signal Protection for Utility Employees
- Appendix C to Part 218—Statement of Agency Enforcement Policy on Tampering
- Appendix D to Part 218—Requirements and Considerations for Implementing Technology Aided Point Protection
- Appendix E to Part 218—Recommended Procedures for Conducting Risk Assessments