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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: November 8, 2024) |
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Title 49 - Transportation |
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Subtitle B - Other Regulations Relating to Transportation |
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Chapter II - Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation |
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Part 218 - Railroad Operating Practices |
Appendix A to Part 218
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Section Violation Willful violation Subpart B - Blue signal protection of workmen: 218.22 Utility employees: (a) Employee qualifications $5,000 $7,500 (b) Concurrent service 5,000 7,500 (c) Assignment conditions (1) No controlling locomotive 5,000 7,500 (2) Empty cab 5,000 7,500 (3)(4) Improper communication 5,000 7,500 (5) Performing functions not listed 2,000 4,000 (d) Improper release of utility employee 2,000 4,000 (f) More than three utility employees with one crew 2,000 4,000 218.23 Blue signal display 5,000 7,500 218.24 One-person crew: (a)(1) Equipment not coupled or insufficiently separated 2,000 4,000 (a)(2) Unoccupied locomotive cab not secured 5,000 7,500 (b) Helper service 2,000 4,000 218.25 Workmen on a main track 5,000 7,500 218.27 Workmen on track other than main track: (a) Protection provided except that signal not displayed at switch 2,000 4,000 (b) through (e) 5,000 7,500 218.29 Alternate methods of protection: (a)(1) protection provided except that signal not displayed at switch 2,000 4,000 (a)(2) through (a)(8) 5,000 7,500 (b)(1) Protection provided except that signal not displayed at switch 2,000 4,000 (b)(2) through (b)(4) 5,000 7,500 (c) Use of derails 5,000 7,500 (d) Emergency repairs 5,000 7,500 218.30 Remotely controlled switches: (a) and (b) 5,000 7,500 (c) 1,000 2,000 Subpart C - Protection of trains and locomotives: 218.35 Yard limits: (a) and (b) 5,000 7,500 (c) 1,000 2,000 218.37 Flag protection: (a) 5,000 7,500 (b) and (c) 5,000 7,500 218.39 Hump operations 5,000 7,500 218.41 Noncompliance with hump operations rule 5,000 7,500 Subpart D - Prohibition against tampering with safety devices: 218.55 Tampering 7,500 218.57 (i) Knowingly operating or permitting operation of disabled equipment 2,500 (ii) Willfully operating or permitting operation of disabled equipment 5,000 218.59 Operation of disabled equipment 2,500 5,000 Subpart F - Handling Equipment, Switches and Derails: 218.95 Instruction, Training, and Examination: (a) Program 9,500-12,500 13,000-16,000 (b) Records 7,500 11,000 (c) Failure to timely or appropriately amend program after disapproval 9,500-12,500 13,000-16,000 218.97 Good Faith Challenge Procedures: (a) Employee Responsibility Failure 5,000 (b) through (d) Failure to adopt or implement procedures 7,500 218.99 Shoving or Pushing Movements: (a) Failure to implement required operating rule 9,500 (b) Failure to conduct job briefing, use a qualified employee, or establish proper protection 7,500-9,500 11,000-13,000 (c) Failure to observe equipment direction 9,500 13,000 (d) Failure to properly establish point protection within a remote control zone 9,500 13,000 (e) Failure to abide by operational exception requirements 9,500 13,000 218.101 Leaving Equipment in the Clear: (a) Failure to implement required operating rule 9,500 (b) Equipment left improperly fouling 9,500 13,000 (c) Failure to implement procedures for identifying clearance points 9,500 13,000 218.103 Hand-operated switches, including crossover switches: (a) Failure to implement required operating rule 9,500 (b) through (d) Railroad and employee failures 7,500 218.105 Additional operational requirements for hand-operated main track switches: (a) Failure to implement required operating rule 9,500 (b) and (c) Railroad and employee failures 7,500 11,000 (d) Failure to properly release authority limits 12,500 218.107 Additional operational requirements for hand-operated crossover switches: (a) Failure to implement required operating rule 9,500 (b) and (c) Railroad and employee failures 7,500 11,000 218.109 Hand-operated fixed derails: (a) Failure to implement required operating rule 9,500 13,000 (b) and (c) Railroad and employee failures 7,500 11,000 [Reserved]