Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 07, 2026

Title 49 - Transportation last revised: Feb 03, 2026
§ 218.57 - Responsibilities of individuals.

Any individual who knowingly operates a train, or permits it to be operated, when the controlling locomotive of that train is equipped with a disabled safety device, is subject to a civil penalty and to disqualification from performing safety-sensitive functions on a railroad if found to be unfit for such duties. See appendix B to this part for a statement of agency enforcement policy concerning violations of this section. See FRA's website at https://railroads.dot.gov/ for a statement of agency civil penalty policy.

[90 FR 28144, July 1, 2025]
source: 44 FR 2175, Jan. 10, 1979, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 49 CFR 218.57