49 CFR 229.301 - Purpose and scope.

Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 10, 2026

Title 49 - Transportation last revised: Feb 03, 2026

View all text of Subpart E [§ 229.301 - § 229.319]

§ 229.301 - Purpose and scope.

(a) The purpose of this subpart is to promote the safe design, operation, and maintenance of safety-critical, as defined in § 229.305, electronic locomotive control systems, subsystems, and components.

(b) Locomotive control systems or their functions that comingle with safety critical processor based signal and train control systems are regulated under part 236 subparts H and I of this chapter.

authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103,20107,20133,20137,20143,20168,20701,21301,21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89

source: 45 FR 21109, Mar. 31, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 49 CFR 229.301