---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 214.318"
title: "49"
number: "214.318"
heading: "Locomotive servicing and car shop repair track areas."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/214.318"
---

# §214.318. Locomotive servicing and car shop repair track areas.

- (a) In lieu of the requirements of this subpart, workers (as defined by [§ 218.5](/cfr/49/218.5.md) of this chapter) within the limits of locomotive servicing and car shop repair track areas (as both are defined by [§ 218.5](/cfr/49/218.5.md) of this chapter) may utilize procedures established by a railroad in accordance with [part 218](/cfr/49/part218.md), [subpart B](/cfr/49/subpartB.md), of this chapter (Blue Signal Protection) to perform duties incidental to inspecting, testing, servicing, or repairing rolling equipment when those incidental duties involve fouling a track that is protected by Blue Signal Protection. A railroad utilizing Blue Signal Protection in lieu of the requirements of this subpart must have rules in effect governing the applicability of those protections to the incidental duties being performed.
- (b) [Paragraph (a)](#a) of this section applies to employees of a contractor to a railroad if such incidental duties are performed under the supervision of a railroad employee qualified (as defined by [§ 217.4](/cfr/49/217.4.md) of this chapter) on the railroad's rules and procedures implementing the Blue Signal Protection requirements.
- (c) Any work performed within the limits of a locomotive servicing or car shop repair track area with the potential of fouling a track which requires a person qualified under [§ 213.7](/cfr/49/213.7.md) of this chapter to be present to inspect or supervise such work must be performed in accordance with the requirements of this subpart.

## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 31886, June 10, 2016]

### Source

Source: 61 FR 65976, Dec. 16, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20102-20103, 20107, 21301-21302, 31304; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 57 FR 28127, June 24, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[81 FR 31886, June 10, 2016]