---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 216.1"
title: "49"
number: "216.1"
heading: "Application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/216.1"
---

# §216.1. Application.

- (a) **This part applies, according to its terms, to each railroad that uses or operates—**
  - (1) A railroad freight car subject to [part 215](/cfr/49/part215.md) of this chapter;
  - (2) A locomotive subject to 49 U.S.C. chapter 207 ([49 U.S.C. 20701-03](/usc/49/20701-03.md)); or
  - (3) **Railroad passenger equipment subject to part 238 of this chapter.**
- (b) This part applies, according to its terms, to each railroad owning track subject to [part 213](/cfr/49/part213.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[41 FR 18657, May 6, 1976, as amended at 64 FR 25659, May 12, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20102-20104, 20107, 20111, 20133, 20701-20702, 21301-21302, 21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 41 FR 18657, May 6, 1976, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[41 FR 18657, May 6, 1976, as amended at 64 FR 25659, May 12, 1999]