---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 218.127"
title: "49"
number: "218.127"
heading: "Specific freight train exceptions to crew size safety requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/218.127"
---

# §218.127. Specific freight train exceptions to crew size safety requirements.


The requirements in this subpart are not applicable to the following freight train operations that are operated with a one-person train crew:

- (a) **Mine load out, plant dumping, or similar operation exception.** A unit freight train:
  - (1) Being loaded or unloaded in an assembly line manner;
  - (2) Located on a track that is temporarily made inaccessible from the general railroad system of transportation;
  - (3) Moving at a maximum authorized speed of 10 miles per hour or less;
  - (4) Not requiring the one-person train crewmember to operate a hand-operated switch, fill out paperwork, or call signal indications during the loading or unloading process; and
  - (5) If the operation is overseen by another person, typically in a tower or on the ground, requiring that person to have the capability of communicating with the one-person train crewmember operating the train.
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Source

Source: 89 FR 25109, Apr. 9, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20131, 20138, 20144, 20168; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 2175, Jan. 10, 1979, unless otherwise noted.