---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 218.31"
title: "49"
number: "218.31"
heading: "Scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/218.31"
---

# §218.31. Scope.


This subpart prescribes minimum operating rule requirements for the protection of railroad employees engaged in the operation of trains, locomotives and other rolling equipment.


## Notes

### Amendments

[42 FR 5065, Jan. 27, 1977]

### 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.

### Amendments

[42 FR 5065, Jan. 27, 1977]