---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 218.57"
title: "49"
number: "218.57"
heading: "Responsibilities of individuals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/218.57"
---

# §218.57. Responsibilities of individuals.


Any individual who knowingly operates a train, or permits it to be operated, when the controlling locomotive of that train is equipped with a disabled safety device, is subject to a civil penalty and to disqualification from performing safety-sensitive functions on a railroad if found to be unfit for such duties. See appendix B to this part for a statement of agency enforcement policy concerning violations of this section. See FRA's website at https://railroads.dot.gov/ for a statement of agency civil penalty policy.


## Notes

### Amendments

[90 FR 28144, July 1, 2025]

### Source

Source: 54 FR 5492, Feb. 3, 1989, 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.

### Amendments

[90 FR 28144, July 1, 2025]