---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 218.79"
title: "49"
number: "218.79"
heading: "Alternative methods of protection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/218.79"
---

# §218.79. Alternative methods of protection.


Instead of providing protection for occupied camp cars in accordance with [§ 218.75](/cfr/49/218.75.md) or [§ 218.77](/cfr/49/218.77.md), the following methods of protection may be used:

- (a) **When occupied camp cars are on track other than main track—**
  - (1) A warning signal must be displayed at or near each switch providing access to or from the track;
  - (2) Each switch providing entrance to or departure from the area must be lined against movement to the track and locked with an effective locking device; and
  - (3) If the speed within this area is restricted to not more than five miles per hour, a derail, capable of restricting access to that portion of track on which the camp cars are located, will fulfill the requirements of a manually operated switch in compliance with [paragraph (a)(2)](#a-2) of this section when positioned at least 50 feet from the end of the camp cars to be protected by the warning signal, when locked in a derailing position with an effective locking device, and when a warning signal is displayed at the derail.
- (b) Except as provided in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, when occupied camp cars are on track other than main track:
  - (1) A derail, capable of restricting access to that portion of the track on which such equipment is located, will fulfill the requirements of a manually operated switch when positioned no less than 150 feet from the end of such equipment; and
  - (2) Each derail must be locked in a derailing position with an effective locking device and a warning signal must be displayed at each derail.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 54 FR 39545, Sept. 27, 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.