§229.301. Purpose and scope.
49 C.F.R. § 229.301
The purpose of this subpart is to promote the safe design, operation, and maintenance of safety-critical, as defined in § 229.305, electronic locomotive control systems, subsystems, and components.
Locomotive control systems or their functions that comingle with safety critical processor based signal and train control systems are regulated under part 236 subparts H and I of this chapter.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Source
Source: 77 FR 21348, Apr. 9, 2012, unless otherwise noted.
Authority
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20133, 20137-38, 20143, 20168, 20701-03, 21301-02, 21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.
Source
Source: 45 FR 21109, Mar. 31, 1980, unless otherwise noted.