---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 230.1"
title: "49"
number: "230.1"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/230.1"
---

# §230.1. Purpose and scope.


This part prescribes minimum Federal safety standards for all steam-propelled locomotives operated on railroads to which this part applies. This part does not restrict a railroad from adopting and enforcing additional or more stringent requirements not inconsistent with this part.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20702; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 62865, Nov. 17, 1999, unless otherwise noted.