---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 232.401"
title: "49"
number: "232.401"
heading: "Scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/232.401"
---

# §232.401. Scope.


This subpart contains the requirements related to the performance, operation, and testing of end-of-train devices. Unless expressly excepted in this subpart, the requirements of this subpart apply to all trains operating on track which is part of the general railroad system of transportation.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20102-20103, 20107, 20133, 20141, 20301-20303, 20306, 21301-20302, 21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 66 FR 4193, Jan. 17, 2001, unless otherwise noted.