---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 U.S.C. § 16"
title: "45"
title_heading: "Railroads"
number: "16"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 103–272, § 7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1379"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/45/16"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Safety Appliances and Equipment on Railroad Engines and Cars, and Protection of Employees and Travelers"
---

# [§16. Repealed. Pub. L. 103–272, § 7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1379 — repealed]



## Notes

Section, acts Apr. 14, 1910, ch. 160, § 1, 36 Stat. 298; June 22, 1988, Pub. L. 100–342, § 13(3)(E), 102 Stat. 632, defined “railroad” as used in sections 1 to 16 of this title. See section 20102 of Title 49, Transportation.