---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 11141"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "11141"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/11141"
units:
  - "Subtitle IV — Interstate Transportation"
  - "Part A — Rail"
  - "Chapter 111 — Operations"
  - "Subchapter III — Reports and Records"
---

# §11141. Definitions


In this subchapter—

- (1) the terms “rail carrier” and “lessor” include a receiver or trustee of a rail carrier and lessor, respectively;
- (2) the term “[lessor](#1)” means a [person](/usc/49/13102.md?p=18) owning a [railroad](/usc/49/10102.md?p=6) that is leased to and operated by a [carrier](/usc/49/13102.md?p=3) providing [transportation](/usc/49/10102.md?p=9) subject to the jurisdiction of the [Board](/usc/49/10102.md?p=1) under this part; and
- (3) the term “association” means an organization maintained by or in the interest of a group of [rail carriers](#1) providing [transportation](/usc/49/10102.md?p=9) or service subject to the jurisdiction of the [Board](/usc/49/10102.md?p=1) under this part that performs a service, or engages in activities, related to [transportation](/usc/49/10102.md?p=9) under this part.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 102(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 834.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 11141, Pub. L. 95–473, Oct. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1425; Pub. L. 99–521, § 9(c), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2997, defined terms for purposes of former sections 11141 to 11145 of this title, prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, § 102(a). See sections 11141, 14121, and 15721 of this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104–88, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title.