- (a) The purpose of this part is to ensure that only qualified persons operate a locomotive or train.
- (b) This part prescribes minimum Federal safety standards for the eligibility, training, testing, certification and monitoring of all locomotive engineers to whom it applies. This part does not restrict a railroad from adopting and enforcing additional or more stringent requirements not inconsistent with this part.
- (c) The qualifications for locomotive engineers prescribed in this part are pertinent to any person who operates a locomotive, unless that person is specifically excluded by a provision of this part, regardless of the fact that a person may have a job classification title other than that of locomotive engineer.
[56 FR 28254, June 19, 1991, as amended at 64 FR 60988, Nov. 8, 1999]