{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-218.57","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 218.57","heading":"Responsibilities of individuals.","body":"Any individual who knowingly operates a train, or permits it to be operated, when the controlling locomotive of that train is equipped with a disabled safety device, is subject to a civil penalty and to disqualification from performing safety-sensitive functions on a railroad if found to be unfit for such duties. See appendix B to this part for a statement of agency enforcement policy concerning violations of this section. See FRA's website at https://railroads.dot.gov/ for a statement of agency civil penalty policy.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation","CHAPTER II—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","PART 218—RAILROAD OPERATING PRACTICES","Subpart D—Prohibition Against Tampering With Safety Devices"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"e8fc6f782e4b4e0146f955c0f1a57e816e9f745ecf6f17e37521a9f4544119a9","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-218.55","next":"us/49-cfr-218.59"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}