{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-299.213","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 299.213","heading":"Records retention.","body":"(a) The railroad shall maintain at a designated office on the railroad—\n(1) A current copy of each FRA-approved PTCSP that it holds;\n(2) Adequate documentation to demonstrate that the PTCSP meets the safety requirements of this RPA, including the risk assessment;\n(3) An Operations and Maintenance Manual, pursuant to § 299.215; and\n(4) Training and testing records pursuant to § 236.1043(b) of this chapter.\n(b) Results of inspections and tests specified in the PTCSP must be recorded pursuant to § 236.110 of this chapter.\n(c) Each contractor providing services relating to the testing, maintenance, or operation of the railroad's PTC system shall maintain at a designated office training records required under §§ 236.1043(b) of this chapter, and 299.207(a)(6).\n(d) After the PTC system is placed in service, the railroad shall maintain a database of all safety-relevant hazards as set forth in its PTCSP and those that had not been previously identified in its PTCSP. If the frequency of the safety-relevant hazards exceeds the threshold set forth in its PTCSP, then the railroad shall—\n(1) Report the inconsistency in writing to FRA's Secure Information Repository at https://sir.fra.dot.gov, within 15 days of discovery;\n(2) Take prompt countermeasures to reduce the frequency of each safety-relevant hazard to below the threshold set forth in its PTCSP; and\n(3) Provide a final report when the inconsistency is resolved to FRA's Secure Information Repository at https://sir.fra.dot.gov, on the results of the analysis and countermeasures taken to reduce the frequency of the safety-relevant hazard(s) below the threshold set forth in its PTCSP.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation","CHAPTER II—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","PART 299—TEXAS CENTRAL RAILROAD HIGH-SPEED RAIL SAFETY STANDARDS","Subpart B—Signal and Trainset Control System"],"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":"baec7d552c6159a5ee43fbfe3e7ad3255bcb480981d611c92f2cd9bb24f709b5","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-299.211","next":"us/49-cfr-299.215"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}