Federal Railroad Administration, DOT § 224.5

rolling stock for the purpose of enhanc- freight rolling stock on behalf of an ing its detectability at highway-rail owner or one or more lessors or lessees, grade crossings. This part does not re- or otherwise controls the maintenance strict a freight rolling stock owner or or use of freight rolling stock. railroad from applying retroreflective Locomotive has the meaning assigned material to freight rolling stock for by § 229.5 of this chapter, but for pur- other purposes if not inconsistent with poses of this part applies only to a lo- the recognizable pattern required by comotive used in the transportation of this part. freight or the operation of a work train. § 224.3 Applicability. Obscured means concealed or hidden This part applies to all railroad (i.e., covered up, as where a layer of freight cars and locomotives that oper- paint or dense chemical residue blocks ate over a public or private highway- all incoming light); this term does not rail grade crossing and are used for rev- refer to ordinary accumulations of dirt, enue or work train service, except: grime, or ice resulting from the normal (a) Freight rolling stock that oper- railroad operating environment. ates only on track inside an installa- Person means an entity of any type tion that is not part of the general rail- covered under 1 U.S.C. 1, including but road system of transportation; not limited to the following: A rail- (b) Rapid transit operations in an road; a manager, supervisor, official, or urban area that are not connected to other employee or agent of a railroad; the general railroad system of trans- any owner, manufacturer, lessor, or portation; lessee of railroad equipment, track or (c) Locomotives and passenger cars facilities; any independent contractor used exclusively in passenger service; providing goods or services to a rail- or road; and any employee of such an (d) Freight rolling stock that is sub- owner, manufacturer, lessor, lessee, or ject to a reflectorization requirement independent contractor. promulgated by another Federal agen- Railroad means all forms of non-high- cy. way ground transportation that run on rails or electromagnetic guideways, in- § 224.5 Definitions. cluding high speed ground transpor- Administrator means the Adminis- tation systems that connect metropoli- trator of the Federal Railroad Admin- tan areas, without regard to whether istration or the Administrator’s dele- they use new technologies not associ- gate. ated with traditional railroads. Associate Administrator means the As- Railroad freight car has the meaning sociate Administrator for Safety, Fed- assigned by § 215.5 of this chapter. eral Railroad Administration, or the Tank car means a rail car, the body of Associate Administrator’s delegate. which consists of a tank for trans- Damaged means scratched, broken, porting liquids. chipped, peeled, or delaminated. Universal Machine Language Equip- Flat car means a car having a flat ment Register means the database con- floor or deck on the underframe with taining information on rail equipment no sides, ends or roof (including spine maintained by the Association of cars, articulated and mult-unit inter- American Railroads. modal cars). Unqualified Retroreflective Sheeting Freight rolling stock means: means engineering grade sheeting, (1) Any locomotive subject to part 229 super engineering grade sheeting (en- of this chapter used to haul or switch closed lens) or high-intensity type freight cars (whether in revenue or sheeting (ASTM Type I, II, III, or IV work train service); and Sheeting) as described in ASTM Inter- (2) Any railroad freight car (whether national Standard D–4956–04, ‘‘Standard used in revenue or work train service). Specification for Retroreflective Sheet- Freight rolling stock owner means any ing for Traffic Control.’’ person who owns freight rolling stock, Work train means a non-revenue serv- is a lessee of freight rolling stock, ice train used for the maintenance and manages the maintenance or use of upkeep service of the railroad.

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