C.F.R. » Title 49 » CHAPTER II—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › PART 237—BRIDGE SAFETY STANDARDS › Subpart C—Qualifications and Designations of Responsible Persons

49 C.F.R. § 237.51

Railroad bridge engineers

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(a) A railroad bridge engineer shall be a person who is determined by the track owner to be competent to perform the following functions as they apply to the particular engineering work to be performed:

(1) Determine the forces and stresses in railroad bridges and bridge components;

(2) Prescribe safe loading conditions for railroad bridges;

(3) Prescribe inspection and maintenance procedures for railroad bridges; and

(4) Design repairs and modifications to railroad bridges.

(b) The educational qualifications of a railroad bridge engineer shall include either:

(1) A degree in engineering granted by a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET, Inc. or its successor organization as a professional engineering curriculum, or a degree from a program accredited as a professional engineering curriculum by a foreign organization recognized by ABET, Inc. or its successor; or

(2) Current registration as a professional engineer.

(c) Nothing in this part affects the States' authority to regulate the professional practice of engineering.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2023–2025 · leading case: William Bennett & Sherylann Bennett v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co. (La. Ct. App. 2023).
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William Bennett & Sherylann Bennett v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co. (La. Ct. App. 2023). “49 C.F.R. §§ 237.51 , 237.55, 237.103, and 237.”
Merriman (E.D. Okla. 2025). “First, the court agrees with Magistrate Judge Robertson’s determination that the bridge management program mandated by 49 C.F. R. §§237.51, 237.55, 237. 103 covers the inspection and maintenance of railroad bridges.”
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