C.F.R. » Title 49 » CHAPTER II—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › PART 242—QUALIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF CONDUCTORS › Subpart A—General

49 C.F.R. § 242.1

Purpose and scope

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(a) The purpose of this part is to ensure that only those persons who meet minimum Federal safety standards serve as conductors, to reduce the rate and number of accidents and incidents and to improve railroad safety.

(b) This part prescribes minimum Federal safety standards for the eligibility, training, testing, certification and monitoring of all conductors to whom it applies. This part does not restrict a railroad from adopting and enforcing additional or more stringent requirements consistent with this part.

(c) The conductor certification requirements prescribed in this part apply to any person who meets the definition of conductor contained in § 242.7, regardless of the fact that the person may have a job classification title other than that of conductor.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2024–2025 · leading case: U.S. Equal Emp. Opportunity Comm'n v. Union Pac. R.R. Co. (D. Minnesota 2024).
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U.S. Equal Emp. Opportunity Comm'n v. Union Pac. R.R. Co. (D. Minnesota 2024). “(engineers); 49 C.F.R. § 242.1 et seq. (conductors); see also Compl.”
Blankinship v. Union Pac. R.R. Co. (D. Ariz. 2024). “68 8 at 2 ¶ 7 (citing 49 C.F.R. § 242.1 (a)); Doc. 72 at 2 ¶ 7.”
DeFries v. Union Pac. R.R. Co. (D. Or. 2025). “Because DeFries is a train conductor, however, the Court cites the similar regulations governing train conductors ( 49 C.F.R. §§ 242.1 , et seq. and Appendix D).”
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