49 C.F.R. § 240.127 Criteria for examining skill performance.
Title 49 - Transportation
(a) Each railroad's program shall include criteria and procedures for implementing this section. (b) A railroad shall have procedures for examining the performance skills of a person being evaluated for qualification as a locomotive engineer in either train or locomotive service to determine whether the person has the skills to safely operate locomotives and/or trains, including the proper application of the railroad's rules and practices for the safe operation of locomotives or trains, in the most demanding class or type of service that the person will be permitted to perform. (c) The testing procedures selected by the railroad shall be: (1) Designed to examine a person's skills in safely operating locomotives or trains including the proper application of the railroad's rules and practices for the safe operation of locomotives or trains when performing the most demanding class or type of service that the person will be permitted to perform; (2) Conducted by a Designated Supervisor of Locomotive Engineers, who does not need to be qualified on the physical characteristics of the territory over which the test will be conducted; (3) Cover the following subjects during the test period (i) Operating practices; (ii) Equipment inspection practices; (iii) Train handling practices; and (iv) Compliance with Federal safety rules; (4) Be of sufficient length to effectively evaluate the person's ability to operate trains; and (5) Conducted when the person either (i) Is at the controls of the type of train normally operated on that railroad or segment of railroad and which this person might be permitted or required by the railroad to operate in the normal course of events after certification or (ii) Is at the controls of a Type I or Type II simulator programmed to replicate the responsive behavior of the type of train normally operated on that railroad or segment of railroad and which this person might be permitted or required by the railroad to operate in the normal course of events after certification. (d) The conduct of the test shall be documented in writing by the designated supervisor and the documentation shall contain: (1) The relevant facts concerning the train being operated; (2) The constraints applicable to its operation; and (3) The factors observed and relied on for evaluation purposes by the designated supervisor. [56 FR 28254, June 19, 1991, as amended at 64 FR 60992, Nov. 8, 1999]
Title 49: Transportation
PART 240—QUALIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS
Subpart B—Component Elements of the Certification Process
§ 240.127 Criteria for examining skill performance.
