CFR > Title 49 - Transportation > SUBTITLE B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation > CHAPTER II—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (Parts 200–269) > PART 229—RAILROAD LOCOMOTIVE SAFETY STANDARDS > SUBPART C—Safety Requirements (§229.41 to §229.139) > 229.79—Third rail shoes.

229.79—Third rail shoes.

When locomotives are equipped with both third rail and overhead collectors, third-rail shoes shall be deenergized while in yards and at stations when current collection is exclusively from the overhead conductor.