# Locomotive Crashworthiness
> **US Department of Transportation** · Final rule. · Published 2006-06-28 · Effective 2006-08-28 · 71 FR 36888
## Document
- **Document number:** 06-5667
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Transportation
- **Federal Register citation:** 71 FR 36888
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 229
- **Publication date:** 2006-06-28
- **Effective date:** 2006-08-28
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. FRA-2004-17645, Notice No. 3
## Abstract

FRA is issuing comprehensive, minimum standards for locomotive crashworthiness. These crashworthiness standards are intended to help protect locomotive cab occupants in the event of a locomotive collision. Examples of locomotive collision scenarios considered in this rulemaking include collisions with another locomotive, the rear of another train, a piece of on-track equipment, a shifted load on a freight car on an adjacent parallel track, and a highway vehicle at a rail-highway grade crossing. Locomotive crashworthiness must be demonstrated by complying with either the final rule's new performance standards or an FRA-approved design standard.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2006/06/28/06-5667/locomotive-crashworthiness)
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