[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR238.119]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 238--PASSENGER EQUIPMENT SAFETY STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart B--Safety Planning and General Requirements
 
Sec. 238.119  Rim-stamped straight-plate wheels.

    (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, on or 
after November 8, 1999, no railroad shall place or continue in service 
any vehicle, other than a private car, that is equipped with a rim-
stamped straight-plate wheel if a brake shoe acts on the tread of the 
wheel for the purpose of slowing the vehicle.
    (2) A commuter railroad may continue in service a vehicle equipped 
with a Class A, rim-stamped straight-plate wheel mounted on an inboard-
bearing axle until the railroad exhausts its replacement stock of wheels 
held as of May 12, 1999, provided the railroad does not modify the 
operation of the vehicle in any way that would result in increased 
thermal input to the wheel during braking.
    (b) A rim-stamped straight-plate wheel shall not be used as a 
replacement wheel on a private car that operates in a passenger train if 
a brake shoe acts on the tread of the wheel for the purpose of slowing 
the car.
    (c) The requirements of this section do not apply to a wheel that is 
periodically tread-braked for a short duration by automatic circuitry 
for the sole purpose of cleaning the wheel tread surface.

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