[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR238.219]

[Page 564]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 238--PASSENGER EQUIPMENT SAFETY STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart C--Specific Requirements for Tier I Passenger Equipment
 
Sec. 238.219  Truck-to-car-body attachment.

    Passenger equipment shall have a truck-to-car-body attachment with 
an ultimate strength sufficient to resist without failure the following 
individually applied loads: 2g vertically on the mass of the truck; and 
250,000 pounds in any horizontal direction on the truck, along with the 
resulting vertical reaction to this load. For purposes of this section, 
the mass of the truck includes axles, wheels, bearings, the truck-
mounted brake system, suspension system components, and any other 
component attached to the truck by design.

[67 FR 19991, Apr. 23, 2002]