[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR174.14]

[Page 659]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 174_CARRIAGE BY RAIL--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart A_General Requirements
 
Sec. 174.14  Movements to be expedited.

    (a) A carrier must forward each shipment of hazardous materials 
promptly and within 48 hours (Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays 
excluded), after acceptance at the originating point or receipt at any 
yard, transfer station, or interchange point, except that where biweekly 
or weekly service only is performed, a shipment of hazardous materials 
must be forwarded on the first available train.
    (b) A tank car loaded with any Division 2.1 (flammable gas), 
Division 2.3 (poisonous gas) or Class 3 (flammable liquid) material, may 
not be received and held at any point, subject to forwarding orders, so 
as to defeat the purpose of this section or of Sec. 174.204 of this 
subchapter.

[Amdt. 174-26, 41 FR 16092, Apr. 15, 1976, as amended by Amdt. 174-68, 
55 FR 52677, Dec. 21, 1990]