[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: 49CFR174.61]

[Page 662]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 174_CARRIAGE BY RAIL--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart C_General Handling and Loading Requirements
 
Sec. 174.61  Transport vehicles and freight containers on flat cars.

    (a) A transport vehicle, freight container, or package containing a 
hazardous material must be designed and loaded so that it will not 
become damaged to an extent that would affect its integrity under 
conditions normally incident to transportation. Each unit must be 
secured on a flatcar so that it cannot permanently change position 
during transit. Packages of hazardous materials contained therein must 
be loaded and braced as provided by Sec. Sec. 174.101, 174.112, 174.115 
and 174.55. Placards must be applied when prescribed by part 172 of this 
subchapter and part 174.
    (b) Except as specified in Sec. 173.21, a truck body, trailer, or 
freight container equipped with heating or refrigerating equipment which 
has fuel or any article classed as a hazardous material may be loaded 
and transported on a flat car as part of a joint rail highway movement. 
The heating or refrigerating equipment is considered to be a part of the 
truck body or trailer and is not subject to any other requirements of 
this subchapter. The truck body, trailer, or freight container must be 
secured on the flatcar so that it cannot change position during transit.

[Amdt. 174-26, 41 FR 16092, Apr. 15, 1976, as amended by Amdt. 174-26A, 
41 FR 40685, Sept. 20, 1976; Amdt. 174-38, 45 FR 32698, May 19, 1980; 
Amdt. 174-39, 45 FR 81572, Dec. 11, 1980; Amdt. 174-59, 51 FR 5974, Feb. 
18, 1986; Amdt. 174-68, 57 FR 45464, Oct. 1, 1992; Amdt. 174-79, 59 FR 
64744, Dec. 15, 1994]