[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: 49CFR174.84]

[Page 670]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 174_CARRIAGE BY RAIL--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart D_Handling of Placarded Rail Cars, Transport Vehicles and 
                           Freight Containers
 
Sec. 174.84  Position in train of loaded placarded rail cars, transport 

vehicles, freight containers or bulk packagings when accompanied by guards 
or technical escorts.

    A rail car placarded in Division 1.1 or 1.2 (explosive); Division 
2.3 (Hazard Zone A; poisonous gas); or Division 6.1 (PG I, Hazard Zone 
A; poisonous liquid) in a moving or standing train must be next to and 
ahead of any car occupied by the guards or technical escorts 
accompanying the placarded rail car. However, if a rail car occupied by 
the guards or technical escorts has temperature control equipment in 
operation, it must be the fourth car behind any car requiring Division 
1.1 or 1.2 (explosive) placards.

[Amdt. 174-68, 55 FR 52680, Dec. 21, 1990, as amended at 56 FR 66281, 
Dec. 20, 1991; 66 FR 45383, Aug. 28, 2001]