[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR174.112]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 174_CARRIAGE BY RAIL--Table of Contents

 

                 Subpart E_Class I (Explosive) Materials

 

Sec. 174.112  Loading Division 1.3 materials and Division 1.2 (explosive) 

materials (Also see Sec. 174.101).



    (a) Division 1.3 materials and Division 1.2 (explosive) materials 

may not be loaded, transported or stored in a rail car equipped with any 

type of lighted heater or open-flame device, or in a rail car equipped 

with any apparatus or mechanism utilizing an internal combustion engine 

in its operation.

    (b) Except as provided in Sec. 174.101(b), (n), or (o) Division 1.3 

materials and Division 1.2 (explosive) materials must be transported in 

a closed car or container car which is in good condition, and into which 

sparks cannot enter. The car does not require the car certificates 

prescribed in Sec. 174.104(c) through (f). If the doors are not tight, 

they must be stripped to prevent the entrance of sparks. Wood floored 

cars must be equipped with spark shields (see Sec. 174.104). Packages 

of Division 1.3 materials and Division 1.2 (explosive) materials must be 

blocked and braced to prevent their shifting and possible damage due to 

shifting of other freight during transportation. For recommended methods 

of blocking and bracing see Bureau of Explosives Pamphlet No. 6.

    (c) Division 1.3 materials and Division 1.2 (explosive) materials 

may not be transported in a truck body, trailer, or container on a 

flatcar unless:

    (1) The truck body, trailer, or container is closed and tight;

    (2) All automatic heating or refrigerating machinery with which the 

truck body, trailer, or container is equipped is inoperative; and

    (3) Packages of Division 1.3 materials and Division 1.2 (explosive) 

materials are blocked and braced within the truck body, trailer, or 

container to prevent their shifting and possible damage due to shifting 

of other freight during transportation (ends, sidewalls, or doors of the 

truck body, trailer, or container may not be relied on to prevent the 

shifting of heavy loads). For recommended methods of blocking and 

bracing see Bureau of Explosives Pamphlet No. 6C. See Sec. 174.101(o).



[Amdt. 174-26, 41 FR 16092, Apr. 15, 1976, as amended by Amdt. 174-26B, 

41 FR 57072, Dec. 30, 1976; Amdt. 174-68, 55 FR 52682, Dec. 21, 1990; 

Amdt. 174-83, 61 FR 51339, Oct. 1, 1996; 66 FR 45383, Aug. 28, 2001; 68 

FR 61942, Oct. 30, 2003]