[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: 49CFR174.61]



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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 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]