[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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

[CITE: 49CFR215.119]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 215_RAILROAD FREIGHT CAR SAFETY STANDARDS--Table of Contents

 

                    Subpart B_Freight Car Components

 

Sec. 215.119  Defective freight car truck.



    A railroad may not place or continue in service a car, if the car 

has--

    (a) A side frame or bolster that--

    (1) Is broken; or

    (2) Has a crack of \1/4\ of an inch or more in the transverse 

direction on a tension member;

    (b) A truck equipped with a snubbing device that is ineffective, as 

evidenced by--

    (1) A snubbing friction element that is worn beyond a wear 

indicator;

    (2) A snubber wear plate that is loose, missing (except by design), 

or worn through;

    (3) A broken or missing snubber activating spring; or



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    (4) Snubber unit that is broken, or in the case of hydraulic units, 

is broken or leaking clearly formed droplets of oil or other fluid.

    (c) A side bearing in any of the following conditions:

    (1) Part of the side bearing assembly is missing or broken;

    (2) The bearings at one end of the car, on both sides, are in 

contact with the body bolster (except by design);

    (3) The bearings at one end of the car have a total clearance from 

the body bolster of more than \3/4\ of an inch; or

    (4) At diagonally opposite sides of the car, the bearings have a 

total clearance from the body bolsters of more than \3/4\ of an inch;

    (d) Truck springs--

    (1) That do not maintain travel or load;

    (2) That are compressed solid; or

    (3) More than one outer spring of which is broken, or missing, in 

any spring cluster;

    (e) Interference between the truck bolster and the center plate that 

prevents proper truck rotations; or

    (f) Brake beam shelf support worn so excessively that it does not 

support the brake beam.



                               Car Bodies