[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: 49CFR215.121]



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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. 215.121  Defective car body.



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

    (a) Any portion of the car body, truck, or their appurtenances 

(except wheels) has less than a 2\1/2\ inch clearance from the top of 

rail;

    (b) The car center sill is:

    (1) Broken;

    (2) Cracked more than 6 inches; or

    (3) Permanently bent or buckled more than 2\1/2\ inches in any six 

foot length;

    (c) The car has a coupler carrier that is:

    (1) Broken;

    (2) Missing;

    (3) Non-resilient and the coupler has a type F head.

    (d) After December 1, 1983, the car is a box car and its side doors 

are not equipped with operative hangers, or the



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equivalent, to prevent the doors from becoming disengaged.

    (e) The car has a center plate:

    (1) That is not properly secured;

    (2) Any portion of which is missing; or

    (3) That is broken; or

    (4) That has two or more cracks through its cross section 

(thickness) at the edge of the plate that extend to the portion of the 

plate that is obstructed from view while the truck is in place; or

    (f) The car has a broken sidesill, crossbearer, or body bolster.



[44 FR 77340, Dec. 31, 1979, as amended at 47 FR 53737, Dec. 29, 1982]



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