[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: 49CFR215.123]



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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. 215.123  Defective couplers.



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

    (a) The car is equipped with a coupler shank that is bent out of 

alignment to the extent that the coupler will not couple automatically 

with the adjacent car;

    (b) The car has a coupler that has a crack in the highly stressed 

junction area of the shank and head as shown in the figure below (see 

figure 2).

    (c) The car has a coupler knuckle that is broken or cracked on the 

inside pulling face of the knuckle.

    (d) The car has a knuckle pin or knuckle thrower that is:

    (1) Missing; or

    (2) Inoperative; or

    (e) The car has a coupler retainer pin lock that is--



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    (1) Missing; or

    (2) Broken; or

    (f) The car has a coupler with any of the following conditions:

    (1) The locklift is inoperative;

    (2) The coupler assembly does not have anticreep protection to 

prevent unintentional unlocking of the coupler lock; or

    (3) The coupler lock is--

    (i) Missing;

    (ii) Inoperative;

    (iii) Bent;

    (iv) Cracked; or

    (v) Broken.