[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: 49CFR229.67]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 229_RAILROAD LOCOMOTIVE SAFETY STANDARDS--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart C_Safety Requirements

 

Sec. 229.67  Trucks.



    (a) The male center plate shall extend into the female center plate 

at least \3/4\ inch. On trucks constructed to transmit tractive effort 

through the center plate or center pin, the male center plate shall 

extend into the female center plate at least 1\1/2\ inches. Maximum lost 

motion in a center plate assemblage may not exceed \1/2\ inch.

    (b) Each locomotive shall have a device or securing arrangement to 

prevent the truck and locomotive body from separating in case of 

derailment.

    (c) A truck may not have a loose tie bar or a cracked or broken 

center casting, motor suspension lug, equalizer, hanger, gib or pin. A 

truck frame may not be broken or have a crack in a stress area that may 

affect its structural integrity.



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