[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: 49CFR238.205]



[Page 669]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 238_PASSENGER EQUIPMENT SAFETY STANDARDS--Table of Contents

 

     Subpart C_Specific Requirements for Tier I Passenger Equipment

 

Sec. 238.205  Anti-climbing mechanism.



    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, all 

passenger equipment placed in service for the first time on or after 

September 8, 2000 shall have at both the forward and rear ends an anti-

climbing mechanism capable of resisting an upward or downward vertical 

force of 100,000 pounds without failure. When coupled together in any 

combination to join two vehicles, AAR Type H and Type F tight-lock 

couplers satisfy this requirement.

    (b) Except for a cab car or an MU locomotive, each locomotive 

ordered on or after September 8, 2000, or placed in service for the 

first time on or after September 9, 2002, shall have an anti-climbing 

mechanism at its forward end capable of resisting both an upward and 

downward vertical force of 200,000 pounds without failure.



[64 FR 25660, May 12, 1999, as amended at 67 FR 19991, Apr. 23, 2002]