[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: 49CFR238.207]



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                        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. 238.207  Link between coupling mechanism and car body.



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

after September 8, 2000 shall have a coupler carrier at each end 

designed to resist a vertical downward thrust from the coupler shank of 

100,000 pounds for any normal horizontal position of the coupler, 

without permanent deformation. For passenger equipment that is connected 

by articulated joints that comply with the requirements of Sec. 

238.205(a), such passenger equipment also complies with the requirements 

of this section.