[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: 49CFR238.209]



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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. 238.209  Forward-facing end structure of locomotives.



    The skin covering the forward-facing end of each locomotive shall 

be:



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    (a) Equivalent to a \1/2\ inch steel plate with a 25,000 pounds-per-

square-inch yield strength--material of a higher yield strength may be 

used to decrease the required thickness of the material provided at 

least an equivalent level of strength is maintained;

    (b) Designed to inhibit the entry of fluids into the occupied cab 

area of the equipment; and

    (c) Affixed to the collision posts or other main vertical structural 

members of the forward end structure so as to add to the strength of the 

end structure.

    (d) As used in this section, the term ``skin'' does not include 

forward-facing windows and doors.