[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: 49CFR238.213]



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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. 238.213  Corner posts.



    (a) Each passenger car shall have at each end of the car, placed 

ahead of the occupied volume, two full-height corner posts capable of 

resisting:

    (1) A horizontal load of 150,000 pounds at the point of attachment 

to the underframe without failure;

    (2) A horizontal load of 20,000 pounds at the point of attachment to 

the roof structure without failure; and

    (3) A horizontal load of 30,000 pounds applied 18 inches above the 

top of the floor without permanent deformation.

    (b) For purposes of this section, the orientation of the applied 

horizontal loads shall range from longitudinal inward to transverse 

inward.



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