[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: 49CFR238.219]



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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. 238.219  Truck-to-car-body attachment.



    Passenger equipment shall have a truck-to-car-body attachment with 

an ultimate strength sufficient to resist without failure the following 

individually applied loads: 2g vertically on the mass of the truck; and 

250,000 pounds in any horizontal direction on the truck, along with the 

resulting vertical reaction to this load. For purposes of this section, 

the mass of the truck includes axles, wheels, bearings, the truck-

mounted brake system, suspension system components, and any other 

component attached to the truck by design.



[67 FR 19991, Apr. 23, 2002]