[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: 49CFR238.221]



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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. 238.221  Glazing.



    (a) Passenger equipment shall comply with the applicable Safety 

Glazing Standards contained in part 223 of this chapter, if required by 

that part.



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    (b) Each exterior window on a locomotive cab and a passenger car 

shall remain in place when subjected to:

    (1) The forces described in part 223 of this chapter; and

    (2) The forces due to air pressure differences caused when two 

trains pass at the minimum separation for two adjacent tracks, while 

traveling in opposite directions, each train traveling at the maximum 

authorized speed.