[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR215.117]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 215_RAILROAD FREIGHT CAR SAFETY STANDARDS--Table of Contents

 

                    Subpart B_Freight Car Components

 

Sec.  215.117  Defective roller bearing adapter.



    A railroad may not place or continue in service a car, if the car 

has a roller bearing adapter that is--

    (a) Cracked or broken;

    (b) Not in its design position; or

    (c) Worn on the crown of the adapter to the extent that the frame 

bears on the relief portion of the adapter, as shown in the figure below 

(see figure 1).