[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: 49CFR215.13]



[Page 178]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

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

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec.  215.13  Pre-departure inspection.



    (a) At each location where a freight car is placed in a train, the 

freight car shall be inspected before the train departs. This inspection 

may be made before or after the car is placed in the train.

    (b) At a location where an inspector designated under Sec.  215.11 

is on duty for the purpose of inspecting freight cars, the inspection 

required by paragraph (a) of this section shall be made by that 

inspector to determine whether the car is in compliance with this part.

    (c) At a location where a person designated under Sec.  215.11 is 

not on duty for the purpose of inspecting freight cars, the inspection 

required by paragraph (a) shall, as a minimum, be made for those 

conditions set forth in appendix D to this part.

    (d) Performance of the inspection prescribed by this section does 

not relieve a railroad of its liability under Sec.  215.7 for failure to 

comply with any other provision of this part.



[45 FR 26710, Apr. 21, 1980]