[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: 49CFR224.109]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 224_REFLECTORIZATION OF RAIL FREIGHT ROLLING STOCK--Table of Contents

 

 Subpart B_Application, Inspection, and Maintenance of Retroreflective 

                                Material

 

Sec.  224.109  Inspection, repair, and replacement.



    (a) Railroad freight cars. Retroreflective sheeting on railroad 

freight cars subject to this part must be visually inspected for 

presence and condition whenever a car undergoes a single car air brake 

test required under 49 CFR 232.305. If at the time of inspection less 

than 80 percent of the amount of sheeting required under Sec.  224.105 

(Sec.  224.107 in the case of freight cars subject to Sec.  

224.107(a)(3)) on either side of a car is present, not damaged, and not 

obscured, the inspecting railroad or contractor shall promptly notify 

the person responsible for the reporting mark, as indicated in the 

Universal Machine Language Equipment Register, of the damaged, obscured, 

or missing sheeting (unless the inspecting railroad or contractor is the 

person responsible for the reporting mark). The inspecting railroad or 

contractor shall retain a written or electronic copy of each such 

notification made for at least two years from the date of the notice and 

shall make these records available for inspection and copying by the FRA 

upon request. Any person notified of a defect under this section shall 

have nine months (270 calendar days) from the date of notification to 

repair or replace the damaged, obscured, or missing sheeting. Where the 

inspecting railroad or contractor is the person responsible for the 

reporting mark, the person shall have nine months (270 calendar days) 

from the date of the inspection to repair or replace the damaged, 

obscured, or missing sheeting.

    (b) Locomotives. Retroreflective sheeting must be visually inspected 

for presence and condition when the locomotive receives the annual 

inspection required under 49 CFR 229.27. If at the time of inspection 

less than 80 percent of the amount of sheeting required under Sec.  

224.105 (Sec.  224.107 in the case of locomotives subject to Sec.  

224.107(b)(3)) on either side of a locomotive is present, not damaged, 

and not obscured, the damaged, obscured, or missing sheeting



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must be repaired or replaced within nine months (270 calendar days) from 

the date of inspection, provided a record of the defect is maintained in 

the locomotive cab or in a secure and accessible electronic database to 

which FRA is provided access on request.