[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR224.109]

[Page 357-358]
 
                        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.