[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: 49CFR238.205]

[Page 720]
 
                        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.  238.205  Anti-climbing mechanism.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, all 
passenger equipment placed in service for the first time on or after 
September 8, 2000 shall have at both the forward and rear ends an anti-
climbing mechanism capable of resisting an upward or downward vertical 
force of 100,000 pounds without failure. When coupled together in any 
combination to join two vehicles, AAR Type H and Type F tight-lock 
couplers satisfy this requirement.
    (b) Except for a cab car or an MU locomotive, each locomotive 
ordered on or after September 8, 2000, or placed in service for the 
first time on or after September 9, 2002, shall have an anti-climbing 
mechanism at its forward end capable of resisting both an upward and 
downward vertical force of 200,000 pounds without failure. Locomotives 
required to be constructed in accordance with subpart D of part 229 of 
this chapter shall have an anti-climbing mechanism in compliance with 
Sec.  229.206 of this chapter, in lieu of the requirements of this 
paragraph.

[64 FR 25660, May 12, 1999, as amended at 67 FR 19991, Apr. 23, 2002; 71 
FR 36916, June 28, 2006]