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

(a) Any portion of the car body, truck, or their appurtenances (except wheels) has less than a 21⁄2 inch clearance from the top of rail;

(b) The car center sill is: (1) Broken;

(2) Cracked more than 6 inches; or (3) Permanently bent or buckled more than 21⁄2 inches in any six foot length;

(c) The car has a coupler carrier that is:

(1) Broken;

(2) Missing;

(3) Non-resilient and the coupler has

a type F head.

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§ 215.123 Defective couplers.

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

(a) The car is equipped with a coupler shank that is bent out of alignment to the extent that the coupler will not couple automatically with the adjacent car;

(b) The car has a coupler that has a crack in the highly stressed junction area of the shank and head as shown in the figure below (see figure 2).

(c) The car has a coupler knuckle that is broken or cracked on the inside pulling face of the knuckle.

(d) The car has a knuckle pin or knuckle thrower that is:

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(1) Missing; or (2) Broken; or

(f) The car has a coupler with any of the following conditions:

(1) The locklift is inoperative;

(2) The coupler assembly does not have anticreep protection to prevent unintentional unlocking of the coupler lock; or

(3) The coupler lock is

(i) Missing;

(ii) Inoperative;

(iii) Bent;

(iv) Cracked; or

(v) Broken.

8 215.125 Defective uncoupling device.

A railroad may not place or continue in service a car, if the car has an uncoupling device without sufficient vertical and lateral clearance to prevent(a) Fouling on curves; or

(b) Unintentional uncouplings.

8 215.127 Defective draft arrangement. A railroad may not place or continue in service a car, if

(a) The car has a draft gear that is inoperative;

(b) The car has a broken yoke;

(c) An end of car cushioning unit is

or

(1) Leaking clearly formed droplets;

(2) Inoperative;

(d) A vertical coupler pin retainer plate

(1) Is missing (except by design); or (2) Has a missing fastener;

(e) The car has a draft key, or draft key retainer, that is

(1) Inoperative; or

(2) Missing; or

(f) The car has a missing or broken follower plate.

§ 215.129 Defective cushioning device.

A railroad may not place or continue in service a car if it has a cushioning device that is

(a) Broken;

(b) Inoperative; or

(c) Missing a part

unless its sliding components have been effectively immobilized.

Subpart C-Restricted Equipment

§ 215.201 Scope.

This subpart contains requirements restricting the use of certain railroad freight cars.

215.203 Restricted cars.

(a) This section restricts the operation of any railroad freight car that is

(1) More than 50 years old, measured from the date of original construction;

(2) Equipped with any design or type component listed in Appendix A to this part; or

(3) Equipped with a Duryea underframe constructed before April 1, 1950, except for a caboose which is operated as the last car in a train.

(b) A railroad may not place or continue in service a railroad freight car described in paragraph (a) of this section, except under conditions approved by the Federal Railroad Administrator.

(c) A railroad may petition the Administrator to continue in service a car described in paragraph (a) of this section. Each petition shall be

(1) Be submitted not less than 90 days before the car is to be operated; (2) Be submitted in triplicate; and (3) State or describe the following:

(i) The name and principal business address of the petitioning railroad.

(ii) The name and address of the entity that controls the operation and maintenance of the car involved.

(iii) The number, type, capacity, reporting marks, and car numbers of the cars, their condition, status, and age measured from the date of original construction.

(iv) The design, type component, or other item that causes the car to be restricted.

(v) The maximum load the cars would carry.

(vi) The maximum speed at which the cars would be operated.

(vii) That each car has been examined and found to be safe to operate under the conditions set forth in the petition.

(viii) The territorial limits within which the cars are to be operated and the name of each railroad that will receive the cars in interchange.

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6. Wrought steel wheel manufactured before 1927, as indicated by marking on wheel.

7. Cast steel wheel marked AAR X-4. 8. Davis cast steel wheel.

9. One-wear, 70-ton Southern (ABEX) U1 cast steel wheels dated May 7, 1958 through December 31, 1969.

A. Wheels dated May 7, 1958, to January 1, 1964, are marked with the symbol "70T" cast on the back of the wheel plate; they are not marked "U-1."

B. Wheels dated January 1, 1964 through December 31, 1969, are marked with the symbols "CJ-33" and "U-1" or "70T" and "U-1" cast on the back of the wheel plate. K. Yokes:

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215.105 Defective axle:

(i) Crack of 1" or less

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