1. Regulations
  2. title 49
  3. chapter II
  4. part 213
  5. subpart C
  6. § 213.53

View all text of Subpart C [§ 213.51 - § 213.65]

§ 213.53 - Gage.

(a) Gage is measured between the heads of the rails at right-angles to the rails in a plane five-eighths of an inch below the top of the rail head.

(b) Gage shall be within the limits prescribed in the following table—

Class of track The gage must be at least— But not more than— Excepted trackN/A4′10 1/4″. Class 1 track4′8″4′10″. Class 2 and 3 track4′8″4′9 3/4″. Class 4 and 5 track4′8″4′9 1/2″.

AUTHORITY: 49 U.S.C. 20102-20114 and 20142; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

SOURCE: 63 FR 34029, June 22, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 49 CFR 213.53