1. Regulations
  2. title 49
  3. chapter II
  4. part 229
  5. subpart C
  6. subjgrp 26
  7. § 229.71

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§ 229.71 - Clearance above top of rail.

No part or appliance of a locomotive except the wheels, flexible nonmetallic sand pipe extension tips, and trip cock arms may be less than 2 1/2 inches above the top of rail.

AUTHORITY: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20133, 20137-38, 20143, 20168, 20701-03, 21301-02, 21304, 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

SOURCE: 45 FR 21109, Mar. 31, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 49 CFR 229.71