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Title 49 - Transportation last revised: Nov 18, 2024
Appendix Appendix A - Appendix A to Part 215—Railroad Freight Car Components

List of components whose use is restricted by § 215.203 of this part.

A. Air brakes:

The “K” type.

B. Axles:

1. Former AAR alternate standard tubular type.

2. Axle with letters “RJ” stamped on the end of the journal.

C. Couplers:

1. AAR type “D”, top or bottom operated.

2. AAR type “E” with 5″ by 7″ shank.

D. Draft arrangement:

1. Miner FR-16 and FR-19-F draft gears.

2. Farlow draft attachment.

E. Plain journal bearings:

Cartridge type.

F. Roller bearings:

1. Nippon Sieko Kabushiki Kaish (NSK) size 6 1/2″ by 12″ (marked “AAR 11”).

2. Hyatt cylindrical bearing, all sizes (marked “AAR 2”).

3. SKF “Piggybacker” spherical roller, size 6″ by 11″ (marked “AAR 7”).

G. Trucks:

1. Arch bar type.

2. Truck with cast steel pedestal side frame, short wheel base, and no bolster.

H. Truck bolsters:

1. A bolster with one of the following pattern numbers listed according to manufacturer:

A.S.F. Dresser (Symington) Birdsboro Lenoir car works
21183-BBO 52341458CS-184.
1468
21183-NBO 52631471CS-611.
BO 7076
21648-CBO 7076-A
22056-EBO 7115

2. Bolster cast before 1927.

3. Bolster without an identification mark or pattern number.

I. 1. Truck side frames:

A side frame with one of the following pattern numbers listed according to manufacturer:

A.S.F. National castings Buckeye Dominion
727333793-1B3-1776TF-5100
7323F-420
21362 (cast prior to June 1941)
Pittsburgh steel foundry Scullin steel Bettendorf Canadian steel foundry
3167342-CS-180UT 45626565
4-1862
3-16744665
4-20454770
128974942
129215220
212635364
5364-C
5364-E
5811-A
5869-B
6577-A

2. Side frame cast before 1927.

3. Side frame without an identification mark or pattern number.

4. Side frame with an “I”, “T”, or “L” section compression or tension member.

J. Wheels:

1. Cast iron wheel.

2. Cast steel wheel marked “AAR X-2.”

3. Southern cast steel wheel manufactured before May 7, 1958.

4. Griffin, three-riser cast steel wheel, ball rim design, 70-ton capacity.

5. Griffin, three-riser cast steel wheel, two-wear, 70- and 50-ton capacity, 33 inch, (marked X-5 or CS-2).

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:

1. Riveted type.

2. Keyless type.

3. Vertical key type.

source: 44 FR 77340, Dec. 31, 1979, unless otherwise noted.