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Title 49 - Transportation last revised: Oct 15, 2024
All TitlesTitle 49Chapter IIPart 229Subpart C - Subpart C—Safety Requirements
View all text of Subpart C [§ 229.41 - § 229.141]
§ 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. 20103,20107,20133,20137,20143,20168,20701,21301,21304,28.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
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