Title 49

PART 231 Part 231 - Railroad Safety Appliance Standards

PART 231 - RAILROAD SAFETY APPLIANCE STANDARDS Authority:49 U.S.C. 20102-20103, 20107, 20131, 20301-20303, 21301-21302, 21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89. Source:33 FR 19663, Dec. 25, 1968, unless otherwise noted. Note:

Where rivets or bolts are required in this part 231 a two-piece steel rivet may be used consisting of:

(a) A solid shank of one-half ( 1/2) inch minimum diameter steel or material of equal or greater strength having cold forged head on one end, a shank length for material thickness fastened, locking grooves, breakneck groove and pull grooves (all annular grooves) on the opposite end.

(b) A collar of similar material which is cold swaged into the locking grooves forming a head for the opposite end of item (a) after the pull groove section has been removed.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20102-20103, 20107, 20131, 20301-20303, 21301-21302, 21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.
Source: 33 FR 19663, Dec. 25, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.1	SECTION 231.0	231.0 Applicability and penalties.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.2	SECTION 231.1	231.1 Box and other house cars built or placed in service before October 1, 1966.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.3	SECTION 231.2	231.2 Hopper cars and high-side gondolas with fixed ends.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.4	SECTION 231.3	231.3 Drop-end high-side gondola cars.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.5	SECTION 231.4	231.4 Fixed-end low-side gondola and low-side hopper cars.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.6	SECTION 231.5	231.5 Drop-end low-side gondola cars.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.7	SECTION 231.6	231.6 Flat cars.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.8	SECTION 231.7	231.7 Tank cars with side platforms.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.9	SECTION 231.8	231.8 Tank cars without side sills and tank cars with short side sills and end platforms.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.10	SECTION 231.9	231.9 Tank cars without end sills.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.11	SECTION 231.10	231.10 Caboose cars with platforms.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.12	SECTION 231.11	231.11 Caboose cars without platforms.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.13	SECTION 231.12	231.12 Passenger-train cars with wide vestibules.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.14	SECTION 231.13	231.13 Passenger-train cars with open-end platforms.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.15	SECTION 231.14	231.14 Passenger-train cars without end platforms.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.16	SECTION 231.15	231.15 Steam locomotives used in road service.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.17	SECTION 231.16	231.16 Steam locomotives used in switching service.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.18	SECTION 231.17	231.17 Specifications common to all steam locomotives.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.19	SECTION 231.18	231.18 Cars of special construction.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.20	SECTION 231.19	231.19 Definition of “Right” and “Left.”
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.21	SECTION 231.20	231.20 Variation in size permitted.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.22	SECTION 231.21	231.21 Tank cars without underframes.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.23	SECTION 231.22	231.22 Operation of track motor cars.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.24	SECTION 231.23	231.23 Unidirectional passenger-train cars adaptable to van-type semi-trailer use.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.25	SECTION 231.24	231.24 Box and other house cars with roofs, 16 feet 10 inches or more above top of rail. 1
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.26	SECTION 231.25	231.25 Track motorcars (self-propelled 4-wheel cars which can be removed from the rails by men).
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.27	SECTION 231.26	231.26 Pushcars.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.28	SECTION 231.27	231.27 Box and other house cars without roof hatches or placed in service after October 1, 1966.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.29	SECTION 231.28	231.28 Box and other house cars with roof hatches built or placed in service after October 1, 1966.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.30	SECTION 231.29	231.29 Road locomotives with corner stairways.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.31	SECTION 231.30	231.30 Locomotives used in switching service.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.32	SECTION 231.31	231.31 Drawbars for freight cars; standard height.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.33	SECTION 231.33	231.33 Procedure for special approval of existing industry safety appliance standards.
49:4.1.1.1.25.0.83.34	SECTION 231.35	231.35 Procedure for modification of an approved industry safety appliance standard for new railcar construction.