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215.111 Defective plain bearing. (2) Having a Canadian or Mexican re- 215.113 Defective plain bearing wedge. porting mark and car number. 215.115 Defective roller bearing. (c) This part does not apply to a rail- 215.117 Defective roller bearing adapter. road freight car that is: 215.119 Defective freight car truck. (1) Operated solely on inside an CAR BODIES industrial or other non-railroad instal- lation; or 215.121 Defective car body. (2) Used exclusively in dedicated DRAFT SYSTEM service as defined in § 215.5(d) of this part; or 215.123 Defective couplers. 215.125 Defective uncoupling device. (3) Maintenance-of-way equipment 215.127 Defective draft arrangement. (including self-propelled maintenance- 215.129 Defective cushioning device. of-way equipment) if that equipment is not used in revenue service and is sten- Subpart C—Restricted Equipment ciled in accordance with § 215.305 of this part. 215.201 Scope. (4) Operated in a passenger train and 215.203 Restricted cars. that is inspected, tested, maintained, Subpart D—Stenciling and operated pursuant to the require- ments contained in part 238 of this 215.301 General. chapter. 215.303 Stenciling of restricted cars. 215.305 Stenciling of maintenance-of-way [44 FR 77340, Dec. 31, 1979, as amended at 65 equipment. FR 41305, July 3, 2000] APPENDIX A TO PART 215—RAILROAD FREIGHT § 215.5 Definitions. CAR COMPONENTS APPENDIX B TO PART 215—SCHEDULE OF CIVIL As used in this part: PENALTIES (a) Break means a fracture resulting APPENDIX C TO PART 215—FRA FREIGHT CAR in complete separation into parts; STANDARDS DEFECT CODE (b) Cracked means fractured without APPENDIX D TO PART 215—PRE-DEPARTURE IN- complete separation into parts, except SPECTION PROCEDURE that castings with shrinkage cracks or AUTHORITY: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107; 28 U.S.C. hot tears that do not significantly di- 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.49. minish the strength of the member are SOURCE: 44 FR 77340, Dec. 31, 1979, unless not considered to be ‘‘cracked’’; otherwise noted. (c) Railroad freight car means a car designed to carry freight, or railroad personnel, by rail and includes a: Subpart A—General (1) Box car; § 215.1 Scope of part. (2) ; (3) Ventilator car; This part prescribes minimum Fed- (4) Stock car; eral safety standards for railroad (5) car; freight cars. (6) ; (7) Flat car; § 215.3 Application. (8) Special car; (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (9) car; (b) and (c) of this section, this part ap- (10) ; and plies to each railroad freight car in (11) Yard car. service on: (d) Dedicated service means the exclu- (1) Standard gage track of a railroad; sive assignment of cars to the trans- or portation of freight between specified (2) Any other standard gage track points under the following conditions: while the car is being operated by, or is (1) The cars are operated— otherwise under the control of, a rail- (i) Primarily on track that is inside road. an industrial or other non-railroad in- (b) Sections 215.15 and 215.303 of this stallation; and part do not apply to any car: (ii) Only occasionally over track of a (1) Owned by a Canadian or Mexican railroad; Railroad; and (2) The cars are not operated—

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