---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 213.123"
title: "49"
number: "213.123"
heading: "Tie plates."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/213.123"
---

# §213.123. Tie plates.

- (a) In Classes 3 through 5 track where timber crossties are in use there shall be tie plates under the running rails on at least eight of any 10 consecutive ties.
- (b) In Classes 3 through 5 track no metal object which causes a concentrated load by solely supporting a rail shall be allowed between the base of the rail and the bearing surface of the tie plate. This [paragraph (b)](#b) is applicable September 21, 1999.)

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20102-20114 and 20142; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 34029, June 22, 1998, unless otherwise noted.