---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 213.205"
title: "49"
number: "213.205"
heading: "Derails."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/213.205"
---

# §213.205. Derails.

- (a) Each derail shall be clearly visible.
- (b) When in a locked position, a derail shall be free of lost motion which would prevent it from performing its intended function.
- (c) Each derail shall be maintained to function as intended.
- (d) Each derail shall be properly installed for the rail to which it is applied. (This [paragraph (d)](#d) 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.