---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 213.357"
title: "49"
number: "213.357"
heading: "Derails."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/213.357"
---

# §213.357. Derails.

- (a) Each track, other than a main track, which connects with a Class 7, 8 or 9 main track shall be equipped with a functioning derail of the correct size and type, unless railroad equipment on the track, because of grade characteristics cannot move to foul the main track.
- (b) For the purposes of this section, a derail is a device which will physically stop or divert movement of railroad rolling stock or other railroad on-track equipment past the location of the device.
- (c) Each derail shall be clearly visible. When in a locked position, a derail shall be free of any lost motion which would prevent it from performing its intended function.
- (d) Each derail shall be maintained to function as intended.
- (e) Each derail shall be properly installed for the rail to which it is applied.
- (f) If a track protected by a derail is occupied by standing railroad rolling stock, the derail shall be in derailing position.
- (g) Each derail on a track which is connected to a Class 7, 8 or 9 main track shall be interconnected with the signal system.

## 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.