§215.123. Defective couplers.
49 C.F.R. § 215.123
A railroad may not place or continue in service a car, if—
The car is equipped with a coupler shank that is bent out of alignment to the extent that the coupler will not couple automatically with the adjacent car;
The car has a coupler that has a crack in the highly stressed junction area of the shank and head as shown in the figure below (see figure 2).
The car has a coupler knuckle that is broken or cracked on the inside pulling face of the knuckle.
The car has a knuckle pin or knuckle thrower that is—
Missing; or
Inoperative; or
The car has a coupler retainer pin lock that is—
Missing; or
Broken; or
The car has a coupler with any of the following conditions—
The locklift is inoperative;
The coupler assembly does not have anticreep protection to prevent unintentional unlocking of the coupler lock; or
The coupler lock is—
Missing;
Inoperative;
Bent;
Cracked; or
Broken.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Authority
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20102-03, 20107, 20171; 28 U.S.C. 2461; and 49 CFR 1.89.
Source
Source: 44 FR 77340, Dec. 31, 1979, unless otherwise noted.