---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 215.125"
title: "49"
number: "215.125"
heading: "Defective uncoupling device."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/215.125"
---

# §215.125. Defective uncoupling device.


A railroad may not place or continue in service a car, if the car has an uncoupling device without sufficient vertical and lateral clearance to prevent—

- (a) Fouling on curves; or
- (b) **Unintentional uncouplings.**

## Notes

### 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.