---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 215.127"
title: "49"
number: "215.127"
heading: "Defective draft arrangement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/215.127"
---

# §215.127. Defective draft arrangement.


A railroad may not place or continue in service a car, if—

- (a) The car has a draft gear that is inoperative;
- (b) The car has a broken yoke;
- (c) **An end of car cushioning unit is—**
  - (1) Leaking clearly formed droplets; or
  - (2) Inoperative;
- (d) **A vertical coupler pin retainer plate—**
  - (1) Is missing (except by design); or
  - (2) Has a missing fastener;
- (e) **The car has a draft key, or draft key retainer, that is—**
  - (1) Inoperative; or
  - (2) Missing; or
- (f) **The car has a missing or broken follower plate.**

## 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.