---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 215.15"
title: "49"
number: "215.15"
heading: "Periodic inspection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/215.15"
---

# §215.15. Periodic inspection.

- (a) After June 30, 1980, a railroad may not place or continue in service a freight car that has not received an initial periodic inspection in accordance with [49 CFR 215.25](/cfr/49/215.25.md), as in effect on October 6, 1976 (41 FR 44044), unless—
  - (1) The car is a high utilization car built or reconditioned after December 31, 1977; or
  - (2) **The car is a non-high utilization car built or reconditioned after December 31, 1971.**
- (b) A freight car that has received an initial periodic inspection under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section shall be stenciled to so indicate in accordance with [49 CFR 215.11](/cfr/49/215.11.md) and appendix C of this part, as in effect on October 6, 1976 (41 FR 44044). This stenciling need not be retained on the car after June 30, 1981.
- (c) As used in this section, “high utilization car” means a car—
  - (1) Specifically equipped to carry trucks, automobiles, containers, trailers, or removable trailer bodies for the transportation of freight; or
  - (2) **Assigned to a train that operates in a continuous round trip cycle between the same two points.**

## 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.