---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 215.3"
title: "49"
number: "215.3"
heading: "Application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/215.3"
---

# §215.3. Application.

- (a) Except as provided in paragraphs [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c) of this section, this part applies to each railroad freight car in service on:
  - (1) Standard gage track of a railroad; or
  - (2) Any other standard gage track while the car is being operated by, or is otherwise under the control of, a railroad.
- (b) Sections [215.15](/cfr/49/215.15.md) and [215.303](/cfr/49/215.303.md) of this part do not apply to any car:
  - (1) Owned by a Canadian or Mexican Railroad; and
  - (2) **Having a Canadian or Mexican reporting mark and car number.**
- (c) **This part does not apply to a railroad freight car that is—**
  - (1) Operated solely on track inside an industrial or other non-railroad installation; or
  - (2) Used exclusively in dedicated service as defined in [§ 215.5(d)](/cfr/49/215.5.md?p=d) of this part; or
  - (3) Maintenance-of-way equipment (including self-propelled maintenance-of-way equipment) if that equipment is not used in revenue service and is stenciled in accordance with [§ 215.305](/cfr/49/215.305.md) of this part.
  - (4) Operated in a passenger train and that is inspected, tested, maintained, and operated pursuant to the requirements contained in [part 238](/cfr/49/part238.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 77340, Dec. 31, 1979, as amended at 65 FR 41305, July 3, 2000]

### 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.

### Amendments

[44 FR 77340, Dec. 31, 1979, as amended at 65 FR 41305, July 3, 2000]