---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 221.17"
title: "49"
number: "221.17"
heading: "Movement of defective equipment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/221.17"
---

# §221.17. Movement of defective equipment.

- (a) Whenever the marking device prescribed in this part becomes inoperative enroute, the train may be moved to the next forward location where the marking device can be repaired or replaced.
- (b) Defective rolling equipment which, because of the nature of the defect, can be placed only at the rear of a train for movement to the next forward location at which repairs can be made need not be equipped with marking devices prescribed in this part.
- (c) When a portion of a train has derailed, and a portable marking device is not available, the remainder of the train may be moved to the nearest terminal without being equipped with the marking device prescribed in this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 2321, Jan. 11, 1977, unless otherwise noted.