---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 229.67"
title: "49"
number: "229.67"
heading: "Trucks."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/229.67"
---

# §229.67. Trucks.

- (a) The male center plate shall extend into the female center plate at least 3/4 inch. On trucks constructed to transmit tractive effort through the center plate or center pin, the male center plate shall extend into the female center plate at least 1 1/2 inches. Maximum lost motion in a center plate assemblage may not exceed 1/2 inch.
- (b) Each locomotive shall have a device or securing arrangement to prevent the truck and locomotive body from separating in case of derailment.
- (c) A truck may not have a loose tie bar or a cracked or broken center casting, motor suspension lug, equalizer, hanger, gib or pin. A truck frame may not be broken or have a crack in a stress area that may affect its structural integrity.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20133, 20137-38, 20143, 20168, 20701-03, 21301-02, 21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 21109, Mar. 31, 1980, unless otherwise noted.