---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 229.71"
title: "49"
number: "229.71"
heading: "Clearance above top of rail."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/229.71"
---

# §229.71. Clearance above top of rail.


No part or appliance of a locomotive except the wheels, flexible nonmetallic sand pipe extension tips, and trip cock arms may be less than 2 1/2 inches above the top of rail.


## 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.