---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 236.531"
title: "49"
number: "236.531"
heading: "Trip arm; height and distance from rail."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/236.531"
---

# §236.531. Trip arm; height and distance from rail.


Trip arm of automatic train stop device when in the stop position shall be maintained at a height above the plane of the tops of the rails, and at a horizontal distance from its center line to gage side of the nearest running rail, in accordance with specifications of the carrier.


## Notes

### Amendments

[49 FR 3386, Jan. 26, 1984]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20102-20103, 20107, 20133, 20141, 20157, 20301-20303, 20306, 20501-20505, 20701-20703, 21301-21302, 21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 19684, Dec. 25, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[49 FR 3386, Jan. 26, 1984]