CFR > Title 49 - Transportation > SUBTITLE B—Other Regulations Relating to Transportation > CHAPTER II—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (Parts 200–269) > PART 215—RAILROAD FREIGHT CAR SAFETY STANDARDS > SUBPART B—Freight Car Components (§215.101 to §215.129) > 215.125—Defective uncoupling device.

215.125—Defective uncoupling device.

A railroad may not place or continue in service a car, if the car has an uncoupling device without sufficient vertical and lateral clearance to prevent—
(a) Fouling on curves; or
(b) Unintentional uncouplings.