§ 231.0 Applicability and penalties
§ 231.1 Box and other house cars built or placed in service before October 1, 1966
§ 231.2 Hopper cars and high-side gondolas with fixed ends
§ 231.3 Drop-end high-side gondola cars
§ 231.4 Fixed-end low-side gondola and low-side hopper cars
§ 231.5 Drop-end low-side gondola cars
§ 231.6 Flat cars
§ 231.7 Tank cars with side platforms
§ 231.8 Tank cars without side sills and tank cars with short side sills and end platforms
§ 231.9 Tank cars without end sills
§ 231.10 v2 Caboose cars with platforms
§ 231.11 Caboose cars without platforms
§ 231.12 Passenger-train cars with wide vestibules
§ 231.13 Passenger-train cars with open-end platforms
§ 231.14 Passenger-train cars without end platforms
§ 231.15 Steam locomotives used in road service
§ 231.16 Steam locomotives used in switching service
§ 231.17 Specifications common to all steam locomotives
§ 231.18 Cars of special construction
§ 231.19 Definition of “Right” and “Left.”
§ 231.20 v2 Variation in size permitted
§ 231.21 Tank cars without underframes
§ 231.22 Operation of track motor cars
§ 231.23 Unidirectional passenger-train cars adaptable to van-type semi-trailer use
§ 231.24 Box and other house cars with roofs, 16 feet 10 inches or more above top of rail. 1
§ 231.25 Track motorcars (self-propelled 4-wheel cars which can be removed from the rails by men)
§ 231.26 Pushcars
§ 231.27 Box and other house cars without roof hatches or placed in service after October 1, 1966
§ 231.28 Box and other house cars with roof hatches built or placed in service after October 1, 1966
§ 231.29 Road locomotives with corner stairways
§ 231.30 v2 Locomotives used in switching service
§ 231.31 Drawbars for freight cars; standard height
§ 231.33 Procedure for special approval of existing industry safety appliance standards
§ 231.35 Procedure for modification of an approved industry safety appliance standard for new railcar construction

Terms Used In 49 CFR Part 231 - Railroad Safety Appliance Standards

  • Act: means the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, as amended, (33 U. See 33 CFR 158.120
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Garbage: means all kinds of victual, domestic, and operational waste, excluding fresh fish and parts thereof, generated during the normal operation of the ship and liable to be disposed of continuously or periodically, except dishwater, graywater, and those substances that are defined or listed in other annexes to MARPOL 73/78. See 33 CFR 158.120
  • Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • oil cargo residue: is a lso known as "cargo oil residue. See 33 CFR 158.120
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.