49 CFR Part 238
§ 238.123 — Emergency roof access
FRA Part 238 · Subpart B — Safety Planning and General Requirements. Full current text with cross-references on BuildSpec.
§ 238.123 Emergency roof access. Except as provided in § 238.441 of this chapter— (a) Number and dimensions. Each passenger car ordered on or after April 1, 2009, or placed in service for the first time on or after April 1, 2011, shall have a minimum of two emergency roof access locations, each with a minimum opening of 26 inches longitudinally (i.e., parallel to the longitudinal axis of the car) by 24 inches laterally. (b) Means of access. Emergency roof access shall be provided by means of a hatch, or a conspicuously marked structural weak point in the roof for access by properly equipped…
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