49 CFR Part 238

§ 238.707 — Override protection

FRA Part 238 · Subpart H — Specific Requirements for Tier III Passenger Equipment. Full current text with cross-references on BuildSpec.

§ 238.707 Override protection. (a) Colliding equipment. (1) Using the dynamic collision scenario described in § 238.705(a), anti-climbing performance shall be evaluated for each of the following sets of initial conditions: (i) All vehicles in the initially-moving trainset and initially-standing train consists are positioned at their nominal running heights; (ii) The lead vehicle of the initially-moving trainset shall be perturbed laterally and vertically upwards by 3 inches at the colliding interface; and (iii) The lead vehicle of the initially-moving trainset shall be perturbed laterally and…

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