49 CFR § 223.9 - Requirements for equipment built or rebuilt after June 30, 1980.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s223.9"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 223.9 - Requirements for equipment built or rebuilt after June 30, 1980."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "223.9"
section_name: "Requirements for equipment built or rebuilt after June 30, 1980."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "223"
part_name: "SAFETY GLAZING STANDARDS—LOCOMOTIVES, PASSENGER CARS AND CABOOSES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 20102-20103, 20133, 20701-20702, 21301-21302, 21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 77352, Dec. 31, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "223"
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# 223.9 Requirements for equipment built or rebuilt after June 30, 1980.
(a) Locomotives, including yard locomotives, built or rebuilt after June 30, 1980, must be equipped with certified glazing in all locomotive cab windows.
(b) Cabooses, including yard cabooses, built or rebuilt after June 30, 1980, must be equipped with certified glazing in all windows.
(c) Passenger cars, including self-propelled passenger cars, built or rebuilt after June 30, 1980, must be equipped with certified glazing in all windows and at least four emergency windows.
[44 FR 77352, Dec. 31, 1979, as amended at 45 FR 49271, July 24, 1980; 63 FR 24675, May 4, 1998; 73 FR 6399, Feb. 1, 2008; 87 FR 68924, Nov. 17, 2022]