Regulations last checked for updates: May 03, 2025

Title 49 - Transportation last revised: Mar 20, 2025
§ 213.349 - Rail end mismatch.

Any mismatch of rails at joints may not be more than that prescribed by the following table—

Class of track Any mismatch of rails at joints may not be more than the following—
On the tread of the rail ends (inch) On the gage side of the rail ends (inch)
Class 6, 7, 8 and 9 1/8 1/8
authority: 49 U.S.C. 20102-20114 and 20142; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89
source: 63 FR 34029, June 22, 1998, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 49 CFR 213.349