49 CFR 236.712 - Brake pipe.

Regulations last checked for updates: May 04, 2025

Title 49 - Transportation last revised: Mar 20, 2025

View all text of Subpart G [§ 236.700 - § 236.838]

§ 236.712 - Brake pipe.

A pipe running from the engineman's brake valve through the train, used for the transmission of air under pressure to charge and actuate the automatic brake equipment and charge the reservoirs of the electro-pneumatic brake equipment on each vehicle of the train.

authority: 49 U.S.C. 20102-20103,20107,20133,20141,20157,20301,20306,20501,20701,21301,21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89

source: 33 FR 19684, Dec. 25, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 49 CFR 236.712