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49 CFR 236.712

§ 236.712 Brake pipe.

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49 CFR 236.712, § 236.712 Brake pipe, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/259116
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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.

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This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.