Low explosives or black powder High explosives or propellant explosives, class A Initiating or priming explosives, wet: Diazodinitrophenol, ful minate of mercury, guanyl nitrosamino guanylidene hydrazine, lead azide, lead styphnate, nitro mannite, nitrosoguanidine. pentaerythrite tetranitrate, tetrazene, lead mononitroresorcinate Blasting caps, with or without safety fuse (including electric blasting caps), detonating primers Ammunition for cannon with explosive projectiles, gas projectiles, smoke projectiles, incendiary projectiles, illuminating projectiles or shell, ammunition for small arms with explosive bullets, or ammunition for small arms with explosive projectiles, or rocket ammunition with explosive projectiles, gas projectiles, smoke projectiles, incendiary projectiles, illuminating projectiles; and boosters (explosive), bursters (explosive), or supplementary charges (explosive) without detonators Explosive projectiles, bombs, torpedoes, or mines, rifle or hand grenades (explosive), jet thrust units (jato), explosive, class A or igniters, jet thrust (jato), explosive, class A Detonating fuzes, class A, with or without radioactive components Ammunition for cannon with empty, inert-loaded or solid projectiles, or without projectiles, or rocket ammunition with empty projectiles, incrt-loaded or solid projectiles or without projectiles Propeliant explosives, class B, jet thrust units (jato), class B, igniters, jet thrust (jato), class B, or starter cartridges, jet engines, class B Fireworks, special or railway torpedoes Small arms ammunition Primers for cannon or smal arms, empty cartridge bags-- black powder igniters, empty cartridge cases, primed, empty grenades, primed, combination primers or percussion caps, toy caps, explosive cable cutters, explosive rivets Percussion fuzes, tracer fuzes or tracers X Does not include nitro carbo nitrate or ammonium nitrate, fertilizer grade, which NOTE 3: Gas identification sets may be loaded and transported with all articles NOTE 4: Nitric acid, when loaded in the same car with other acids or other corrosive [29 F.R. 18744, Dec. 29, 1964, as amended by Order 66, 30 F.R. 5747, Apr. 23, 1965] Subpart C-Placards on Cars § 74.540 "Explosives" placards. (a) Explosives placards as prescribed in § 74.550 must be applied to certified cars containing explosives, class A, specified in §§ 73.53 to 73.87 of this chapter. Placards must show in the spaces provided station name and date. NOTE 1: For cars requiring the poison gas placard, see § 74.542. § 74.541 "Dangerous" placards; "Dangerous-Radioactive material" placards; or "Caution-Residual phosphorus" placards. (a) "Dangerous" placard, as prescribed by § 74.552 must be applied to cars, and container cars, as follows: (1) Cars containing one or more packages bearing red, yellow, white acid, or corrosive liquid caution labels, or white "poison" labels, as prescribed by §§ 73.405 to 73.408 and 73.409 (a) (2) of this chapter, or without labels as authorized in § 73.402 (c) of this chapter. (2) Cars containing flammable solids, oxidizing materials or poisonous solids, class B, in bulk. (3) Tank cars containing flammable liquids, flammable solids or oxidizing materials, acids or corrosive liquids, poisonous liquids or solids, class B, compressed flammable gases, compressed nonflammable gases. (4) Cars containing shipments of explosives, class B. NOTE 1: For cars also requiring the poison gas placard, see § 74.542. (5) When explosives, class A, are loaded in the same car with explosives, class B, or poisonous solids or liquids, class B, only the "Explosives" placard is required. mate (b) "Dangerous-Radioactive rial" placards, as prescribed in § 74.553, must be applied to cars containing shipments of class D poisons as prescribed by §§ 73.392 (c) and 73.393 of this chapter and bearing labels as described in § 73.414 (a), (b), and (c) of this chapter. (c) "Caution-Residual phosphorus" placard, as prescribed in § 74.555, must be applied to tank cars which last contained shipments of white or yellow phosphorus and which are required to be filled with water or inert gas before tank car is offered for return movement as provided in § 73.190 (b) (3) of this chapter. § 74.542 "Poison gas" placards. (a) "Poison gas" placards as prescribed by § 74.551 must be applied to cars as follows: (1) Cars containing one or more packages or articles bearing the "Poison gas" label. (2) Cars containing ammunition for cannon with toxic gas projectiles, or projectiles, bombs, or other containers loaded with toxic gas requiring the “Poison gas" label. NOTE 1: The poison gas placard must be applied to cars in addition to any other placards required. (b) "Flammable poison gas" placards. "Flammable poison gas" placards as prescribed in § 74.556 must be applied to Class 105A-W tank cars containing hydrocyanic acid. (c) "Poison gas” placards. “Poison gas" placards, for tank cars, as prescribed in § 74.557 must be applied to tank cars containing class A poisons except hydrocyanic acid. § 74.543 Placarding cars; trains. passenger (6) Cars containing radioactive material bearing label described in § 73.414 (d) of this chapter. § 74.545 Commodity name on carloads. (a) Placards for carloads of class B explosives and other dangerous articles must show thereon, in the space provided, the proper name of the commodity as prescribed by § 72.5 of this chapter, or the commodity name must be shown on tag board cards measuring approximately 5 by 8 inches securely attached to each side of the car. § 74.546 Placards must be standard. (a) Placards must conform to standards as prescribed. Samples will be furnished by the Bureau of Explosives on request. (b) Tagboard placards must be printed on strong tagboard of quality and strength not less than that designated commercially as 100 percent sulphate, weighing 125 pounds per ream, of sheets 24 x 36 inches, and having a resistance of not less than 60 pounds per square inch Mullen test. (c) Paper placards must be printed on strong white paper. (d) Placards or car cards which by their shape, coloring, or printing may be readily confused with the standard placards prescribed in this part must not be used. (e) Carrier's or shipper's name and stationery form number may be printed on placards in type not larger than 10 point, but must be printed thereon separate from any placard wording. (f) When the tag board placards bearwording prescribed in § 74.552 (a) and provided the wording prescribed by § 74.563 (c) appears on the reverse side thereof, the words “removed or" may be omitted or the word "removed" changed to "reversed", as the case may be. (g) Placards remaining on hand and in compliance with § 74.552(a) or § 74.553(a) in effect on June 19, 1960, may be used until present stocks are exhausted. § 74.547 Carriers supply of placards. (a) Carriers must keep on hand an adequate supply of all necessary placards for placarding cars loaded by them and for the replacement of missing placards on loaded cars while in transit. § 74.548 Placarded cars. (a) Shippers must have applied placards to cars loaded by them when cars are acceptable for transportation. (See § 74.549 for method of application.) § 74.549 Application of placards. (a) Placards must be securely applied one to each end and each side of car, as follows: (1) By tacking tag-board placards to each end and each side of cars, or to placard boards of suitable size provided for the purpose. (2) Placards applied to the sides of closed or open top cars containing explosives or other dangerous articles must be attached to the fixed placard board or to the side of the wooden car between car initials and number and the car door. (3) Tacks when used must have heads at least 1/4 inch across. At least 5 tacks must be used, one at each corner and one in the center of the placard, or when stapling devices are used the staples should be made of flat metal of not less than 19 gauge, and the space between the legs of the staples should be at least 8 inch and length of staples not less than 4 inch. At least 9 staples must be used, one at each corner, one along edge between each corner, and one in center. Tacks, nails, staples, or other devices used in previous application of placards must be removed when their presence interferes with proper application of placards. (4) By insertion of tag-board placards in suitable placard holders affixed to cars. (5) Paper placards must be securely pasted to metal or other smooth surfaces. Metal placard boards must be used when provided for the purpose. Grease or other substances which interfere with secure application must be removed from surfaces before pasting on placards. (6) By application of adhesive tape, which shall be not more than 11⁄4 inches wide and which shall be applied around the entire perimeter of the placard so that approximately one-half the width of the tape adheres to the placard and one-half to the surface to which the placard is attached. Tape must be properly applied, weather-resistant, and capable of holding the placard securely in position under conditions normal to transportation. This method is authorized only when attachment of placards to metal surfaces is necessary and the metal surface is sufficiently smooth and |