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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.247-58 Loading, Blocking, and Bracing of Freight Car Shipments.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This clause applies when supplies may be shipped in carload lots by rail. It requires the Contractor to load, block, and brace rail car shipments according to Association of American Railroads standards, or other standards where none exist, and makes the Contractor liable for damage caused by failing to meet those standards.

Applies to: Contractors shipping supplies in carload lots by rail

What it requires

  • Upon receipt of shipping instructions, load, block, and brace carload rail shipments in accordance with Association of American Railroads standards effective at the time of shipment
  • For shipments with no published Association of American Railroads standards, load, block, and brace in accordance with standards established by the shipper as evidenced by written acceptance of an authorized representative of the carrier
  • Pay for any damage to supplies caused by failure to load, block, and brace in accordance with acceptable standards

Key terms: carload lots · loading, blocking, and bracing · Association of American Railroads · shipping instructions · carrier

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

As prescribed in 47.305-15(a)(2), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts when supplies may be shipped in carload lots by rail:

Loading, Blocking, and Bracing of Freight Car Shipments (APR 1984)

(a) Upon receipt of shipping instructions, as provided in this contract, the supplies to be included in any carload shipment by rail shall be loaded, blocked, and braced by the Contractor in accordance with the standards published by the Association of American Railroads and effective at the time of shipment.

(b) Shipments, for which the Association of American Railroads has published no such standards, shall be loaded, blocked, and braced in accordance with standards established by the shipper as evidenced by written acceptance of an authorized representative of the carrier.

(c) The Contractor shall be liable for payment of any damage to any supplies caused by the failure to load, block, and brace in accordance with acceptable standards set forth herein.

(d) A copy of the appropriate pamphlet of the Association of American Railroads may be obtained from that Association.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 47.305-15 Loading responsibilities of contractors.

Sections that refer to it

  • 47.305-15 Loading responsibilities of contractors.

← 52.247-57 Transportation Transit Privilege Credits. · 52.247-59 F.o.b. Origin—Carload and Truckload Shipments. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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