2-1. General a. The Association of American Railroads loading rules are formulated to provide safe and economical methods of loading railcars. The materials specified in these rules are the minimum required, based on many years of exacting studies and experiments. All of the general rules and requirements contained in the AAR open top loading manual for blocking and securing loads, outlined in AAR General Rules Section 1 (app D), are mandatory, unless otherwise provided in the individual loading figures in AAR Loading Rules Section 6 (app E), which pertains to the loading of Department of Defense (DOD) materials. Loading methods depicted in other sections, for instance, appendix F of the AAR manual, may be used for loading DOD material if an appropriate loading figure is not available in appendix E. b.
DesignationTM 55-2200-001-12
EditionMay 1978
StatusSuperseded
Pages521
FunctionSustainment
CollectionHistoric
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