[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR229.27]

[Page 310-311]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 229--RAILROAD LOCOMOTIVE SAFETY STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart B--Inspections and Tests
 
Sec. 229.27  Annual tests.

    Each locomotive shall be subjected to the tests and inspections 
included in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, and each non-MU 
locomotive shall also be subjected to the tests and inspections included 
in paragraph (a) of this section, at intervals that do not exceed 368 
calendar days:
    (a)(1) The filtering devices or dirt collectors located in the main 
reservoir supply line to the air brake system shall be cleaned, 
repaired, or replaced.
    (2) Brake cylinder relay valve portions, main reservoir safety 
valves, brake pipe vent valve portions, feed and reducing valve portions 
in the air brake system (including related dirt collectors and filters) 
shall be cleaned, repaired, and tested.
    (3) The date and place of the cleaning, repairing, and testing shall 
be recorded on Form FRA F 6180-49A and the person performing the work 
and that person's supervisor shall sign the form. A record of the parts 
of the air brake system that are cleaned, repaired, and tested shall be 
kept in the carrier's files or in the cab of the locomotive.
    (4) At its option, a carrier may fragment the work required by this 
paragraph. In that event, a separate air record shall be maintained 
under a transparent cover in the cab. The air record shall include the 
locomotive number, a list of the air brake components, and the date and 
place of the last inspection and test of each component. The signature 
of the person performing the work and the signature of that person's 
supervisor shall be included for each component. A duplicate

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record shall be maintained in the carrier's files.
    (b) The load meter shall be tested. Each device used by the engineer 
to aid in the control or braking of the train or locomotive that 
provides an indication of air pressure electronically shall be tested by 
comparison with a test gauge or self-test designed for this purpose. An 
error of greater than five percent or three pounds per square inch shall 
be corrected. The date and place of the test shall be recorded on Form 
FRA F 6180-49A, and the person conducting the test and that person's 
supervisor shall sign the form.
    (c) Each steam generator that is not isolated as prescribed in 
Sec. 229.23(b), shall be subjected to a hydrostatic pressure at least 25 
percent above the working pressure and the visual return water-flow 
indicator shall be removed and inspected.

[45 FR 21109, Mar. 31, 1980, as amended at 66 FR 4192, Jan. 17, 2001]