[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR229.45]



[Page 390]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 229_RAILROAD LOCOMOTIVE SAFETY STANDARDS--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart C_Safety Requirements

 

Sec. 229.45  General condition.



    All systems and components on a locomotive shall be free of 

conditions that endanger the safety of the crew, locomotive or train. 

These conditions include: insecure attachment of components, including 

third rail shoes or beams, traction motors and motor gear cases, and 

fuel tanks; fuel, oil, water, steam, and other leaks and accumulations 

of oil on electrical equipment that create a personal injury hazard; 

improper functioning of components, including slack adjusters, 

pantograph operating cylinders, circuit breakers, contactors, relays, 

switches, and fuses; and cracks, breaks, excessive wear and other 

structural infirmities of components, including quill drives, axles, 

gears, pinions, pantograph shoes and horns, third rail beams, traction 

motor gear cases, and fuel tanks.



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