[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: 49CFR230.17]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 230_STEAM LOCOMOTIVE INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE STANDARDS--Table 

of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec. 230.17  One thousand four hundred seventy-two (1472) service day 

inspection.



    (a) General. Before any steam locomotive is initially put in service 

or brought out of retirement, and after every 1472 service days or 15 

years, whichever is earlier, an individual competent to conduct the 

inspection shall inspect the entire boiler. In the case of a new 

locomotive or a locomotive being brought out of retirement, the initial 

15 year period shall begin on the day that the locomotive is placed in 

service or 365 calendar days after the first flue tube is installed in 

the locomotive, whichever comes first. This 1472 service day inspection 

shall include all annual, and 5th annual, inspection requirements, as 

well as any items required by the steam locomotive owner and/or operator 

or the FRA inspector. At this time, the locomotive owner and/or operator 

shall complete, update and verify the locomotive specification card (FRA 

Form No. 4), to reflect the condition of the boiler at the time of this 

inspection. See appendices A and B of this part.

    (b) Filing inspection reports. Within 30 days of completing the 1472 

service day inspection, the steam locomotive owner and/or operator 

shall, for each steam locomotive inspected, file in the place where the 

steam locomotive is maintained and with the FRA Regional Administrator 

for that region a report of inspection (FRA Form No. 3), and a



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completed FRA Form No.4. See appendix C of this part.



                       Recordkeeping Requirements