[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 49CFR232.309]



[Page 565]

 

                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 232_BRAKE SYSTEM SAFETY STANDARDS for FREIGHT and OTHER NON-

 

         Subpart D_Periodic Maintenance and Testing Requirements

 

Sec.  232.309  Equipment and devices used to perform single car air 



brake tests.



    (a) Equipment and devices used to perform single car air brake tests 

shall be tested for correct operation at least once each calendar day of 

use.

    (b) Except for single car test devices, mechanical test devices such 

as pressure gauges, flow meters, orifices, etc. shall be calibrated once 

every 92 days.

    (c) Electronic test devices shall be calibrated at least once every 

365 days.

    (d) Test equipment and single car test devices placed in service 

shall be tagged or labeled with the date its next calibration is due.

    (e) Each single car test device shall be tested not less frequently 

than every 92 days after being placed in service and may not continue in 

service if more than one year has passed since its last 92-day test.

    (f) Each single car test device shall be disassembled and cleaned 

not less frequently than every 365 days after being placed in service.



[66 FR 4193, Jan. 17, 2001, as amended at 66 FR 39689, Aug. 1, 2001]