Title 49, Part 230 — Steam Locomotive Inspection and Maintenance Standards
116 sections
Section 230.1
Purpose and scope.
Section 230.2
Applicability.
Section 230.3
Implementation.
Section 230.4
Penalties.
Section 230.5
Preemptive effect.
Section 230.6
Waivers.
Section 230.7
Responsibility for compliance.
Section 230.8
Definitions.
Section 230.9
Information collection.
Section 230.10
[Reserved]
Section 230.11
Repair of non-complying conditions.
Section 230.12
Movement of non-complying steam locomotives.
Section 230.13
Daily inspection.
Section 230.14
Thirty-one (31) service day inspection.
Section 230.15
Ninety-two (92) service day inspection.
Section 230.16
Annual inspection.
Section 230.17
One thousand four hundred seventy-two (1472) service day inspection.
Section 230.18
Service days.
Section 230.19
Posting of FRA Form No. 1 and FRA Form No. 3.
Section 230.20
Alteration and repair report for steam locomotive boilers.
Section 230.21
Steam locomotive number change.
Section 230.22
Accident reports.
Section 230.23
Responsibility for general construction and safe working pressure.
Section 230.24
Maximum allowable stress.
Section 230.25
Maximum allowable stress on stays and braces.
Section 230.26
Tensile strength of shell plates.
Section 230.27
Maximum shearing strength of rivets.
Section 230.28
Higher shearing strength of rivets.
Section 230.29
Inspection and repair.
Section 230.30
Lap-joint seam boilers.
Section 230.31
Flues to be removed.
Section 230.32
Time and method of inspection.
Section 230.33
Welded repairs and alterations.
Section 230.34
Riveted repairs and alterations.
Section 230.35
Pressure testing.
Section 230.36
Hydrostatic testing of boilers.
Section 230.37
Steam test following repairs or alterations.
Section 230.38
Telltale holes.
Section 230.39
Broken staybolts.
Section 230.40
Time and method of staybolt testing.
Section 230.41
Flexible staybolts with caps.
Section 230.42
Location of gauges.
Section 230.43
Gauge siphon.
Section 230.44
Time of testing.
Section 230.45
Method of testing.
Section 230.46
Badge plates.
Section 230.47
Boiler number.
Section 230.48
Number and capacity.
Section 230.49
Setting of safety relief valves.
Section 230.50
Time of testing.
Section 230.51
Number and location.
Section 230.52
Water glass valves.
Section 230.53
Time of cleaning.
Section 230.54
Testing and maintenance.
Section 230.55
Tubular type water and lubricator glasses and shields.
Section 230.56
Water glass lamps.
Section 230.57
Injectors and feedwater pumps.
Section 230.58
Flue plugs.
Section 230.59
Fusible plugs.
Section 230.60
Time of washing.
Section 230.61
Arch tubes, water bar tubes, circulators and thermic siphons.
Section 230.62
Dry pipe.
Section 230.63
Smoke box, steam pipes and pressure parts.
Section 230.64
Leaks under lagging.
Section 230.65
Steam blocking view of engine crew.
Section 230.66
Design, construction, and maintenance.
Section 230.67
Responsibility for inspection and repairs.
Section 230.68
Speed indicators.
Section 230.69
Ash pans.
Section 230.70
Safe condition.
Section 230.71
Orifice testing of compressors.
Section 230.72
Testing main reservoirs.
Section 230.73
Air gauges.
Section 230.74
Time of cleaning.
Section 230.75
Stenciling dates of tests and cleaning.
Section 230.76
Piston travel.
Section 230.77
Foundation brake gear.
Section 230.78
Leakage.
Section 230.79
Train signal system.
Section 230.80
Cabs.
Section 230.81
Cab aprons.
Section 230.82
Fire doors.
Section 230.83
Cylinder cocks.
Section 230.84
Sanders.
Section 230.85
Audible warning device.
Section 230.86
Required illumination.
Section 230.87
Cab lights.
Section 230.88
Throttles.
Section 230.89
Reverse gear.
Section 230.90
Draw gear between steam locomotive and tender.
Section 230.91
Chafing irons.
Section 230.92
Draw gear and draft systems.
Section 230.93
Pistons and piston rods.
Section 230.94
Crossheads.
Section 230.95
Guides.
Section 230.96
Main, side, and valve motion rods.
Section 230.97
Crank pins.
Section 230.98
Driving, trailing, and engine truck axles.
Section 230.99
Tender truck axles.
Section 230.100
Defects in tender truck axles and journals.
Section 230.101
Steam locomotive driving journal boxes.
Section 230.102
Tender plain bearing journal boxes.
Section 230.103
Tender roller bearing journal boxes.
Section 230.104
Driving box shoes and wedges.
Section 230.105
Lateral motion.
Section 230.106
Steam locomotive frame.
Section 230.107
Tender frame and body.
Section 230.108
Steam locomotive leading and trailing trucks.
Section 230.109
Tender trucks.
Section 230.110
Pilots.
Section 230.111
Spring rigging.
Section 230.112
Wheels and tires.
Section 230.113
Wheels and tire defects.
Section 230.114
Wheel centers.
Section 230.115
Feed water tanks.
Section 230.116
Oil tanks.