Federal Railroad Administration, DOT § 230.90

§ 230.86 Required illumination. § 230.89 Reverse gear. (a) General provisions. Each steam lo- (a) General provisions. Reverse gear, comotive used between sunset and sun- reverse levers, and quadrants shall be rise shall be equipped with an operable maintained in a safe and suitable con- headlight that provides illumination dition for service. Reverse lever latch sufficient for a steam engi- shall be so arranged that it can be eas- neer in the to see, in a clear atmos- ily disengaged, and provided with a phere, a dark object as large as a man spring which will keep it firmly seated of average size standing at least 800 in quadrant. Proper counterbalance feet ahead and in front of such head- shall be provided for the gear. light. If a steam locomotive is regu- (b) Air-operated power reverse gear. larly required to run backward for any Steam that are equipped portion of its trip other than to pick up with air operated power reverse gear a detached portion of its train or to shall be equipped with a connection make terminal movements, it shall whereby such gear may be operated by also be equipped on its rear end with an steam or by an auxiliary supply of air operable headlight that is capable of in case of failure of the main reservoir providing the illumination described in air pressure. The operating valve han- this paragraph (a). dle for such connection shall be con- (b) Dimming device. Such headlights veniently located in the cab of the lo- shall be provided with a device whereby comotive and shall be plainly marked. the light from same may be diminished If an independent air reservoir is used in yards and at stations or when meet- as the source of the auxiliary supply ing trains. for the reverse gear, it shall be pro- (c) Where multiple locomotives utilized. vided with means to automatically pre- When two or more locomotives are vent loss of pressure in event of failure used in the same train, the leading lo- of the main reservoir air pressure. comotive only will be required to dis- (c) Power reverse gear reservoirs. Power play a headlight. reverse gear reservoirs, if provided, must be equipped with the means to § 230.87 Cab lights. automatically prevent the loss of pres- Each steam locomotive shall have sure in the event of a failure of main cab lights that sufficiently illuminate air pressure and have storage capacity the control instruments, meters and for not less than one complete oper- gauges to allow the engine crew to ating cycle of control equipment. make accurate readings from their usual and proper positions in the cab. DRAW GEAR AND DRAFT SYSTEMS These lights shall be so located and constructed that the light will shine § 230.90 Draw gear between steam lo- only on those parts requiring illumina- comotive and tender. tion and does not interfere with the en- (a) Maintenance and testing. The draw gine crew’s vision of the track and sig- gear between the steam locomotive and nals. Each steam locomotive shall also tender, together with the pins and fas- have a conveniently located additional tenings, shall be maintained in safe lamp that can be readily turned on and and suitable condition for service. The off by the persons operating the steam pins and drawbar shall be removed and locomotive and that provides sufficient tested for defects using an appropriate illumination to read train orders and NDE method at every annual inspec- timetables. tion. Where visual inspection does not disclose any defects, an additional NDE THROTTLES AND REVERSING GEAR testing method shall be employed. Suitable means for securing the draw- § 230.88 Throttles. bar pins in place shall be provided. In- Throttles shall be maintained in safe verted drawbar pins shall be held in and suitable condition for service, and place by plate or stirrup. efficient means shall be provided to (b) Safety bars and chains generally. hold the throttle lever in any desired One or more safety bar(s) or two or position. more safety chains shall be provided

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