Rules for Equipment Operation and Handling
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RULES FOR EQUIPMENT OPERATION AND HANDLING Effective January 1, 2015 NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION Further instructions may be issued by proper authority. MARK D. MANION Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer EFFECTIVE: JANUARY 1, 2015 THIS BOOK IS THE PROPERTY OF NORFOLK SOUTHERN AND ITS RAILROAD SUBSIDIARIES ISSUED TO NAME EMPLOYED AS ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ who must return it to the proper officer when called for, or when leaving the service. This page is intentionally left blank. TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL NOTICE ...........................................................................................1 AIR BRAKES A-1. Air Pressure Settings ..........................................................................................2 A-2. Verifying the Accuracy of Hand-Held Gauges .....................................................3 A-3. Communicating Signal System — Passenger Trains...........................................4 A-4. Percentage of Operative Air Brakes.....................................................................4 A-5. Condensation .....................................................................................................4 A-6. Class I Brake Test — Initial Terminal Inspection .................................................4 A-6-1. Air Flow Method Test (AFM) ............................................................................7 A-6-2. Brake Pipe Leakage Test .................................................................................8 A-7. Notification of a Class I Brake Test ......................................................................8 A-8. Class IA Brake Test — 1,000 Mile Inspection ......................................................8 A-9. Class II Brake Test — Intermediate Inspection ....................................................9 A-10. Class III Brake Test — Train Line Continuity Inspection ..................................11 A-11. Extended Haul Trains and Transfer Train Brake Tests ....................................12 A-11-1. Extended Haul Trains ..................................................................................12 A-11-2. Transfer Train Brake Tests ..........................................................................13 A-12. Passenger Train Test ......................................................................................13 A-13. Yard Air Supply ...............................................................................................13 A-14. Total Leakage Amount....................................................................................15 A-16. Brake Pipe ......................................................................................................15 A-17. General Inspection of Trains on Arrival ...........................................................15 A-19. Brake Release Time........................................................................................15 A-20. Running Brake Test ........................................................................................16 A-21. Locomotive Brakes .........................................................................................16 A-22. Penalty and Service Brake Application ...........................................................17 A-23. Emergency Brake Application .........................................................................17 A-24. Backup Valve/Hose — Test ............................................................................18 A-25. Conductor Valves/Backup Hoses ...................................................................19 A-26. Retaining Valves.............................................................................................19 A-27. Cutting Out Brake............................................................................................19 A-28. Passenger Car Air Brakes...............................................................................20 A-29. Adjusting Piston Travel or Working on Brake Rigging .....................................20 A-30. Brake Cylinder Release Valve.........................................................................20 A-31. End-Of-Train Device.......................................................................................21 A-32. Table of Maximum Recommended Train Length — Cold Weather..................36 A-34. Notification Concerning the Train Brake System..............................................37 A-35. Air Brake and Air Signal Equipment.................................................................37 NS-1 Rules — January 1, 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) CARS C-100. Freight Car Inspection............................................................................................38 C-101. Passenger Conductors and Trainmen .....................................................................39 C-102. Equipment Left Unattended......................................................................................39 C-103. Hand Brake Release................................................................................................43 C-104. End of Car Hand Brake.............................................................................................43 C-105. High Capacity Cars...................................................................................................43 C-106. Double-Stack or Articulated Container Car...............................................................43 C-107. Rapid Discharge Dump Systems..............................................................................44 C-108. Passenger Car Diaphragms.....................................................................................44 C-109. Derrick......................................................................................................................44 C-111. Hot Journal — Form ME-569....................................................................................45 C-112. Cars Repaired on Line-of-Road................................................................................45 C-113. Movement of Defective Cars for Repair....................................................................46 C-114. Train or Air Hose Separation....................................................................................47 C-115. Flat Spots.................................................................................................................48 C-116. Placement of Shiftable Loads ...................................................................................48 EDISTRIBUTED POWER (DP) OPERATIONS DP Operating Modes ...........................................................................................................50 DP-1. Set-Up ......................................................................................................................51 DP-2. Verification ................................................................................................................51 DP-3. Axle Limits .................................................................................................................52 DP-4. DP Operation .............................................................................................................52 DP-5. Movement of Remote Locomotive Consists ...............................................................52 DP-6. Train Check ...............................................................................................................52 DP-7. Using Remote DP Equipment in Place of an EOTD ...................................................53 DP-8. Set Out Mode .............................................................................................................54 DP-9. Comm Loss ...............................................................................................................54 DP-10. Ending Distributed Power ........................................................................................55 DP-11. Air Brakes – Distributed Power.................................................................................55 ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED PNEUMATIC (ECP) BRAKES E-1. Air Brake Tests and Instructions ...................................................................................56 E-2. Initialization ..................................................................................................................57 E-3. Equipment Handling .....................................................................................................58 E-4. Moving Defective Equipment .......................................................................................59 LOCOMOTIVES L-200. Emergency Fuel Cut Off/Devices/Valves ..................................................................61 L-201. Reporting Defects .....................................................................................................61 L-202. Taking Charge of Locomotives .................................................................................61 NS-1 Rules — January 1, 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) L-203. Testing Locomotive Brakes ...........................................................................62 L-205. Speed Indicators and Event Recorders .........................................................63 L-206.