Part 230 — Steam Locomotive Inspection and Maintenance Standards
Current through Sep 25, 2026
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20702; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.
Source: 64 FR 62865, Nov. 17, 1999, unless otherwise noted.
Sections
- § 230.1 Purpose and scope.
- § 230.2 Applicability.
- § 230.3 Implementation.
- § 230.4 Penalties.
- § 230.5 Preemptive effect.
- § 230.6 Waivers.
- § 230.7 Responsibility for compliance.
- § 230.8 Definitions.
- § 230.10 [Reserved]
- § 230.11 Repair of non-complying conditions.
- § 230.12 Movement of non-complying steam locomotives.
- § 230.13 Daily inspection.
- § 230.14 Thirty-one (31) service day inspection.
- § 230.15 Ninety-two (92) service day inspection.
- § 230.16 Annual inspection.
- § 230.17 One thousand four hundred seventy-two (1472) service day inspection.
- § 230.18 Service days.
- § 230.19 Posting of FRA Form No. 1 and FRA Form No. 3.
- § 230.20 Alteration and repair report for steam locomotive boilers.
- § 230.21 Steam locomotive number change.
- § 230.22 Accident reports.
- § 230.23 Responsibility for general construction and safe working pressure.
- § 230.24 Maximum allowable stress.
- § 230.25 Maximum allowable stress on stays and braces.
- § 230.26 Tensile strength of shell plates.
- § 230.27 Maximum shearing strength of rivets.
- § 230.28 Higher shearing strength of rivets.
- § 230.29 Inspection and repair.
- § 230.30 Lap-joint seam boilers.
- § 230.31 Flues to be removed.
- § 230.32 Time and method of inspection.
- § 230.33 Welded repairs and alterations.
- § 230.34 Riveted repairs and alterations.
- § 230.35 Pressure testing.
- § 230.36 Hydrostatic testing of boilers.
- § 230.37 Steam test following repairs or alterations.
- § 230.38 Telltale holes.
- § 230.39 Broken staybolts.
- § 230.40 Time and method of staybolt testing.
- § 230.41 Flexible staybolts with caps.
- § 230.42 Location of gauges.
- § 230.43 Gauge siphon.
- § 230.44 Time of testing.
- § 230.45 Method of testing.
- § 230.46 Badge plates.
- § 230.47 Boiler number.
- § 230.48 Number and capacity.
- § 230.49 Setting of safety relief valves.
- § 230.50 Time of testing.
- § 230.51 Number and location.
- § 230.52 Water glass valves.
- § 230.53 Time of cleaning.
- § 230.54 Testing and maintenance.
- § 230.55 Tubular type water and lubricator glasses and shields.
- § 230.56 Water glass lamps.
- § 230.57 Injectors and feedwater pumps.
- § 230.58 Flue plugs.
- § 230.59 Fusible plugs.
- § 230.60 Time of washing.
- § 230.61 Arch tubes, water bar tubes, circulators and thermic siphons.
- § 230.62 Dry pipe.
- § 230.63 Smoke box, steam pipes and pressure parts.
- § 230.64 Leaks under lagging.
- § 230.65 Steam blocking view of engine crew.
- § 230.66 Design, construction, and maintenance.
- § 230.67 Responsibility for inspection and repairs.
- § 230.68 Speed indicators.
- § 230.69 Ash pans.
- § 230.70 Safe condition.
- § 230.71 Orifice testing of compressors.
- § 230.72 Testing main reservoirs.
- § 230.73 Air gauges.
- § 230.74 Time of cleaning.
- § 230.75 Stenciling dates of tests and cleaning.
- § 230.76 Piston travel.
- § 230.77 Foundation brake gear.
- § 230.78 Leakage.
- § 230.79 Train signal system.
- § 230.80 Cabs.
- § 230.81 Cab aprons.
- § 230.82 Fire doors.
- § 230.83 Cylinder cocks.
- § 230.84 Sanders.
- § 230.85 Audible warning device.
- § 230.86 Required illumination.
- § 230.87 Cab lights.
- § 230.88 Throttles.
- § 230.89 Reverse gear.
- § 230.90 Draw gear between steam locomotive and tender.
- § 230.91 Chafing irons.
- § 230.92 Draw gear and draft systems.
- § 230.93 Pistons and piston rods.
- § 230.94 Crossheads.
- § 230.95 Guides.
- § 230.96 Main, side, and valve motion rods.
- § 230.97 Crank pins.
- § 230.98 Driving, trailing, and engine truck axles.
- § 230.99 Tender truck axles.
- § 230.100 Defects in tender truck axles and journals.
- § 230.101 Steam locomotive driving journal boxes.
- § 230.102 Tender plain bearing journal boxes.
- § 230.103 Tender roller bearing journal boxes.
- § 230.104 Driving box shoes and wedges.
- § 230.105 Lateral motion.
- § 230.106 Steam locomotive frame.
- § 230.107 Tender frame and body.
- § 230.108 Steam locomotive leading and trailing trucks.
- § 230.109 Tender trucks.
- § 230.110 Pilots.
- § 230.111 Spring rigging.
- § 230.112 Wheels and tires.
- § 230.113 Wheels and tire defects.
- § 230.114 Wheel centers.
- § 230.115 Feed water tanks.
- § 230.116 Oil tanks.
- Appendix A to Part 230—Inspection Requirements
- Appendix B to Part 230—Diagrams and Drawings
- Appendix C to Part 230—FRA Inspection Forms