LUBRICATION, PROHIBITED EQUIPMENT STANDARDS ARE PROPOSED BY FRA

The Federal Railroad Administration has created two additional proposals for the Freight Equipment Safety Standards. Phase II and Phase III, covering Lubrication of Journal Bearings and Prohibited Equipment respectively, have been issued. The FRA has set Jan. 15, 1973 as the date for submitting comments on the new proposals. The general prohibitions on average cars and those with Duryea underframes would outlaw comparents that include K-type air brakes, tabular axles, cartridge journal bearings, certain specific types of roller bearings, all cost-iron wheels and certain cost steel types, four types of jokes and many specific types of side-frame and bolster castings. The lubrication standards would include stenciling, plain bearing boxes, roller bearings and restenciling.

• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1972-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Locomotives and Cars
  • Volume: 146
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight cars; Lubrication; Standards
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00041151
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Railway Locomotives and Cars
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 23 1973 12:00AM