INSPECTION OF BRAKE APPLICATION. Inspect the
brake application to determine that:
• The angle cocks are positioned properly
as should retaining valves. Check for
leakage.
• Brakes are applied on each car. Any car
found with inoperative brakes must
have the condition corrected or the car
must be set out before the train departs
the initial terminal.
• The piston travel is correct. The freight
car air brake piston travel must be
adjusted to nominally 7 inches if the
travel is less than 7 inches or more than
9 inches on body-mounted brake
cylinders. Minimum brake cylinder piston travel of truck mounted brake
cylinders must be sufficient to provide
proper brake shoe clearance when the
brakes are released. Maximum piston
travel must not exceed 9 inches on this
type of equipment.
• The piston travel of the brake cylinders
on the freight cars equipped with an
other than standard single capacity
brake, must be adjusted as indicated on
the badge plate or the stenciling on the
car.
􀂃 The brake rigging does not bind or
foul.
􀂃 All parts of the brake equipment
are properly secured.
• When 1) the piston travel of the body
mounted brake cylinders exceeds
10 ½ inches, 2) the piston travel of the
truck mounted brake cylinder exceeds
6 inches, or 3) the piston travel of the
brake cylinder (of other than a standard
single capacity brake) exceeds the • Any car found with inoperative air
brakes must have the condition
corrected or the car must not be moved
in the train.
• Inspection and test completion. When
the test and inspection of the air brake
application is complete and the proper
notification has been received, release
the brakes and:
􀂃 Notify those inspecting the train
that the brakes have been released.
􀂃 Inspect each brake to make sure
that the brakes have all been
released. This inspection may be
made by a roll by.
specification on the badge plate or
specification stenciled on the car, then
the air brakes must be considered as
being inoperative.