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Anybody have any information concerning the new Power Brake regulations which take effect April 1st? I'm trying to find a seminar but am having no luck. any help anyone on this board can supply I would appreciate. Thanks!

kbcotton@flash.net

> Anybody have any information concerning the
> new Power Brake regulations which take
> effect April 1st? I'm trying to find a
> seminar but am having no luck. any help
> anyone on this board can supply I would
> appreciate. Thanks!

There's a fair amount to know concerning these regs, and a lot depends on your operation. The American Short Line Railroad Association was planning to host another conference specifically directed to the small operator. At least that is what they said in their last conference on Part 232 in Philadelphia in December. You should also check with the Railway Educational Bureau. I would expect a flurry of seminars before the final effective date on April 1st.

Another thing you should know is that the majority of Part 232 is already in effect. The April 1st deadline is the final date for when your operating people need to be up to speed on the regs.

Steve


Strasburg Rail Road
ssweaver@paonline.com

> Anybody have any information concerning the
> new Power Brake regulations which take
> effect April 1st? I'm trying to find a
> seminar but am having no luck. any help
> anyone on this board can supply I would
> appreciate. Thanks!

Here is a link to the new regulations as published in the CFR.

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfrh ... in_00.html

The major changes involves training and qualifying employees, also repair track operations and single car tests.

As was mentioned in another post, the short line association has already held one seminar and I understand they plan one or two more.

Alan Maples

Power Brake Regs
AMaples@aol.com

As with many of the CFR's, it's always good to check the applicablity to your operation. In general, the new part 232 does not apply to museums and tourist railroads, even if part of the general system of transportation. Until notified otherwise by the FRA, museums and tourists railroads are to continue complying with the old part 232.

> Here is a link to the new regulations as
> published in the CFR.


Northwest Railway Museum
rra63@hotmail.com

> As with many of the CFR's, it's always good
> to check the applicablity to your operation.
> In general, the new part 232 does not apply
> to museums and tourist railroads, even if
> part of the general system of
> transportation. Until notified otherwise by
> the FRA, museums and tourists railroads are
> to continue complying with the old part 232.

If one hauls freight in interchange, then the applicable sections of the new Part 232 apply for any crews and equipment involved in freight operations.

Steve


Strasburg Rail Road
ssweaver@paonline.com

> If one hauls freight in interchange, then
> the applicable sections of the new Part 232
> apply for any crews and equipment involved
> in freight operations.

> Steve

Would you believe that nothing has been said on CSX about scheduling training for engineers on these new regs?

pww57@hotmail.com

> As with many of the CFR's, it's always good
> to check the applicablity to your operation.
> In general, the new part 232 does not apply
> to museums and tourist railroads, even if
> part of the general system of
> transportation. Until notified otherwise by
> the FRA, museums and tourists railroads are
> to continue complying with the old part 232.

But if you are deadheading equipment on the General System, you may need to be in compliance with the air brake rules.

Steve Zuiderveen


SZuidervee@aol.com

> Would you believe that nothing has been said
> on CSX about scheduling training for
> engineers on these new regs?

It's part of the recertification process.

here's the scoop on this year's event... hope to see many friends there! jim

The N.C. Transportation MuseumÂ’s 17th annual Rail Days Festival will welcome two recently preserved diesel locomotives, offer a living history tribute to Presidential campaign trains and provide a chance to tour the cab of a modern Norfolk Southern engine.

The event, held on the grounds of the museum in Spencer, N.C. May 1 and 2, marks the first operation this year for the museum’s 79-year-old Shay steam locomotive. Visitors can dine on railroad chili and barbecue, watch a heritage slide show and ride coaches or cabooses and even photograph a special freight train consist operated only this weekend. They’ll also be able to learn how tracks were kept straight the old fashioned way—by hand—when the Buckingham Lining Bar Gang begins to chant.

Participants also can ride the cab of a diesel locomotive switcher, take a jaunt on a motor car, shop in a model train and railroadiana show, browse model train layouts, visit with hobos in a replica “jungle,” watch a blacksmith at work, listen to railroad music by Ivy Creek and watch a Railway Post Office car in action as it “catches mail on the fly.” You can even try you hand at blowing a locomotive’s horn with the daily horn blowing contest at 2 p.m.

This yearÂ’s event will see former N.C. Ports Authority locomotive No. 1860, newly added to the museumÂ’s collection from Morehead City, in operation. The rare, Fairbanks-Morse locomotive, will be welcomed to the collection at 9:45 a.m. May 1 before its initial run. At 3 p.m. the same day, Amtrak officials will officially present F40PH No. 307, to the museum as a future exhibit in the museumÂ’s Back Shop exhibit hall.

As a tip of the hat to the 2004 presidential contest, a Teddy Roosevelt impersonator will perform a whistle stop campaign several times each day, arriving, speaking and departing on the back platform of an office car, just as presidential contenders have done for years.

The second annual chili cookoff will take place 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and this year a special barbecue dinner on Saturday will allow visitors to relax at the end of the dayÂ’s festivities, prior to a night photo session featuring Railfan & Railroad Magazine Editor Steve Barry and museum equipment.

Rail Days tickets are $7 in advance, $10 the day of the event, and include all activities, unlimited train rides and admission to the railroadiana and model train show. Chili cookoff tickets are $2 each, barbecue tickets are $10 each, and night photo session tickets are $10 each. To order call (704) 636-2889 or go to www.nctrans.org and print an order form you can mail or fax.



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