TM 55-2200-001-12
Change 3
Section No. 1--General Rules (Rev.-9-1983)
Rule 19. Machinery, Rotary or Swinging Type, With Or Without Moveable Portions-inspection And Carding.
Machinery (including covered machinery) of this type, such as cranes, derricks, mechanical shovels, bulldozers, pipelayers.
mining, earth moving, etc., because of extraordinary hazards in transporting, whether loaded on cars or moving on its own wheels,
must have the rotating or swinging portions including booms, extensions, gun turrets, secured or unsecured counterweights. etc.
tied down to car or machine to prevent displacement in addition to locking devices that might be provided on the machine.
Telescoping booms and outriggers must be fully retracted and locked. Machines with outriggers or other retractable or movable
portions must have positive locking device, If so equipped, engaged In retracted or retention position recommended for
movement.
Machine equipped or not equipped with positive locking devices for moveable portions, must have moveable portions secured
with steel cable or wire rope not less than 1/2 in. diameter and attached to the machine or car to prevent displacement in transit.
This security must be certified by an authorized inspector of the originating railroad who shall fill out two cards of the form printed
below. One card is to be attached to each side of machine moving on its own wheels. or to each side of car upon which the
machine is loaded. The securement of movable portions for loads covered by a specific figure shall be in accordance with the
requirements of the individual figure and certified by using the form shown below.
Form (
)
(Card)
(Size 5 in. x 8 in.)
MACHINERY-ROTARY TYPE
INITIAL & NUMBER ................................................................CONTENTS......................................... DESTINATION
SHIPPER .................................................................PLACE .................................................... DATE ............................
This is to certify that I, the undersigned, have on this date, inspected the load on the above car or trailer and found it secured in
accordance with Fig ........................Section........... or the General Rules .................of the AAR Open Top Loading Rules.
I inspected this machine, moving on its own wheels, secured in accordance with Fig......... Section..........or the General
Rules .............................. of the AAR Open Top Loading Rules and found the propelling mechanism disengaged.
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Point of Inspection
Inspector
Railroad
Rule 19-A. Machines-Motivated by Gasoline or Fuel Oil.
(a)
Positive methods must be used by the shippers to make It impossible to cause accidental starting of engines in transit.
(b)
The transportation of automobiles, motorcycles, tractors or other self-propelled vehicles, engines or motors (internal
combustion) truck bodies or trailers on flat cars are also governed by Department of Transportation regulations contained in
Bureau of Explosives 6000, Section 173.120 and Canadian Transport Commission Regulations for the Transportation of
Dangerous Commodities by Rail, Section 73.120.
Rule 19-B. Machines-Equipped with Pneumatic Tires.
(a)
Tires must be inflated as uniformly as possible to the tire manufacturers recommended pressures.
(b)
Valve caps and/or valve assemblies must be securely tightened to prevent their loss or loosening in transit. Valve caps
designed for the purpose of removing valve stems are prohibited.
(c)
Suitable protective material between tires of units and side blocking must be used to prevent chafing and damage to tire
walls on all Department of Defense shipments and on such other shipments when deemed necessary by the shipper.
Rule 19-C. Machines-Power Units and Related Components.-Vehicles, including tractors, equipped with automatic
transmissions must have selector levers placed in neutral position to prevent damage to transmissions. Securement of the
selector levers is at the discretion of the shipper.
Rule 20. Gondola Cars-Drop Doors.
(a)
Door openings in gondola cars need not be covered when loading material such as coal, coke, ballast, metal borings,
loose tin, sheet steel cuttings not over 1/8-inch thick, and similar material, also loose scrap which is interlaced so as to prevent
falling through drop door openings.
(b)
Door openings must be covered with boards two inches thick, secured to prevent displacement, when loading any of the
following material short enough to fall through door openings; stone, ferro-manganese or other ferro products of similar density, or
fluxing, any or all of which is larger than ballast, small castings, ingots, short billets, pig iron, short rolled material, baled scrap, or
sheet steel cuttings over 1/8-inch thick, except when door openings do not exceed 25 percent of the floor surface and the material
is secured to prevent bearing or shifting on to drop doors.
Rule 20-A. Hopper Cars.
(a)
Hopper cars are designed to carry specific bulk and loose material.
(b)
The following materials can be loaded in hopper cars with dump doors, hinges, and locks in good condition.
Coal or Coke
Ballast or Fluxing Stone
Stone or Ores (including beneficiated) 6 in. or less in size and weighing 175 lbs. per cubic foot or less.
Ferro alloys weighing 175 lbs. per cubic foot or less.
Loose tin or sheet metal cuttings K in. thick or less.
Bailed scrap or loose metal scrap which is interlaced to prevent it from falling through door openings.
Other similar materials.
(c)
The following materials may be loaded in hopper cars. If cross hopper cars are used, the door must be secured in
accordance with Figure 89, Section No. 2.
Stone or Ores over 6 in. in size or weighing more than 175 lbs. per cubic foot.
Ferro Alloys weighing more than 175 lbs. per cubic foot.
Small castings, small ingots, short billets or pig iron.
Scrap metal cuttings over 1/8 in. thick.
Other similar materials.
(d)
For proper distribution of materials in the car, see Figure 88, Section No. 2.
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