Fede

ralRa
il
roadAdm
inis
tra
tion

T
rackandRa
ilandIn
fras
tructu
re
In
teg
ri
tyCompl
iance Manua
l

Vo
lumeIGene
ral
Chapte
r2 Fie
ldRepo
rting
Procedu
resandForms

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Tab
leo
fCon
ten
ts

CHAPTER2F IELDREPORT INGPROCEDURESANDFORMS. .

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iolationRepo r
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ion.
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xD-Ins tructions,F6180.111TrackViola
tion
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ions ,F6180.8Specia
lNo t
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xF-Ins truct
ions ,F6180.8aSpecia
lRepa irRemedia
lActionReport
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leaseNo
te(Vo
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ter2
):

Upda
tedf
romtheJanua
ry2017re
lea
se.Change
sin
clude
:
• Man
iorfo
rma
t

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CHAPTER2F
ieldRepo
rtingP
rocedu
resandFo
rms
In
troduc
tion
Inspe c
tors mu s
trecordea chfie
ldin spec
tiononaT ra
ckIn spect
ionRepo r
tFo rm,F6180.96(a lso
cal
led“Fo rm96 ”).Inspe c
tionreportsshal
lbecomp le
tedandp romp tlysubmit
ted,evenwhenan
inspe c
tionisf
reeo fdefe c
tob servat
ions.Theda tacon tainedin eachF6180 .96form(includinga
rai
lroad’srepl
ytoco rrect
ivea ct
ionitems)transferstoFRA ’ssafetydatabaseforprocess
ingin
ordertope rmitthegene rat
iono fse ve
ral managemen trepo r
ts.Th i
sda tahe
lp stodete
rminethe
e
ffe c
t
ivene ssoftheo veral
linspe c
tionprogram,thedeg reeofcomp l
iance,andtheeffec
to fthe
TrackSa fe
tyS tandards(TSS )onredu c
ingtrack-rela
teda cc
idents.

Theinformat
ionob ta
inedb yinspect
ionact
iv
it
iesa lsoplaysake yroleinthedeve
lopmento
fFRA ’
s
Na
tionalIn spec
tionPlan. Thisplanisacr
it
icaltoolinprov
idingfo
re f
fic
ien
tal
loca
tionofFRA’s
resourcesthroughouttheNationinorde
rtoen surethesafetyandviabi
li
tyofthegenera
lsys
temof
ra
iltranspor
tat
ion.

T
rackInspec
tionRepo
rtFo
rm,FRAF6180
.96
Gene
ralIns
truc
tions
Thissect
iondesc
ribesthe me
thodsu sedtoprepareaninspec
tionrepo
rt
.S inceJanuary1995
,
Trackinspec
tor
sha vebeenreco
rdingthei
rinspec
tionact
iv
it
iesona mult
id
iscip
linefo
rm,FRA
F6180.96.Thepurposeofthefo
rmi store co
rdinspec
tionsanddefec
tsforplacementin
toFRA
’s
safetyda
tabase
.

TheRa ilroadIn spec

tionS ys
temforPe rsona
lCompu ters(R ISPC)prov
ide sinspectorsw i
ththe
capabi
litytoen terinspect
iondataviathei
rPC s. Thi
sp rogramal
low sinspe c
torstoma in
tain
e
lectroni crecords,whichfac
il
ita
tesdataanalysi
s. ThroughoutRISPC ,helpinst
ru c
tion sare
ava
ilabletoa ssis
tinthena v
igat
ionandu seofthesoftware(byu s
ingthemenu’ s“Help”sele
ction
ortheque s
t
ion ma rkicon
).

Eachinspe c
torengaged infieldinspectiona c
ti
vi
ties mus
tcomp leteFo rm96theda yofthe
inspect
ion,generat
ingcomp leteand legib
leinformat
ion,andsubm i
tF orm96tothera ilroad
representa
tive
.E lec
tronicRISPC- gene
ratedtrackinspect
ionreportentr
iesa rethepreferred
methodtobeu sed . Inspe c
torscanu sethehand- p
rin
tedF6180 .96fo rmswhenne cessary(e.g.,
computerfai
lure)
. In spec
tors mu s
t ma kehand-p
rin
teden t
rieswithab lackballpo
intpen,apply
ing
suf
fic
ientpressuretoen surelegib
il
ityofcopies.Ifaddi
tionalspaceisrequired,inspector
s must
usethe96acon tinuat
ionshee tand n umbe reachpageintheuppe rrightcornerofthereport
.
When u s
ingahand- w
rit
tenrepo r
t,in spector
sshouldentertheinforma t
ionintotheRISPCa ssoon
aspract
icable.

Inspectorssha l
lprov
ideanot
iceo fdefect
ivecond
it
ionsfoundontheda yoftheinspect
ion
byei
the r:1)ane lect
ron
icPDFcop yoftheF6180.96inspect
ionreport(emai
lo rother
e
lectron
i c medium)or2)ahand- de
li
ve redpapercopy
.I fF6180.96repor
tscontainl
ineitems
recommend ingaciv
ilpena
l
ty,ahand -de
li
veredpapercopy,signedbythein spector
,shal
lbe
prov
idedtothera il
roadrep
resentat
ive.

Forspec
ia
lin
stru
ct
ionsonthecomple
tionofeachfie
ldintheF6180
.96repo
rt
,re
ferto
Append
ixC-In s
truc
t
ion
,F6180.96TrackInspec
tion
.

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Spec
ialIns
truc
tions–Inspec
tionsf
rom
/toS
tateL
ines
Comple
tean in spect
ionrepo r
tthatbeg inswith
inaSta teandte rmina
tesattheSta tel
ine,as
fo
llows:Enterthenameo fthecommun i
ty(i
fno torigina t
inginacommun i
ty,u sethecoun ty
)
neares
tthein spe ct
ionstar
tingpoint
inthe“F romC i
ty ”b lockontheinspect
ionformandtheS ta
te
l
inenamef romthed rop-
down menuinthe“De s
tinat
ionC ity
”b lo
cktoindicatetheSta tel
ine.A
four
-d
igi
tart
if
i c
ia liden
ti
fiercode,star
tingw i
ththed igits“99,”toindica
teaSta teline,fol
lowedb y
thetwo-d
igi
tS tatecodefo rtheadjacentState,isinthe drop-down menu.Fo rexamp le,an
inspec
tioncondu c
tedfromE r
ie,Penn sylvan
ia,toA shtabula, Oh
io,wouldberepo rtedontwo
separa
terepo rtsa sfol
lows:

F
irs
tRepo
rt
From
De
stina
tion
C
ity
: E
rie 2640
S
tate
: PA 42 C
ity
: PA/OHS
tate
line 9939
Coun
ty: E
rie C049 Coun
ty: E
rie C049

Se
condRepo
rt

F
rom De
stina
tion
C
i
ty: OH
/PAS
tate L
ine 9942
S
tate
: OH 39 C
i
ty: A
shtabu
la 0330
Coun
ty: A
shtabu
la C007 Coun
ty: A
shtabu
la C007

Inspec
tionrepor
tsshou
ldbenumberedcon
secu
tive
ly
. Theycanthenbeasso
cia
tedwitheach
o
therinalis
tingofin
spec
tiona
ct
iv
ity
,andaclea
rpic
tureo
ftheloca
tiono
ftheent
ire
inspec
tionwi
l
l
beavai
lable
.

Aninspect
ioncrossinganenti
reS ta
tewil
lshowStatel
ineiden
ti
f
iersatea chend
,andw i
llbe
assoc
iatedwithadjoin
ingin
spe c
tionrepo
rtsbyuseofconsecu
tiverepor
tnumbers. Fo
re xample
,
repor
tan inspec
tionfromPit
tsburgh,Pennsy
lvan
ia,th
rough WestVi
rgin
ia,toCo
lumbu s
, Ohio
,as
fo
llows:
F
irs
tRepo
rt
F
rom
De
stina
tion
C
i
ty: P
i
ttsbu
rgh 6600

S
tate
: PA 42 C
i
ty: PA
/WVS
tateL
ine 9954

Coun
ty: A
l
leghen
y C003 Coun
ty: A
l
leghen
y C003

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Se
condRepo
rt
From
De
stina
tion
C
ity
: WV
/PAS ta
teL
ine 9942
S
tate
: WV 54 C
ity
: WV
/OHS ta
teL
ine 9939
Coun
ty: B
rooke C009 Coun
ty: B
rooke C009

Th
irdRepo
rt

F
rom
De
stina
tion
C
i
ty: OH
/WVS
tateL
ine 9954
S
tate
: OH 39 C
i
ty: Co
lumbu
s 1800
Coun
ty: Je
ffe
rson C081 Coun
ty: F
ran
kl
in C049

Useacoun
tyorneare
stc
i
tycodefo
rin
spe
ct
ion
sbeg
inn
ingo
rend
inga
tin
terna
t
iona
lbo
rde
rs(e
.g.
,
Canadao
r Me
xico
).

No
te: Whenaninspect
iono ccur
satonepoin
tonly
,forexamplean
in spec
tionwi
thinthecon
fine
s
o
fayardinone muni
cipa
li
ty,iti
snotnece
ssarytof
il
linthe“des
t
ina
tion”f
ie
ld s
.

De
fec
tLineI
temF6180
.96Repo
rts
Inspecto
rs mustup
loadthe
irRISPCin spe
ct
ionreportsonawee k
lybasis
.Ifanerro
risdi
s co
vered
requi
ringcor
rect
ionofarepor
t,thenthecor
rectedrepor
t mus
tbe i
ssuedtothera
i
lroad
represen
tat
ive. Fu
rthe
rmore
,a ssoona sposs
ible
,thecorre
ctedrepo
rtmus
tbeuploaded toFRA’s
da
tacon t
rac
tor.

When ma kinganuna ccompan

iedin spec
tion,the inspe c
torwi
lldel
ive
racop yoftherepo r
ttothe
rai
lroadpe rsonnelha v
ingju
risd
i c
tioninthea reaco veredb ythereport
. Howeve r
,whenan
inspe c
tionsu chasonef romat ra
ino ccursandnode fe c
tsa renoted
,iti snotne ces sa
rytodeli
vera
cop yoftherepo r
t.
IntheT ra ckd
i sc
ipl
ine,donotmi xde fec
t-onlyl
ineitem sand i
tem schec kedye sinthe“ V
iola
tion
Recommended ”f ie
ldonanF6180 .96form.Intheca sewhereanin spe c
tordi
s coversdefec
titems
andv io
lat
ionitemsdu r
inganinspe ction
,the sewi
l
lrequ i
rea ta min
imumtwosepa raterepor
ts(one
w
ithde fectsonlyandano therwi
thv iolat
ionitemson ly
). Seebe lowforlineitem sw i
tha
recommenda t
ionfo rvio
lat
ion.

V
iola
tionRecommendedL
ineI
temF6180
.96Repo
rts
Inspe ctorsshal
lcomp leteasepa rateF6180 .96reportfo
ran y
itemsiden t
if
iedforrecommenda t
ion
forviolation
. Howe ve
r,theabo veinst
ru c
tionsperta
iningtoupload
ingandco r
rect
ionsalsoapplyto
reportscon ta
iningitemsche cked“ye s”inthe“V
iolat
ionRe commended ”fie
ld.Inaddit
ion
,ca re
ful
ly
moni
to rthe“W r
ittenNo t
if
icat
ion toFRAofRemed ia
lA ct
ionRequ i
red”fie
ldtoen su
rerai
lroadsare
comp lyingwiththisrequirement
. Fa i
lureoftherail
roadtocomp lywiththew r
it
tennoti
f
ication
requiremen tshouldbecon s
ideredforav iola
tion(Part209,Sect
ion405(a ))
.

Mu
lt
iplevio
lat
ionl
inei
temsonanF6180 .96repo
rt mus
tbeofthesameCodeofFede
ral
Regu
lation
s(CFR )par
t,becausea
lli
temsf romsu charepo
rtwi
llau
toma
ti
cal
lypopu
latein
toan
F6180.111vio
lat
ionnar
rat
iverepo
rt(seebelow)
.

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V
iola
tionRepo
rtNa
rra
tive-FRAF6180.
111
Gene
ralIns
truc
tions
It
isalwaysnecessa
rytoprov
idesupplemen
talinfo
rmat
iontoanF6180
.96byw
ri
tinganar
rat
ive
repor
t(F6180
.111)whenrecommendingavio
lation
. Thesewr
i
ttenna
rra
ti
vesw
i
lla c
companythe
F6180
.96.

IntheRISPCsystem,useF6180
.96fo
rmstha
tconta
ini
temsrecommendedfo
rci
vi
lpenal
tyto
genera
teanF6180.111
. OpentheRISPC ma
in menuandpe
rfo
rmthefo
llow
ingact
ion
s:

1
. S
e
lec
t“O
the
rProg
rams”
2
. S
e
lec
t“NewV
io
lat
ionRepo
rt”
3
. A
ttheb
lan
kvio
lat
ionsc
reen
,se
lec
t“NewRepo
rt”
4
. F
romtheIn
spe
ct
ionRepo
rts W
iza
rd,se
lec
ttheapp
rop
ria
tev
io
lat
ionfo
rm(
Tra
ck213
),[1
]
5
. High
l
ighttherepo
rtand
linei
temnumbe
ryouwan
tandc
l
ickon
“Se
lec
tandC
rea
te
V
io
lat
ionReport”
6
. In
spe
cto
rsa
retoen
terthe
irsequen
tia
lvio
lat
ionnumbe
randc
l
ickon“
OK”

No
te:Whenre
commend
ingav
io
lat
ionfo
raRoadway Wo
rkp
laceSa
fety
item
,se
lec
ttheT
rac
k-214
fo
rm.

Fo
rspe c
ia
lins
tru
ct
ionsonthecomp
let
ionofea
chf
ieldintheF6180
.111repo
rt
,re
fertoAppend
ix
D–In
struc
tion
s,F6180
.111Trac
kVio
lat .
ion

Anarra
tivesubmi
ttedw i
that rackinspect
ionrepo
r tshouldcontainsuff
ic
ientdeta
iltocomp letely
desc
ribeandsuppo r
tthein spec
tiona c
ti
vi
ty. Cop
ie sofallpert
inentdata,sucha sra
il
roads’p lans,
records,bu
l
let
inso rorde
rs;an ypert
inentphotographs;thename sandt i
t
lesofrail
roademp loyees
whowe rewi
tnesses;thetimeo fda ywhenthein spect
iono rinvest
igat
ionwa scondu c
ted;andthe
loca
tionofanyviolat
ionwithreferencetosomefi xedobjectshouldalsobefurnishedtofurther
suppor
ttheinspect
iona c
ti
vity
. GPScoo rdina
tes,
ifa va
ilable
, ma yalsobeu sed.

Whenf i
l
ingav iolat
ionrepo r
t,takegrea tcaretoobtainadequa tee v
idencetosupportea chelement
o
fea chviola
tionre commendedinthev iolat
ionreport
. Thisshouldin c
ludee v
idencethrough
personalob servat
ionand /orrecordsindicat
ingtra
inope ra
tionso verthetrackdefe
ct.Al so
,
evidencethatthera il
roadshou ldha veknown( knowledges tandard)thatthedefec
te x
isted must
bein c
ludedina ccordancew i
th§213 .5
(a),whichstatesthatrespon s
ibi
l
ityforcompl
iancew iththe
trackregulat
ion slieswiththetrackowne r“..
.whoknow so rhasno t
icethatthetrackdoe snot
comp lywiththerequ irements.
...
” Thisisthe“knowledges tandard.
”

Ifper
tinen t
,in c
ludecop iesofp reviousFRAt ra c
krepo rtsorthera ilroad’sownre cordstodo cument
pr
iorknow ledgeg i ventotherai
lroadind ica
tingthep resen ceo fthet rackde fect.E s
tabli
sh
knowledgeo fade fe c
tb yconst
ru ct
ive
lyshow ingtha tthede fe c
t isofsu chana turethattherai
lroad
wouldha veknowno fthedefectfrompa stt
rackinspe ct
ion s
.Inth isrega rd,itishelp
fultonotethe
dateofthera i
lroad’ slas
tinspection(andin c
ludethera i
l road’
sla s
tin spectionrecord)ande xpla
in
whythecond i
tion mu sthavebeenp resentatthattimeb ystat
ingtha tthistypeo fcondit
iontakesa
longertimetode velopthanthet imebe tweenthera i
lroad’sla stinspe c
tionandFRA ’
sin spec
tion.
SeeChap ter4o fthis manualforadd i
tional
in s
truct
ionscon cerningtheknow ledgestandard.

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Inspe c
torsshou
ldbecarefu
lto iden
ti
fy,inthenarrat
iverepo
rt,al
lcircums
tancesorfa c
tstha
tthe
inspe c
tordidno
twi
tnessb ystat
ingthesourceofsu chin
formation.Ifnecessa
ry,accompl
ishth
is
byattachingarepo
rtofaninterv
iewtothena r
rat
ivereport
.Iden ti
fyallcopi
esofrecordsby
prov
idingthename ,t
it
le,andaddressofthecu s
todianofor
iginalre co
rds
.

If morethanonecoun t(oro ccurrence)i sl

is
tedinal ineitemo fan inspectionreport,thenarrati
ve
o
fthev iola
tionrepo r
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te
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iolat
ionso ra sonev iola
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iolat
ionsa rebeingreque stedfo rea chcoun t,theT ransm i
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tionRepo r
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te linei
tem andinRa ilroadEn forcemen tSy s
tem(RES)a s
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ipleda ysa rebe ingreque s
ted )
. Th iswi
llen su
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f
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countsreque s
ted. No tetha ten ter
ingthev iolat
ion sa s mul
tipleo ccurrence sonFRAFo rm6180 .96
inRISPCau tomatica
llygene ratesafoo tnoteindi cat
ingthatpena l
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moreda ysonwh ich thev iolat
ioncon tinued,wh ichi snotco rrectin man yca ses.

Subm
iss
iono
fPho
tog
raphsasEv
idence
Photographscanbeve ryst
ronge v
idenceinsuppor
to favio
lat
ion. Whenu s
ingphotographsinthe
v
iolat
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tivepa ckage
,e xp
lainwhatea chphotographshow s
.C lea
rlyiden
tifywha
tea ch
photographil
lust
ratesinsupportofthevio
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ion
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ionswi
th mult
ip
lecoun tsorl
ineitems,
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ionea chphotographtolinki
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iolat
ionitem
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tbeind igitalfo
rmat
.Itisac cep
tabletopla cede s
criptionsorpoin
tersus
ing
sof
twaretohe lpthereaderunde rs
tandthenatureoftheviolat
ion.Howe ver,pho
tographsmust no
t
bedigi
tal
ly manipu
latedinan y manne
rtoal
tertheappea ran ceofan yitemo relementinthe
photograph
.Dig i
talphotographsshal
lbeannotatedtoindicatethatthe rearenoelect
roni
c
a
lterat
ions.

S
tatemen
tso
fWi
tness
Unlessav iolationi ssub s
tantiatedb yanin spe c
tor’spe rsona lknow ledge ,thera il
road ’sown
re co
rds,o radm ission sofrailroado f
fic
ialscon ta
inedinrepo rtsofinterview ,thev iolationreport
shouldbea ccompan iedb yoneo r mo rewitne ssstatemen tsontheapp ropriate“S tatemen to f
W
itne ss
.” (Tha tfo rm isdesignedfo ru seb yrail
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ained
fromanonemp lo yee ,consulttheRCCabou thowtop ro ceed .) Thew itne ssstatemen t mu s
tclear
ly
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therthe
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fyany
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ion sfounda t49U .S .C.§20109 (i)
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it
FRAf romre vealingthe identi
tyo fan yonewhob r
ingsasa fetycomp la
inttoFRAw ithou ttha
t
person’sw rit
tencon sent. Howe ver
,49U .S.C .§20109 (
i)(2 )statestha ttheU .S
.Depa r
tmento f
Transportationw i
l
ld isclosetotheA ttorney Gene ralthenameo fanemp loyeede scribedin49
U.S.C.§20109 (i)(1)ifthe ma tterisrefe r
redtotheA ttorne y Gene ralforen forcemen t.

Eachwitnessstatement mu
stconta
inthet
ime,da
te,ful
lname,tit
le,and ma
il
ingadd
ressofthe
personwhowa sin
terv
iewed. No
te:Inspe
cto
rsshouldre
ferencetheGenera
l Manua
l,
Chapte
r5 ,fo
rw i
tnesssta
tementguidanceandane xampleof aw
itnesss
tatementform
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linesfo
rConduc
tingIn
terv
iews
In
spe
cto
rsshou
ldre
feren
cet
he Gene
ral Manua
l
,Chap
ter5
,fo
rgu
idan
ceinc
ondu
ctingi
n
terv
iew
s.

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Cop
ieso
fRa
il
road
’sReco
rds
Whenne cessary
,thev iolat
ionrepor
t mus
tbea ccompaniedbyleg
iblecop
iesofthera
i
lroad’
s
re
levantre co
rd scontainingin
format
ionthatwil
lpro v
ideRCCwithsubs
tant
iat
ingdocumentat
ionof
thevio
lation. Theviolat
ionreportshou
ldg iveaclearunders
tandingo
fhowthedo cumentshelp
demonstratethevio
lationo fFedera
lsafetyregula
tions.

Th
isin
forma
tion ma
ybesubmi
ttedintheformofdup
l
icatedcop
iesofthera
i
lroad’
sre
cord
sor
th
roughcomprehens
ive
,wo
rd-
for-wo
rde x
trac
tsta
kenfromthera
il
road’
srecord
s.

V
iola
tionRepo
rtPackageA
rrangemen
t

Whenthev
iola
tionrepo
rtanda
l
lsuppor
tingdo
cumentshavebeencon
ver
tedin
toaPDFfo
rma
t
thesedocumentsw
il
lbecombine
dintoone mas
terdocumen
t.

Eachvio
lat
ionisrequ
iredtoha vea mas
terfi
leinPDFfo rmat
. Thef
i
lename mu
stcon
tainthe
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llow
inginformat
ion
:Reg ion,CaseType,Inspecto
rIni
tia
ls
,andVio
lat
ionNumber
,fo
re xampleR4
-
TS-CLD-49.pd
f.Thefollowingtab
lel
is
tsviola
tioncasetypes
.

ViolationCaseTypeL is
t
Code Type
AD A
l coho landD rugRegu lations
AR Acciden tRepo r
tsRegu lations
BW Bridge Wo rkerSa fetyS tanda rds
EO FRAEme rgen cy Orde r
EP RailroadEn forcemen tP ro cedures
EQ Eng inee r Qua lificat
ionRegu lations
FCS Freigh tCa rSa fetyS tanda rds
GC Grade C ro ssingS igna lSa fetyRegu lation s
GS Safe ty Gla zingS tanda rd s
HMT Ha za rdou s Ma te r
ialsRegu lat
ion s
HS Hou rso fSe rviceLaw s
HSR Hou rso fSe rviceRe cordKeep ingRegu lat
ions
LI Lo como tiveSa fetyS tanda rdsandS tatu tes
Code Type
L
IS SteamLo como tiveSa fetyS tanda rdsandS tatu
tes
PEP Pa ssenge rT rainEme rgen cyP reparedne ssRegula
tion
s
PEQ Pa ssenge rEqu ipmen tSa fetyS tandard s
REM Rea rEnd Ma rkingDe v
i ceRegu lat
ions
ROP Railroad Ope ratingP ra ctice s
ROR Railroad Ope ratingRu le s
RSP RailroadCommun ication sRegu lat
ions
RW Roadway Wo rke rPro te ct
ionRegu lat
ion s
SA Safe tyApp l
ian ceS tatu tesandRegu lations
SI S
igna lIn spe ctionRegu lationsandS tatu tes
TH TrainHo rn /Qu ietZone
TS Tra ckSa fe tyS tanda rd s

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l Vo
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,Chap
ter2– Ma
rch2018

Thev io
lat
ionrepo
rtpa c
kageshou
ldbear
rangedinthefo
l
lowingo
rde
r:V
io
lationRepo
rt
,Lis
tof
Exhib
itpage,ande xhib
itsino
rde
rorre
levan
ce.Therequi
rement
sfo
rthesedocumen
tsare
detai
leda sfo
l
lows
:

1
.Violat
ionRepor
t-Fo rmFRAF6180 .111
,includinganycon
tinua
tionsheets:In
spe
cto
r
mus
ten su
rea
l
lrepo
rtsin thev
io
lat
ionrepor
tpa c
kageares
ignedus
ingelec
tron
ic
s
ignatu
re.
2
.Listo
fExh
ibi
ts: ALi
sto
fExh
ib
itspage mu
stbec
rea
tedandin
ser
tedimmed
iate
lya
fte
rthe
Fo
rmFRAF6180.111
.
1
) TheE xh
ib
itLi
st mus
tbeasepa
ratedo
cumen
tti
t
led“L
is
tofE
xhib
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ts”ra
the
rthan
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tta
chmen tL
ist”
.
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) The
lis
tmu
stno
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teredinthena
rra
t
iveo
ftheV
io
lat
ionRepo
rt(
fie
ld34
).
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) Al
lofexh
ib
itsmus
tbe
lis
tedino
rde
rofre
levan
ce,andw
i
llno
tbenumbe
red1
,2,3
,or
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tte
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.

3
. Exh
ibi
ts:E
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tsin
clude
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tareno
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imi
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low
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ty
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rmFRAF6180 .96repor
tsfo
rtheinspec
tiontha
tin
clude
sthede
fec
tsno
t
recommendeda
sv io
lat
ions–rai
lroadcop
y .
3
)Sta
temen
tso
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tne
ss,
ifan
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4
) Cop
iesofpe
rt
inentpage
softhet
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tableandanyothe
rinst
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tion
sthata
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fe c
tat
thet
imeofv
iola
tion
,suchasatempo
raryspeedre
str
ic
tiontha
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rized
speed
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raphs
,a sdesc
ribedabove. Pho
tog
raphsshouldc lea
rlyi
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lust
ratethesever
ityof
thevio
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ion
,an yd
ynam ic mo
vementaddedtoa mea surement,oranyth
ingtofur
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documentwhythedefect
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lat
ion. Dono tinc
ludephotographsi
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theydonotshowsome th
ingthati
ssign
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ican
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frai
lroadrecordswhenthe
yarea
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cludean
yothe
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rthe
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stan
tia
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tav
io
lat
ioni
sino
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Forident
i
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ionpurposes
,ea chexh
ibi
tofthev
io
lat
ionrepo
rtpackage mu
stbelabe
ledwi
ththe
inspecto
r’sin
itia
lsandthevio
lat
ionrepor
tnumber
,forexamp
le,JDP-55
,whichshou
ldbeplacedin
thelowerrightcorne
rofeachsheet.

I
fanin specto
rfee l
stha taviolationneed sspec
ialhand l
ing,thein spec
tormustsubm i
tanadd i
tional
cover memo(tobes ignedbytheReg ionalAdm in
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lation
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rmationand ju s
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redb ythe
“ImprovementsinC i v
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lPenaltyEn forcemen t
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ter2– Ma
rch2018

Theen
ti
rev
io
lat
ionpa
ckagefo
rtran
smi
tta
lcon
tain
s:
1
) TFR-F6180
.72
x(t
ran
smi
tta
ldo
cumen
t)
2
) Co
verle
tte
rrega
rdinge
xtrao
rdina
rypena
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tie
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fapp
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icab
le)
3
) V
iola
tionrepo
rtpa
ckage
No
te:Oneandtwoa
resepa
ratef
i
lesanddono
trequ
iread
ig
ita
lsigna
tureb
ythein
spe
cto
r.

Supe
rviso
ryRev
iew
Uponreceip
tofaTra
ckInspec
tionRepor
t,o
ranyotherrepo
rtsubm
it
tedbyanin
spe
cto
r,the
Superv
isoryTra
ckSpec
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twil
l makeatho
roughrev
iewtodeterm
inetha
t:
• Therepo
rti
scomp
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• I
tha
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redina
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thou
tstand
ingin
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• T
hetypeandnumbe
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sis
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lso
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• Wi
thre specttov
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inspector
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ionforprosecut
ionlea vesnodoub tastothedeg reeo f
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iousne ssoftheviolationandthat
,whe reaw il
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tedinthepena ltyschedulefo
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thetracksafetystanda rdvio
lated
.

Beforeup load inganF6180 .111formtotheR ISPCs ys

temandsend ing thee le c
tronicpa ckageto
ther egionalheadqua r
ters
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tcop ytothe irSupe rv
i sorySpe c
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review . Ane le c
tronicdraf
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intingtoPDF ”andema il
ingit. The
Spe c
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fictrac kv iolation,thera i
lroad ’srecordo f
acciden ts,andi tsoveral
lcomp lianceattitude—shou ldind icateh i sorhe rcon currenceo r
non con curren cew i
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iou sne sso fthev iolat
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tionsthein spe ctorcan in corporate intothefinalrepo r
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Form6180 .111fo rfinalassemb lyintoas ingledo cumen ta sou tlined .

I
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trator
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ishedtotheinspec
tor. Therepor
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V
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Up
loadtheF6180 .111formna r
rat
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tionrepo
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tertheuploadp ro
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ionpackageandsendi ttoSupervisa
rySpec
ial
ist
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tionrepo
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packagewil
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tionrepor
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ingdocumenta t
ionbookma rkedfo
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easyrefe
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,Chap
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rch2018

A
fte
rre v
iewb ytheSupe rv
iso
rySpecia
l
i s
t,thereg
ionwi
llelec
tron
ica
l
lysubm
itthevio
lat
ionrepor
t
packagein
cludingtheor
igina
lrepo
rt
,e xh
ibi
tsandphotographstoRCC.Thereg
ionisrequ
iredto
re
tainacop yinregiona
lfi
les
.

Thein
spector mus
tnumbe
rthev
io
lat
ionna
rra
tiverepor
tssequen
t
ial
lyth
roughou
thi
s/he
rca
ree
r
w
ithou
tregardtotheendo
fanyca
lenda
rorf
iscalyear
.

Spec
ialNo
ticefo
rRepa
irs
Gene
ral Gu
ide
lines
TheSpe c
ialNo t
iceforRepa irsRepo rt(SNFR )isane ffe ct
iveinstrumen ttohandlece r
ta in
c
ircums tance sinwhichara i
lroaddoe sno ttakethep roperremed ia
la c
t
iontoadd ressde fec
ts.
Useitina ccordancew i
thcu rrentFRApo l
ic yandincircums tanceswhe renon comp lyingt rack
condit
ionsa rerepeti
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veo rpo seasa fe
tyrisk. Fo
re xamp le,ifanin spe cto
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segmen toftra ckdoesno tcomp l ywi
th49CFRPa rt213 ,isun sa
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inuedse rvice,o r
presentsanimm inen
tsa fetyha zardtorail
roademp lo yeeso rthegene ra
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ic,andi fvolunta
ry
comp l
ianceha snotbeenunde r
takenb ytherai
lroad,thenin spec
torsshou ldbep reparedto issuea
Specia
lNo ticeforRepa i
rsunde rtheguidelinesdescr
ibedinChap ter4o ftheTra ckandRa i
land
Inf
ra s
tructureInteg
ri
tyComp lian ce Manual
.L ineitems inthe in
spe c
tor’sF6180 .96tha tsupportthe
SNFRshou ldha vethelineitembo xlabeled“SNFR ”che cked.

Spec
ialNo
ticefo
rRepa
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.8Ins
truc
tions
Whenthede fec
tsnotedontheSNFRfo rmarerepresen
tat
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ion siden
ti
fiedon
thetracksegment,theTrackinspe
cto
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tform
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tingthatthecond
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ionsrepor
tedarerep
resentat
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fthecondi
tionsonthe ident
if
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segmen t
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tachcopiesoftheFormF6180.96totheSNFRform (F6180.8).

Fi
llouttheo
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rm.G
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1
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tcop
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dtotheTra
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cia
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2
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rwardtotheAsso
cia
teAdm
ini
stra
torfo
rRa
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lroadSa
fet
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fety
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r,a t
tent
ionTrackDiv
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15.
3
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inthein
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Uponrece
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lroad mayappealthedecis
ionofthein spectortotheRegional
Admin
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tor. Suchappeal mus
tbe inwr
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ing. TheRegionalAdm in
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ratorwi
llthena ss
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spe c
torwhoor
igina
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sion
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ftheorig
inalinspecto
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ined,theRegionalAdminis
trato
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ifytherail
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appea
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I
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fect
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pos
tponetheeffect
ivedateo fthes loworde runt
i
lare inspec
tiono ccu
rs.On
lytheRegiona
l
Admin
is
trato
rha sth
isautho r
ity.In spectorsshal
lnot makean ysta
tementthatcou
ldbean
ind
ica
tionofhowFRAw i
l
lre sol
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Fo
rins
tru c
t
ionscon
cern
ingthecomple
t
ionofFormF6180
.8,
inR
ISPC
,seeAppend
ixE–
Ins
tru
ctions
,F6180
.8Specia
lNot
iceforRepa
irs
.

Spec
ialRepa
irRemed
ialAc
tionRepo
rtF6180
.8aIns
truc
tions
Anappropria
terail
roado ff
i c
ialcomp le
testheSpe c
ialRepa irRemed ialAct
ionRepo rt(SRRAR) .It
ind
icatesremediala c
tionta kenb ytherai
lroadtocorrectthenon comply
ingconditionsl
istedonthe
SNFR. TheR ISPCp rogramw i
llpopulatedatafromtheSNFRtotheSRRARon cetheSNFRi s
completed
. Inspe c
torsw i
llha vetheop t
ionofprin
tingaha rdcop
yo rsavingtheSRRAR inPDF .In
add
it
ion,inspectorswil
la lsoha vetheop t
ionofema i
lingthereporttotheapp rop
riatera
il
road
o
ff
ic
ial. However,inspe c
torsa reen couragedtohand -del
iveraha rdcop
yo ftheSRRAR ,alongwith
theSNFR ,totheapp rop r
iaterail
roadoff
icia
lwhene verpo ssib
leandshou ldalways mai
lano rig
inal
copyofea chtotherailroad.

Fo
rins
tru c
t
ionscon
cerningthecomp
let
iono
fFormF6180
.8,
inRISPC
,seeAppend
ixF–
Ins
tru
ctions
,F6180
.8a,Specia
lRepa
irRemed
ia
lAct
ionRepor
t.

Re
inspec
tion
When a s
signedtore in
spe ctt
rackinvolvedinanSNFR ,theinspe c
torshal
lcommen cethata c
t
ivi
ty
immed ia
tely.Theinspectorwi
llconductthereinspect
ionina ccordancew i
ththep ro
visionsof
Chapte
r1o fthis manua
landi tw
il
lbe madeo vertheenti
rel
im i
tsco veredb ytheSNFR . The
inspec
torwi
lldeterminei
fthede fec
tsp resentsupportthedeci
sionto issueanSNFR . The
inspec
tormu s
talsosubm i
ttotheRe gionalAdminist
ratorathoroughandcomp le
tew r
ittenrepor
t
thatmus
tinclude:

• Aw r
it
tende sc
rip
tionofthecond
i
tionsfound.
• F
ield mea surements(whereapp
licab
le).
• Photographs.
• Astatemen tgiv
ingrea son
sfore
itherdeny
ingorapp
rov
ingtheappea
l
.

Therein
spe c
t
ionwil
lta
kein
tocon
side
rat
iona
l
laspe
ctso
ftheTSSandsha
l
lno
tbel
imi
tedtothe
de
fectslis
tedontheSNFR.

It
istherespon s
ib
il
ityoftheTra ckSpecial
is
ttokeeptheReg iona
lAdm in
ist
ratoradv
isedof
deve
lopmentsa stheyo ccur.Ifthecarr
ierdo esnotprov
ideanF6180 .8AtoFRAin30da ys
,then
afol
lowupinspect
ionw i
llbecondu c
ted.Thepu rposeo
fthi
sinspec
tioni stodete
rmineifthecar
rie
r
iscomply
ingwi
ththep rov
ision
so ftheSNFR .I ftheca
rr
ierdoesnotadd ressthecondi
t
ionsnoted
intheSNFR ,thenrefertothese ct
ionti
tled,“Vio
lat
iono
fFRAEme rgen cyO rde
rorFRAS NFR”in
Vo
lumeI,Chap ter4o fthi
s manua l.

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Append
ixA-Ac
tiv
ityCodes
Mu
ltidisc
ipl
ineCodeTableo
fDefin
it
ions
(ThetableisbasedontheR ISPCDa
tabaseRev
isedJanua
ry17
,2012
)
Ac
tiv
ity D
isc
ipl
ine De
fin
ition Commen
ts
174A H
,M GeneralRequ i
remen ts –Thepu rpo
seofth
isinspect
ionistodeterminecomp
lian
ce
w
ith§§174 .3
,174 .5,174.9
,174 .14,174
.16and174 .50
.Th iscode
i stobeusedfo
r
rai
lroadfaci
l
ityinspec
tions
.Re cordoneuni
tfortheinspec
tionofeachcar
transpor
tingha za
rdous mate
rials.
174B H
,O Gene ral Ope rat
ingRequ irements –Thepu rposeofthisinspect
ionistore viewa
trainc rew’sdo cumen tationforea chrai
lca rcontain
ingha za
rdous mater
ial
,in cluding
anychange sinp lacemen toftheca r
. Thein spect
ionshou ldinc
ludede termining
comp liancew i
ththeba s
i chazardou s mater
ialsshippingpape rdesc
riptionsa s
requiredin
§174 .26 . Re co
rdoneun i
tforeacht ra
incon s
istinspected,andonesubun i
tfo rea ch
inspe ctiono ftheba sicshippingpape rde scr
iptionofea chcarcontain
ingha zardou s
mater
ia ls.
Note1 : In spectors mu s
tu seAct
ivi
tyCodeTPLHtore cordinspect
ion sasso ciated
w
ithtra inpla cemen trequirements.
Note2 : In spectors mu s
tu sethiscode in s
teado fCode172Cwhenin spect
ing
shippingpape rsspe ci
fictoapa rt
iculartrain.
209 ALL Remed ialAction –Thepurposeo fthi
sin spe
ct
ionistorepor
tara i
lroadtha
thasnot
compliedw i
tharequ i
rementtoprovidearemed ia
lact
iona snotedinap rev
ious
inspectionreport
.Recordoneunitforea chremedia
lact
ionnot incomplian
ce.(See
General Manualforaddi
t
ionalgu
idan ce)
.
215D H
,O ,T F
,S re
igh tCar MechanicalInspec t
ion–Thepu rposeo fth
isin spec
tionisforany
inspectoro
therthanan MPEinspec tortode terminecomp l
iancew i
thPart215,
inc
ludingAppendi
xD . Thein spect
ionincludestho sepe r
formedb yanFRA
inspectororwhenanFRAin spectorobservesrai
lroademp loyeespe r
formingth
is
inspect
ion. MPEin spectorsshouldrefe
ren ceA c
tivi
tyCode215 . Re cordoneun
itfo
r
eachfreigh
tcarinspectedo robservedinspe c
tedfo rcomplian cew
ith§215. Fo r
ar
ticu
latedcars
,coun tea chpla
tforma soneun it
.

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isc
ipl
ine Def
init
ion Commen
ts
Note1: HMandOP in spe
cto
rsshouldusetheAc
ti
vityCodeHMforALLo
fthe
ir
Par
t215 inspe
ct
ions
.
Note2:P rope
rlys
tenc
i
ledmaintenance-
of-
wayequipmenti
sexemptf
romPar
t
215.305
(b).
217E ALL Emergency O rder–Thepu rpo
seo fth
isinspect
ionistodeterminecomp l
iancewith
acurrentEme rgency Order
. Recordea chuni
tandsubun i
ta sdirec
tedb ytheunique
in
struct
ionsi ssuedbyFRAHeadqua rte
rsrega rd
ingea chspeci
f
i cEmergency Order.
Inspectors mu s
ttho
roughl
ye xp
laintheinspec
tionintheinspec
tionreport
’snarra
tive
.
217O ALL Other Ope rations Obse rvations–Thepu rpo seo fth i sin spect
ion i stoob serve
rai
lroademp loyee sofan ycra ftperformingdu tie srega rdingra i
lroadope rat
ingru les
(ROR )
,andra i
lroadsa fetyru le s
(RSR ).I tw i
llin cludea l
lre latedROR s,RSR s,
rai
lroadbu lletins,andan yw r
ittenra il
roadpo lic yno to the rw iseco veredinFede ra
l
regu lation s. Non comp l
ian cew i
llbere cordeda san on- FRAde fe ctunde rthisa ct
ivi
ty
code . Re co rdoneun itfo ranen t
ireya rdo requ iva len tfa c
i
lity mon ito red,andone
subun itfo rea chc rewmembe r
,ya rdma ster
,con tra ctor,t ra ckemp lo yee , me chanical
emp lo yee,s igna l maintaine r
,e tc.,tha tthe in spe cto rcon t
inua l
lyob se rvedasu ff
icient
amoun to ftimetode term inecomp l
ian ceo rnon comp l
ian ce.
Note: Un likenon complian cew i
thFede ralregu la tion s,iti sFRApo l
i cytha t
inspe ctorsp rovideinforma t
ionre co rdedunde rth i sa ct
i v
itycoderega rd
ing
non comp l
ian ceo fanROR /RSR,w ithou tiden t
i fyingthenoncomp lian temp loyee
byname,intheFede ral inspe ct
ionrepo rt
. Seethe Gene ral Manua lfo rfurther
explana tion .
Examp le1: AnFRAT ra c
kin spectorob serve sa20-p ersonse ctiongangwo rkingfor
appro xima te ly45 m inute swhenthein spe ctorob se rve sat rackemp lo yees it
tingon
thera il. TheFRAin spe ctorintervene sb yadd re ssingtheemp lo yee ’s
non comp l
ian cew ithanRSR ,andthend i scusse sthenon comp l
ian cew iththe
emp lo yee’ ssupe rvi
sor. The in spectionrepo r
tw il
lin cludethere cordingo fone
occu rren ceo fanon- FRAde fe ctforat ra ckemp lo yee ’ sfailuretocomp l
yw i
ththe
spe c
ificRSRtha tprohibitsemp loyee sfroms ittingonara i
l. Thein spe ctorwil
l
reco rdthe in spe ct
iona soneun itand20subun its
Examp le2 : AnFRA MPEi n spe c
to rob serve sfou rpe rson swo r kingonara i
lroad
carw ithp rope rB lueS igna lP rotectionfo rapp ro xima tel y10 m inu te swhenthe

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isc
ipl
ine Def
ini
tion Commen
ts
inspecto
r observesoneo ftheworke
rspe rformata skwhi
lenotwea r
ingtherequ ired
pro
tec
tiveequ ipmen t
. TheFRAin spectorinte
rvenesb yaddress
ingtheemp loyee
’s
noncompliancew ithanRSRb yd
iscussingitwiththeemployee’ssuperv
iso r
. The
inspect
ionrepo rtwi
llinc
ludetherecordingofa non-FRAdefec
tforaca rshop
employee’sfai
luretocomp lywi
ththespe c
if
icRSRtha tprohib
i
tsperformingtheta sk
w
ithou
tthep rope rprote
ct
i veequ
ipmen t
. Thein spe
ctorwi
l
lre co
rdthein spect
iona s
oneunitandfou rsubuni
t s
.
218C O
,S,T CampCarProtection-Thepurpo
seofthi
sinspect
ionistode
terminecompl
iance
w
ithcampca
rp ro
te c
tion
. Re
cordoneun
itforeachtrac
kinspe
ctedthatrequ
ire
s
campcarp
rotect
ion.
218M M
,O BlueS ignalP rotec t
ionon Ma ino rO therthan Ma inT rack –Thepu rpo seo fth is
in spectionistode te rminei fthep rote c
tionp ro videdra ilroademp lo yee srequ i
ring
B
lueS igna lPro tectionina ccordan cew ith§§218 .25,218 .27 ,and218 .30. Re co rd
oneun itforea cht racktha trequ i
re sBlueS igna lP rotect
ion.I fthet ra ckrequ iring
B
lueS igna lPro tectionha s mo rethanonet ra ino rcu tofca rsrequ ir
ingp rote ct
ion
re cordoneun itfo rtheen ti
ret ra ck.
Rega rdingin spe c
tingcomp lian cew ithB lueS igna lregu lat
ion sin vo
l v
ingaremo tely
con t
rolledsw itch ,recordoneun i
tfo ra l
la sso ciatedre cordkeep ingrequ iremen tsa t
tha tloca t
ion,andonesubun i
tfo rea chtrac ka s so c
iatedw iththo sere cord s.
Note1 :E xceptfo rs tubt rac ks,bothend softhet ra ck mu s
tbein spe ctedfo r
comp l
ian cew i
ththeB lueS ignalregu la
tions.
Note2 :The re isad rop- downFRAob servationcodein specto rs ma yu seinl ieuo f
wri
tingacommen twhenthe rea reno tan ye xcep tion sno ted.
218O ALL Part218,Subpa rtF–Thepu rpo seo fthisin spe ct
ioni stode term ineara ilroad ’s
comp l
ian cew i
thPa r
t218Subpa r
tF ,in c
ludingtherequ iremen tfo rara ilroadtoha ve
comp ly
ingra i
lroadope ratingru lesa sindicated intheregu lation . Re co rdoneun itfor
ea chda y,orpa rt
ialday ,spen treview ingre le vantra il
roadru le sorfo rea chya rdo r
equ i
valen tfaci
lity mon itored . Re cordonesubun itforea chc rewmembe r,
yardma s
ter
,con t
ra ctor,tra ckemp loyee , me chan i calemp lo yee ,signa l ma intaine r,
etc,tha tthein spe ctorcon tinua l
lyob servedasu fficientamoun to ftimetode te rm ine
comp l
ian ceo rnon comp l
ian ce.
Note:I tisFRApo licytha tin spe c
to rsp rov
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ity D
isc
ipl
ine Def
in ition Commen
ts
reco rdedunde rth isa ctiv
itycodea snon comp l
ian ceo faFede ralregu lat
ion .I tw i
l
l
includeiden t
ifyingthenoncomp lian tind ividua lbynameinthe in spe c
tionrepo rt.
Seethe Gene ral Manua lforafu rthe re xplana t
ion .
Examp le1: AnFRAT rac kin spe ctorob serve sa12- personse ctiongangwo rkingfo r
appro xima tely45 m inu teswhenthein spe c
to rob se rve sat rackemp lo yeeth row inga
switchw ithequ ipmen t inthefou lo fthesw itch. TheFRAin spe c
to rin tervene sb y
addre ssingtheemp lo yee’snon comp l
ian cew i
thPa r
t218Subpa rtF ,andthen
d
iscu ssesthenon comp l
ian cew i
ththeemp loyee’ssupe rv
i sor. The in spe ct
ionrepo r
t
w
il
lin c
ludethere cordingo fthenon comp liancefo rthet rac kemp lo yee ’sfailureto
comp l yw i
thPa rt218 ,Subpa rtF ,andthenameo ftheemp lo yeeinnon comp l
ian ce.
The in spe c
to rwillre cordthein spe ct
iona soneun itand12subun its.
Examp le2 : AnFRA MPEin spe ctorob servessi xpe rson ssw i
tch ingra ilcarsinaca r
shopfo rapp ro x
ima tely
10 m inute swhenthe in spe ctorob se rve soneo fthewo rker sfa
iltop rope r
l yprote c
ta
sho v
ing mo vemen t. TheFRAin spe ctorin tervene sb yadd ressingtheemp lo yee’s
non comp lian cew ithPa rt218Subpa rtF ,andthend is cusse sthenon comp lian cew i
th
theemp lo yee’ssupe rvisor. The in spe ctionrepo rtw i
llin c
ludethere cordingo fthe
non comp lian cefo rtheca rshopemp lo yee ’sfai
lu retocomp l ywiththePa rt218
Subpa r
tF ,andthenameo ftheemp loyeeinnon comp l
ian ce. The in spe ctorw il
l
reco rdthe inspe ctiona soneun itands ixsubun its.
Examp le3: Anin spe ctorre view sthera i
lroadru le stode termine ifthe yarein
comp lian cew iththerequ iremen tsse t
for threga rdingra i
lroadequ ipmen tinthefou l
andope ratingsw itche s. The in spe ct
ionrepo r
tw illin c
ludethere co rd ingo foneun it
forth isin spe c
tionandw i
lla lsore feren cethep re cisera i
lroadru le s,o rla ckthe reof
,in
thein spe c
tionrepo rt
’ sna rrative.
218S M
,O B
lueS igna lP ro
tec t
ionLocomo t
iveorCa rShops –Thepu rposeofthis
inspectionistode te
rm inecomp l
iancewithregulat
ion srequ
ir
ingBlueSignal
Pro
te c
t
ioninalo como t
i veserv
ic
ingtrac
ka rea
,aca rshoprepa i
rtrackarea,o ra
trackthatha sbeende signatedasarepairtrackore xpedi
tetrack
. Re co
rdo neunit
forea chareain spected.
I
f§218 .29(c),Al
ternative methodsofpro
te ct
ion,appl
iedinaca rshoprepairtrack
areaora locomo t
ivese r v
ic
ingtrackarea
,oneun i
tisre co
rdedfortheen t
irearea,
regardlessofthenumbe roftrac
ksinthea reaorthenumbe rofcarsorlocomo t
ives

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isc
ipl
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init
ion Commen
ts
onthosetra cks.
Note1:E xceptforstubt racks,bo
thend softhetrack
,o reachentrancetothea rea
mustbein spectedforcomp l
iancewiththeregula
tion
. Wo rke
rs mustbeon ,unde r
,
orbetweenequ ipmen t
,in
spe c
ting
,test
ingrepair
ing,orserv
icingbeforerecordinga
uni
tforth
i sa c
tivi
ty.
Note2 : Therei sad rop-
downFRAob se
rva
tioncodein spec
tors mayu seinlieuof
wr
it
ingacommen twhentherea renotanye xcep
tionsnoted.
221 M
,O RearEnd Ma rkers –Thepu rpo seofthisinspe c
tionisto mon i
torcomp l
iancew i
th
Par
t221 . Thisa c
tiv
itycodeshou ldno tbeusedwhenin spe c
tinganEndo fTrain
(EOT )deviceunde rPart232 . Re co
rdoneun i
tfo rea chtrain,locomo t
ive
(
in c
ludingd
istr
ibutedpowe run itsDPU ’s)o rcaboo sein spe c
tedfo rcompl
iance.
Theinspe c
tionofea chrea rend ma rk
ingde viceinroomso rlo ca
tionswhererea r
end ma r
kingde v
i cesares to
redand /orrechargedand ma inta
inedi soneunit. Each
rearend ma rkerID mu stbere cordedinthelineitema longw i
ththeapp rop
riate
observat
ion.Ind iv
idual markingde v
icesthata reno tatta chedtot ra
insorinstorage
areasnotsub jec
ttose rvicea reno trecordeda saun i
t.
Note: Therei sad rop-downFRAob servat
ioncodein spe c
tors ma yuseinl
ieuo f
wr
it
ingacommen twhenthe rea reno tan yexception sno ted.
227N IH 227N-Occupa t
iona l NoiseExposu re-Thepur poseofthisinspect
ionisto
determineco mp
liancew i
thPart227regardingoc cupat
ionalnoi
see xposureinthe
locomo t
ivecab.Itwi
llincludeaudiometr
icte s
tre cords
,emp loyeenoisee xposu
re
monito
ringplanand moni to
ringrecord
s,cabno isemonitor
ingre co
rds,post
ingsof
mon i
tor
ingresul
ts,trainingplansandrecords,orinterv
iewingpersonsregarding
no
i see xposu
re. Re cordoneun i
tforeachda yorpa rt
ia
lda yofanin spec
tionand
onesubun i
tforea chPa rt227re co
rdreviewed.

Note: Th
isact
ivi
tymayon
lybec
la
imedwhena
ccompaniedb
yamembe
rofthe
Indus
tr
ia
lH yg
ienest
af
f.
228 O
,S HoursofServ
iceRecordsInspec
tion–Thepu rposeofthi
sinspec
tionisto
de
terminei
fHourso
fServi
ce(HOS )reco
rdsareincomp l
iancewi
thPa r
t228.
Recordoneun
i
tforeachdayorpar
tia
ldayofinspec
tion
,andonesubun itfo
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ts
HOSre cordre v
iewed . Th
isact
ivi
tycodein clude sanye xam inat
ionofHOS logs,
HOSrepo rtforms,HOSdo cuments,inte
rviewingemp lo yee sregard
ingHOS ,and
anyotherHOSre cordsre
viewa c
ti
vi
ty. Thisa c
ti v
i
tycodei sno tu sedtodocument
anemp loyeee xceedingtheHOS .
Note
: Repo r
tsta k
ing excep
tiontoanemp loyeee xceedingthehou rsofserv
ice
shouldnotbere cordedunderthisa c
tiv
itycode,p lea
sere ferencetheproperact
iv
ity
codea ssocia
tedw iththeemployee’stypeofwo rkordiscip
line.E xample
:A ct
iv
ity
Code228P ,211 ,orHSL .
228C O
,S Cons
truct
ionofEmp loyeeSleeping Quar
ters–Thepurposeofthisin
spect
ionis
todete
rminecompl
iancewithPar
t228Subpa rtC
. Recordoneunitforeachday,o
r
pa
rt
ia
lda y
,spentrev
iewingre
levantfa
ci
li
tie
srega
rdingPar
t228,Subpa r
tC .
229X H
,O Locomo t
iveInspect
ionin Ope rat
ions–Thepu rposeofth
isin spec
tionisforany
inspecto
r,othe
rthanan MP&Einspec tor
,tode te
rminearailroad’
scomp liancew
ith
Par
t229 . Reco
rdoneuni
tfo ran y
locomotivein
spe c
ted. Theinspect
ion ma y
inc
lude,butisnotl
imi
tedto,thelocomoti
veda i
lyinspec
tion
,an ypa ssageway
tr
ippinghazards
,cabsani
tation
,cablight
ing,speedindica
torche ck
,e tc
.
232E M
,O Endo fTrainDev ice–Thepu rposeofthisinspect
ionistoin spectanEndo fT rain
(EOT )de v
iceforcomp l
ian ceof§232 . Theinspect
ion mu s
tin c
ludeve r
ify
ingtha tthe
informat
ionontheca l
ibra
tions t
ickerisleg
ible,andthatitcontainsthedate,nameo f
person,andlo ca
tionofthela s
tca l
ibrat
ion. Th
i sac
tiv
ityalsoin c
ludescompa ringthe
quanti
tat
ivevalue sbetweenthef rontandrea runi
t,andtheab ili
tyoftherearun itto
e
ffectaneme rgencyappli
ca t
ioninre sponsetoaneme rgencyapp l
icat
ionini
tiated
fromthef ron
tun i
t.Recordoneun itforeachEOTin spec
tedo robservedfor
comp l
iance.
Note:Thisa c
tivi
tycodew i
llbeu sedwhenc it
ingde fec
tsontheHeadEndDe vice
(HED )asso c
iatedwiththeEndo fT ra
in(EOT) .dev
ice
232O H
,O ,T F
,S re
ightT ra
inB rakeTes t Observat
ion–Thepu rposeofth
isin spec
t
ion isforan y
inspec
tor,otherthananMP&Einspec tor,todeterminecomp l
iancew i
thPa rt232
notcoveredina ct
ivi
tycode232Eo r232X .Itinc
ludesan ya
irbraketestrequiredby
Par
t232 .Airbrakete s
tinspect
ionsshou ldinc
ludeinthenar
rativeofthein spect
ion
repor
tiftheinspe c
torwa sob serv
ingora ccompan y
ingarai
lroademp loyeeo r
cont
ractoremp loyeeperformingtheairbraketes
t. Reco
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ition Commen
ts
obse
rvat
iono
rin
spe
ction
,andonesubun
i
tfo
rea
chra
i
lca
rin
vol
ved
.
232X M
,O Secu remen to fLocomo t
iveandCa rs –Thepu rpo seo fth is inspe ct
ioni sto
determ inei frailroadequ ipmen ti sincomp l
ian cew ith§232 .103(n ). Re cordun i
tsa s
fol
low s
:
1. Re cordoneun itforanin spe c
tionofuna ttendedequ ipmen ttha tcon sistso fa
s
ing lelo como t
i veorlo como tivecon sist,e i
the ra t
ta chedtoca rso rno t. Th is
in spe ct
ionin clude sde term iningcomp l
ian cew i
ththerequ iremen tsfo rth rott
le
po s
ition,s ta tuso fthere versele ver,po si
tiono fthegene ra
to rfieldsw i
tch ,
statu so ftheindependen tb ra kes
,po sit
iono fthe i solat
ionsw itch,handb ra ke
,
andpo si
tiono ftheau toma t
icb rakeva l ve.
2. Re cordoneun itforanin spe c
tionofuna ttendedequ ipmen tNOTa tta chedto
l
o como t
i ve stha tarerequ iredtobese curedunde rth isregu lat
ion . Th isun it
in c
lude sin spe c t
ionsfo rbo ttledair
..
Note1 :I fat raini ssepa ratedtoa voidblo ckingan ytypeo fc rossingi tshou ldha ve
eachse ctiono ftheequ ipmen tre cordeda sasepa rateun it.
Note2:The in spe ct
ionrepo rttha tre co
rd sade fe cto rre commendedv iolation
inden ti
fiedshou ldc lea rlystatethenumbe ro fhandb ra ke sfoundtobeapp lied ,the
numbe ro fhandb ra kesrequ iredtobeapp l
ied ,andthecu rren tope ratingru leinp lace
that indicate sthep re c
i senumbe ro fhandb ra kesrequ iredtobeapp lied.
Note3: Th isin spe c
tiona lsoin clude sanin spe ctorre view ingra il
roadru lesfo r
comp l
ian ceo fth ispa rt
.
Examp le:I f30una ttendedra il
ca rsa refoundonat rac ktha ti srequiredtoha ve
sevenhandb ra ke sapp liedbu tthe inspe c
tionre vealstha ton lyha sonehandb ra keis
applied,itw illbere cordeda soneun i
twithoneo ccurren cefo rthefa i
luretoha vethe
others ixhandb ra ke sapp l
ied.
238O H
,O,S
,T PassengerEquipmen tInspect
ion(Part
ial
) –Thepu rposeofth
isinspec
t
ionisfor
anyinspec
tor
,otherthananMP&Einspec tor,todeterminecompl
iancewithPar
t
238thatisnotcoveredinact
iv
itycodes232Xor238T. Re cordoneuni
tforeach
inspect
ionandasubun i
tforeachpassengercar
inspected.
238T M
,O PassengerT
rainB rakeTes
t Observa
tion–Thepu rposeofthisinspect
ionisto
documen
tanob se
rvat
ionofapassenge
rtrainai
rbraketest
,e xcludingtour
is
t
equipmen
t. Recordoneuni
tfo
rea chent
irebraketestobservedforcomp l
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ts
Par
t238 ,andonesubuni
tfo
reachrai
lroadreco
rda s
so c
iatedw
iththeClassIa
ir
braketes
t.
Note:Therei
sad rop-
downFRAob serva
tioncodeinspec
tors mayusein
lieuo
f
wr
it
ingacommen twhentherea
renotan ye x
cept
ionsnoted.
238X M
,O PassengerEqu
ipmen tSecurement–Thepu
rpo seofth
isin
spe c
tionisto
dete
rminei
fpassengerorcommute
requ
ipmen
ti sproper
lysecu
red(e x
clud
ing
tour
istequ
ipment
). Recordoneun
i
tfo
reacht
rain,whethero
rnotalo comoti
vei
s
at
tached
.
BPL H
,M BulkPackages ,(Appl
iestobu lkpackag ings,includingInte
rmodalPortable
TanksandIn termediateBu lkConta iners,othe
rthantankca rs)–Oneunitfor
eachl i
mited,gr
oundlevel
in spect
ionofbo thsidesofthebulkpackageanddoe snot
includea t
opleve
linspect
ion. Thisactiv
itycodema yon l
ybeu sedwhenas sessing
com p
liancewith§§172.302,172.304,173 .326
,172.502,172.516,and174
.50 .
Note1 :U seTCL&TCTcode store cordtankcarinspec
tion
s.
BWS S
,T Br
idge WorkerSafety–Aninspec
tionconce
rningPart214,Subpa
rtB,B
ridge
Worke
rSafetyStanda
rds
. Recordoneuni
tforeachbridgegangorworkg
roup,and
onesubuni
tforeach membe
rofthegango rworkgroup.
FCL H
,M Inspec t
iono fFre igh
tCon tainers
, GeneralHandlingandLoad ingRequ iremen ts
–Thepu rpo seof
theinspe c
tionincludesinspec
tingtheexte
rioroff
reigh
tconta
inersfor ma
rkings,
p
la ca
rds,structu
ral
in
tegri
ty,andse curementtotherai
lcar
. Re cordoneuni
tfo
rea chfre
ightcontainer
inspected.
Note1:U seBPL&BPTcode store co
rdintermoda
ltankin
spect
ion s
.
NO
IR ALL NoiseTes tReco rds –Thepu rposeo fthis
inspe c
tioni
stodo cumentare v
iewofa
locomo t
ive’snoisetest
ingse ssion,oralo comotive’
snoisete s
tingre co
rd. Record
oneunitforea chlocomotive
’sno isete st
ingsession moni
toredand /oral
lnoise
test
ingre cordsassocia
tedw iththatlo comot
ivete s
ted.
Example1 : Asho r
tl
inerail
roadha sthreerecordsonfiledo cumen t
inga locomot
ive
horntestpe r
formedonlo como t
i veSP1234 . Recordoneun i
tfo rthee xamina
tionof
a
llthreere cord
s.

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Example2 :Asho rtl
inerailroadha sth reere cord sonf i
ledo cumen
tingalocomo t
ive
horntestperformedonlo comotiveSP1234 ,andtwore cordsonSP2345 . Re cord
twounitsforthein spec
tiono ftheno isete s
tingre cordsfo rtwolocomot
ives.
Example3 : Anin spec
tor mon i
to rsthreeno i sete s
tingse s s
ionsonSP4567 ,and
thenre v
iew sthreeno isete st
ingre cordsrega rdingthatsame locomot
ive. Re cord
oneunitforthelo como t
iveandte s
tingre cord sinvolved.
Note1: Th i
sa ctiv
itycodeshou ldon lybeu sedb yin spectorswhoha vebeentrained
toinspectlocomo tiveho rnte s
t
ingre cords.
Note2:Th isa c
tiv
itycodeshou ldno tbeu sedw ithPa r
t227 Oc cupat
iona
lNo i
se
Exposureinspe c
tion s
,(a c
tivi
tycode227N ),o rwhenpe r
fo rminganoisetes
t(a c
tivi
ty
codeNO IS).

NO
IS ALL NoiseTests–Thepu rpo seofth
isinspec
tionistoper
formano isete
stin
accordancewi
thFederalregula
tions
. Thisact
ivi
tycodeshouldonlybeu sedby
inspecto
rswhoha veattendedtheFRAt rain
ingcourserega
rdingtheequipment
usedtoconductthese
in spec
tions. Reco
rdoneun i
tforeachda yorpar
tialda
yofan
inspect
ion.

Th
isact
iv
itycodeshou
ldnotbeusedwi
thPar
t227 Occupat
iona
lNoiseExposu
re
in
spect
ions,(a
ct
iv
itycode227N
),orwhenre
view
ingnoisereco
rds(ac
t
ivi
tycode
NOIR
).
RADX H
,O,T RadarSpeed Mon itoring–Thepu rposeo fthisinspe c
tioni sto mon i
torand /o
r Re
vised2-
26/2011
accuratel
yva l
ida tethespeedo ftrainsandra il
roadequ ipmen tforcomp l
iancew i
th
Federalregulat
ion sand /orrail
roadope rat
ingrule s
. Re co rdoneun itforeachspeed
moni
toringse ssionandonesubun itforea chlocomo tive
,train,orra i
lroadequ ipment
onthera i
l monito red. Noncomp liancew i
thra i
lroadope ra t
ingrule sshouldbe
recordedunde ra c
tiv
itycode217O .
Note1 : Whenen te r
ingth i
scode ,thein spector must ind icatethe ini
tia
lsand
numbe rofthe leadlo como tive
,o ra locomo tivew i
thinthecon si
st,intheT rain#/
S
itef ield
. This fieldpe rmitstheen t
ryo f15cha rac
ters. Ea chtraino rpieceo f
equipmen t monitoredw i
llrequireanew l
ineitem.
Note2 : FRAandpa rt
i c
ipatingsta teemp loyees mu stno tperformrada r moni
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isc
ipl
ine Def
init
ion Commen
ts
sess
ionsunlesstheyrece
ivedacert
i
ficateofqual
i
fica
tionf
romanFRAemp loyee
whoholdsacurrentcer
t
ifi
cateasastat
ionaryrada
rtraine
r. SeeChap
ter3o
fthe
Genera
l Manua
lforacomp leted
iscu
ssionofFRApo li
c y
.
RMM T
,S Roadway Ma intenance Mach ine&H i-Rai
l–Thepu rposeofth isinspe c
tionisto
documen tanob servationo rinspe c
tioncon ce
rningPa r
t214Subpa r
tD , On-Track
Roadway Ma intenan ce Ma chinesandH i-Rai
lVeh ic
les. Recordoneun itforea ch
roadway ma intenan ce ma chineo rhi-ra
ilvehic
leinspe c
ted.
Examp le:Ifala rges caletieunitcon si
st
ingo f20roadwa y maintenan ce ma ch
ines
andoneH i
-Ra i
lveh icleisope ratingonthet racks,andon l
yfiveo fthose ma chines
areinspected,thenre cordfiveun i
ts.
Note:I fa ma chineope ratorfai
lstocomp l
yw i
thrail
roadrulesno tco veredb yPa r
t
214o ran yFede ra
lregu lationthe inspe c
tor mus
tno tethenon- comp l
ian ceb y
recordingi
tu s
inga N on- FRAde fe c
tunde ra c
tiv
i
tycode217O ,a sp rov
idedinthe
guide
linesoftha ta c
tivi
tycode .
RULE ALL RulebookRev iew-Thepu rpo seo fthisinspe c
tionistore co rdanin spector
’sre v
iew
orforma ldiscussionw ithara i
lroad manage r,rega rdingrailroadru lestha
tw il
l
determineifthe ya ccuratelycorrelatew i
thcu r
ren tFRAregu lat
ions. Re cordoneun i
t
forea chda y,o rpa r
tialda y
,spen tre v
iew ingara i
lroadrule (s)forcomp l
ian cew i
th
Federalregulations. Re cordasubun itforea chCFRse ct
ionin vo
lved. On ly
commen tsshou ldbere cordedunde rthisa cti
vitycode . An yde fectsshouldbe
re co
rdedunde rthep ropercorrespond inga ctiv
itycode .
Note: In spe c
tionsrega rdingre v
iew ingra i
lroadru lestoen surecomp l
iance
rega rd
ing§232 .103(n )andPa rt218Subpa rtF,shou ldno tbere co
rdedunde rth
is
act
i v
i
tycode .In spectorsshou ldreferen cea c
tiv
itycode232Xand218Ore spect
ively
fortho serai
lroadru lein spect
ion s.
Examp le1 : Anin spe c
t
iono fNEBRra il
road ’sruleboo kde term inedthatrail
road
rulesregardings igna lsystem s(Pa rt234andPa rt236 )comp l
yw ithFede ra
l
regulat
ion s
. Re cordoneun i
tandtwosubun i
ts.
Example2 :Anin spe c
t
iontha tincludedd is cus s
ionsw ithrailroad manage rs
rega rd
ingNEBRra i
lroad’sruleboo kandbu llet
in sdeterminedtha ttherai
lroad’srules
rega rd
ingPa rt217andPa r
t220 ,Subpa rtC ,co rrela
tedw ithFRAregu lat
ion s
.
Recordoneun itandtwosubun i
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RWP O
,S,T Roadway Wo rkerP rotection–Thepu rpo seo fthisin spe c
tionistode termine
comp l
ian cew ithPa rt214Subpa rtC ,Roadwa y Wo rkerP rotect
ion(RWP )
. Re cord
oneun itforanind iv
idualwo rke ro rgroupo femp loyees(w itharoadwa yworker in
charge)a taspe c
if
iclo cat
ion . Th isw i
llincludea t
tendinga jobb r
ie f
ingw i
thag roup
o
fRWPemp lo yees. Re cordea cht rainrequ iredtop ro v
ideanaud iblewarnings igna
l
asasepa rateun i
t,andea chemp loyeerequ i r
ingRWPa sasubun it
.
Note:Whenpe r
forming mu lt
i- pointinspe ct
ionwo r
kw iththesameemp loyee(o r
groupo femp loyee s
),re cordon lyoneun itfo rde terminingcomp lian ce
,andone
subunitforea chemp loyeeo fthewo rkgrouppe rda y
.
Examp le1 :Whenob serv
ingo rin spe c
tinga la rgep rodu ct
ionc rew ,recorda
separateun itfo reachd if
fe rentlo cationwhe reanemp loyee(o rg roupo femp loyees)
is monitoredfo rcomp l
ian ce.E .g.,la rgep ro je c
ts ma yha ve mult
ipleteamso r
workgroup sa tva r
iou slocation sa longther igh tofwa y
,re co rdea chwo rker
,teamo r
workgroupa tea chdifferentlo cationa sasepa rateun it.
Examp le2 : Youob serveanRWPc rewcon s
i s
tingo foneEmp loyee- In
-Chargeand
20t rackemp lo yeestoge thera tas inglelo ca t
ion . Re cordoneun itforthelocation
and21subun itsfortheen t
ireRWPwo rkg roup .
TCL H
,M TankCa rInspect
ion–Thepu rpo seofthisinspec
tionincludesinspec
tingfor
mark
ings,p la
cards,andst
ructu
ralintegr
i
ty,andse curemen t
.Re cordoneun i
tfor
eachg roundlevel
inspect
iontha
td idnotincludeatop levelin
spection
. Thisact
iv
ity
code ma yonlybeu sedwhena sses s
ingcomp l
iancew i
th
§§172.302(a)(1
),172.304
,172.502(a)(1
)(i
),172.516(c
)(2)and(6 )
, 174.50,179,&
180.
TPLH H
,M,O In
-Tra
inP lacementofPlacardedRa i
lCars
,Transpor
tVehicles
,andF reight
Conta
iners-Thepu rposeofth
isa c
ti
vi
tyi
stodete
rminecompl
iancewithposit
ion
ing
in
-tra
inofplaca
rdedcars,§
§174 .84and174
.85
. Re co
rdoneun i
tfo
rea chtra
in
inspec
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ridgeandT
rackAct
ivi
tyCodeTableo
fDe
fin
it
ions
Rev
isedMarch9
,2012
Ac
tiv
ity D
isc
ipl
ine De
fin
it
ion Commen
ts
AT
IP T AutomatedTrackInspect
ionP rogramSu rveys(ATIP) –Thepu
rposeofth
is
ac
tiv
i
tycodei stodocumentaninspect
iononboardanFRAgeome tryca
r. Reco
rd
oneuni
tfor moni
tor
ingandaccessingeach m
ileoft
racktested
.

No
te:No
ttobeu sedb
y OPinspe
cto
rsforAT
IPon
-boa
rda
ssignmen
ts. OP
in
spec
tors mu
stuseac
ti
vi
tycode217R
.
BA
I T Br
idgeAcc identInvestigation -Thepurposeofth
i sac
tiv
i
tycodei stodocument
acc
identinves
tiga
tionsin vo
lvingra
i
lroadb r
idges
.C laimoneuni
tforthe
inves
tigat
ion
. Coun tea chbridgeobserveda spa
rtoftheacc
identinves
tiga
tion
us
ingA ct
iv
ityBOBS .
BW
I T Br
idge Waive
rInvestiga
tion-Thepu
rposeofth
isact
iv
itycodei
stodo
cumen
t
eva
lua
tionofPar
t237B r
idgeSafetyS
tanda
rdswaive
rappli
cat
ions
.Cla
imone
uni
tpe
rwa ive
rappl
ica
tion
.
BC
I T Br
idgeComp lain
tInvest
igat
ion -Thepu
rpo seo
fthisact
iv
itycodeisto
documen
tbridgeobserva
tion
sande va
lua
tionsre
lat
ingtoacomp la
int
.Claimone
un
itpercompla
int
. Counteachb
ridgeobservedus
ingA c
tiv
ityBOBS .
B
IR T Br
idgeInspect
ionRecord -Thepurposeofthi
sa c
ti
vi
tycodei
stodo
cumentan
inspe
ctiono
fatrackowner
'sbr
idgeinspect
ionreco
rds.Cla
imoneun
itpe
r
inspe
ctiondayandonesubun
itperrecordrev
iewed.
BMP T Bridge Managemen tProg
ramReview -Thepurposeofth
isac
ti
vi
tycodeisto
do cumentthereviewo
fatrac
kowner
'sBr
idge ManagementProg
ramando the
r
wr
ittenpo
liciesfo
rcompl
iancewi
thPa
rt237requ
irements.Cla
imoneunitper
programre view
.
BSSE T Br
idgeSa fetyStandardsComp l
ianceEva luat
ion -Thepu rposeofth
isa c
tiv
ity
codeistodo cumentevaluat
ionofatrackowne r
'scomp l
iancewiththe
iradopted
Br
idge Managemen tPrograma swel
la scompliancewithPart237requi
remen ts
fa
ll
ingoutsideoftheBMP .C la
imoneun itperda yofthecomp l
ianceevalua
tion.
Counteachb r
idgeinspect
ionreco
rde va
luatedforaccuracyatthesubjec
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ion Commen
ts
us
ingAct
iv
ityBOBS
.

BOBS T Br
idge Obse rvation -Thepurposeofthisac
tiv
i
tycodei stodocumentra
ilroad
br
idges t
ructu
ralob se
rvat
ions. Auni
t ma yon
lybere co
rdedwhenspe ci
fi
cally
obse
rvingo revaluat
ingbridgest
ruc
turalcomponentsinclud
ingt
iesonanopen-
deckbridgewhe rethetimbersareanintegra
lst
ructu
ralloaddis
tr
ibu
t
ione lement
o
ftheb ridge.Claimoneun itperbr
idgeob se
rved.
BTNL T Tunne
l Observat
ion-Thepurposeofthisac
tiv
i
tycodei stodo cumen
tra
i
lroad
tunne
lobserva
tions
.C la
imoneuni
tpe rtunne
lobservedo rfo
rtunnel
sexceed
ing
one m
i
leinlength
,cla
imoneunitpertunnelmi
leorf
ra c
tionthereo
f.
BMV T Movab
leBridge Observat
ion -Thepu
rpo
seofth
i sact
iv
itycodeistodo cumen
t
movab
leb
ridgeobservat
ions.C
laimoneuni
tper movab
leb r
idgeobserved.
BMSC T Miscel
laneousStructure Observa
tion -Thepurposeofth
i sact
iv
itycodeisto
documentob se
rva
tionsande valua
tion
sofreta
in
ingwa l
ls,stat
ionpla
tforms
,
culve
rts
,o ve
rheadbridge
s,ando thermisce
l
laneousstruc
turesnotco ve
redby
Act
ivi
tyCode sBOBS,BTNL ,orBMV .Cla
imoneun i
tpe rst
ru c
tureob se
rved
.
CWRP T Rev
iewCWRP lans -Thepurposeo
fthi
sa c
ti
vi
tycodeistodocumen
tone
CWRPuni
twheneve
ranin specto
rconduc
tsatrackin
spect
ionwhe
rethe
reisan
y
CWRobse
rved
.
DER T Dera
il -Thepurposeo
fthisact
iv
itycodeistodocumen
tacomplete
in spe
ct
ionof
anyderai
lingdev
iceusedtodiver
tfree-
rol
lingequ
ipmen
tof
fthet
rack,toensu
re
thedevicefunc
tionsas
intended. Reco
rdoneun i
tpe
rdera
i
linspec
ted.
GRMG T GageRestraint Measuremen
tVehicle–Government Owned -Thepurposeof
th
isact
ivi
tycodei stodocumen
tanin spect
iononboa
rdanFRA -
ownedgage
res
tra
int measu
remen tveh
ic
leusedtode te
rminecompl
iancewi
th§213 .110
(GRMSt rack
). Re co
rdoneuni
tfo
r monitor
ingandaccess
ingeach m
i
leo ftra
ck
tes
ted
.

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isc
ipl
ine De
fin
it
ion Commen
ts
GRMS T GageRes tra
int MeasurementVeh
icle–Othe
rThan Gove rnment Owned -The
purposeofthi
sa ct
iv
itycodei
stodocumentanin spector
’sobse
rvat
ionsoccu
rr
ing
onboa rdarai
lroadownedgagerest
rain
t measuremen tveh
ic
le. Reco
rdoneunit
for moni
tor
inganda c
cess
ingeach m
i
leoftra
c ktested.
HGCT T H
ighway- Ra
ilG radeCross ing–T rack-Thepu rposeofthisa c
tiv
i
tycodeisto
documentawa lk
inginspectiontode terminewhe the
rvege ta
tiononrai
lroad
proper
tyinter
fereswi
th mo tor
istvi
sibil
i
tyo fhighway-rai
lgradec ross
ingwarn
ing
device
s. See§§213 .37(a)(2)and213 .321(a)
(2)
. Re cordonlyoneunitper
h
ighwa y-rai
lgradecrossingin s
tal
lat
ion .
LRA T Li
ftRailAssembly-Thepu rposeofth
isact
iv
itycodei
stodo cumentacomp le
te
inspec
tiono
fara i
lroadbr
idgel
i
ft-
rai
la s
semblyandassoc
iateddev
ice ssuchas
expans
ionjo
ints
. Re co
rdoneunitperassemblyo
rde v
ice
. Ea chas
semb l
yona
br
idgeiscons
ideredaun i
tandea cht
rackona moveab
lebridgeshouldhavefour
l
iftra
i
ls.
LTT T L
ifeT ipsT rack –Thepu rposeofthisact
ivi
tycodei stodocumentandrecord Newa
cti
vi
tycode
oneun i
tfor intera
ctingwi
th/br
ief
ingrail
roado rcontrac
toremployeesrega
rding
Federalregu lat
ionso r
issuesregardingrai
lroadsafety
. Counteach memberof
thewo rkg roupa sasubun it
. Wh enu s
ingthiscode,theinspec
tor mus
twri
tea
br
iefde sc
ription(twosentenceso rso)inthe“Commen ts
”se c
t
ionoftheF6180.96
repor
t.

Example1 : Youat
tendasa fe
ty mee
tingtodis
cussra
i
lroadsa
fety
i ssue
s(Par
t
214
,Pa rt218SubpartF,andetc.)
. Thi
s meet
ingcons
is
tedofonetrack
supe
rvisorsandtwoinspec
tionandrepairfo
remen
. Recordth
isac
tiv
ityasone
un
itunderLTT ,andth
reesubunitsunderLTT.

Example2 : Youha veac

tiveinvo
lvementina jobsafe
tyb r
ief
ingw i
thatra
in
crew,groupofroadwa yworkers
,etc
. Yourinvolvement mayinc
ludeFRA
regula
tionsregard
ingpersonaloropera
tiona
lsa fe
ty(Par
ts214 ,218,etc
.) Re
cord
thisac
tivi
tya soneuni
tunde rLTT,andre co
rdonesubun i
tforea chtra
increw
member,wo rkcrew member,etc
.

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isc
ipl
ine De
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it
ion Commen
ts

Example3: Youhaveact
ivein
volvemen
tinad i
scu
ssionwi
thf
iverai
lroad
worke
rsregard
inganFRA SafetyorEmergen
cyAdviso
ry. Re
cordth
i sac
t
ivi
tya
s
oneunitandfi
vesubun
i
tsunderLTT.

Note1: Thisac
ti
vi
tycodedoe
snotinc
ludeanFRAinspec
tordebrie
finga
ra
ilroadrep
resen
tat
ive
(s)
inconne
ct
ionwithanFRAinspe
ctionrepo
rt
(F6180.96)
.

No
te2 : Th
isact
i v
i
tycodedoe snotinc
ludeattend
ing mee
tingsw
ithsho
rtl
ine
ra
il
roadopera
tor,labororgan
iza
tions
,etc
.,regard
les
so fwhethe
rthein
specto
r
d
iscussedsa
fetyregula
tions
.
MSB T Br
idgeT rackInspection -Thepu
rposeo fthi
sa c
ti
vi
tycodeistodocumen
tan
inspec
tionoftrackloca
tedonarai
lroadbridge. Recordon
lyoneuni
tperbr
idge
.
Aunit mayonl
ybere cordedwhenspeci
fical
lyinspec
tingbr
idget
rac
kcomponents
sucha st
ies
,rail
,rai
lfasten
ings
,jo
intba
rs,e tc
.
MTH T MainTrack–Hi-
Rai
l-Thepurpo
seofth
isac
tiv
i
tycodeistodocumenta ma
in
trac
kinspec
tionwh
ileonboa
rdahi
-ra
iloro
theron
-tra
ckveh
ic
lesu chasa
moto
rcar
.

Note1: Inspec
torsw
ill moni
torcomp
l
ian
cew
i
ththeno
tetoth
erequ
iremen
tso
f
213.233Trac
kinspec
tions.

Note2:Hi-ra
ilveh
ic
lesshou
ldbeoperatedataspeed5mphbelowthe ma
ximum
speedrecommendedbythe manu
fac
ture
rforthesa
feope
rat
ionoftheh
i-ra
iland
appara
tusdur
inguseonthera
il
,whereprac
ticab
le.

Re
cordoneun
i
tpe
rmi
leo
ftra
ckin
spe
cted
.
MTW T MainTrack–Walk
ing -Thepurpo
seofth
isa
cti
vi
tycodei
stodo
cumenta ma
in
trac
kinspec
tionwhi
lewalk
ing
. Reco
rdoneuni
tpert
rackmi
lewal
ked
.E xample
:

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ity D
isc
ipl
ine Defin
it
ion Commen
ts
i
fanin spec
torwal
kedthreecu rve
sa tth
reedif
feren
tmilepostlo
cat
ionseach
curvehav
ingabout528feetpe rcurve,on
lyoneun i
tshouldbedo cumen
ted.If
thetota
laccumula
tedfootageislessthan5280feetoneunitistobetaken
,if
morethan5280fee
tisinspectedtakease conduni
t.
RI
I T Ra
ilIntegr
ityInspect
ion-Thepurpo
seo fth
isact
iv
itycodeistodo
cumentan
inspect
ionofanon-des
tru
cti
vera
i
ltes
tingopera
t
ion. Recordoneun
itpe
r
opera
tion
.
ROWP T ReviewSubpart GRigh
tof WayP lan-Thepu rpo
seofth
isac
ti
vi
tycodei
sto
documentthe mon
i
tor
ingofara
il
road shighspeed"
righ
tofwa
y"planbyan
inspec
tor
. Recordoneuni
tperplan moni
tored
.
RREC T ReviewRa i
lroadsRa i
lInspect
ionReco rds -Thepurposeofth
isact
iv
itycodei
s
todo cumentaninspect
ionofthecar
rie
rsrai
linspec
tionreco
rds. Re
cordoneunit
forrecord
sa ssoc
iatedwi
thoneda yofinspec
tionbyonete s
tcar
,andonesubunit
i
fan ysupplementalreco
rdse x
is
t.
RXM T Rai
lC rossing–MainT
rack -Thepurposeofth
isact
iv
itycodeistodocumen
ta
wal
kinginspec
tionofaatg
raderai
l-to-
rai
lcros
sing(d
iamond)loca
tedina ma
in
track
. Re co
rdoneunitpe
rrai
lcross
ing.
RXY T Ra
ilC rossing–YardTrack-Thepu rposeofth
isa c
ti
vi
tycodeistodocumen
ta
wa
lkinginspec
tionofaat-g
raderai
l-to
-ra
ilcros
sing(d
iamond)loca
tedino
the
r
than maintra
ck. Reco
rdoneunitperrai
lcross
ing.
TGMS T InspectionF romaT rack Geometry Measu
rementVeh ic
le(Othe
rThan
Governmen t Owned ) -Thepu rposeofthi
sact
iv
itycodeistodocumen
tan
inspec
to r
’sob serva
tion soccur
ringonboardanotherthangove
rnmentowned
geomet
ry mea su
remen tveh
icle
. Re co
rdoneuni
tfor moni
tor
ingandacce
ssing
each m
ileoftra c
kte sted.
TOM T InspectMainTrackTu
rnou t -Thepurpo
seo
fth
isac
ti
vi
tycodei
stodocumen
ta
wa
lkinginspec
tiono
faturnout
lo ca
ted
ina ma
int
rac
k. Reco
rdoneun
i
tper
tu
rnoutinspec
ted.

No
te: Aya
rdi
sasy
stemo
fau
xi
lia
ryt
rac
ksu
sede
xclu
sive
lyfo
rthec
lass
i
fica
t
ion

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Ac
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ity D
isc
ipl
ine Defin
it
ion Commen
ts
o
fpa ssengero rfre
ightcarsaccord
ingtocommod ityordest
ina
tion
;assemb
l
ingof
carsfort
rain mo vement
;storageofcars
;o rrepa
irofequipmen
t.Ifat
rackdoe
sn’
t
f
itthisdef
ini
tion,inspec
tors mus
tcon s
iderita ma
intrac
k.
TOY T Inspec tYardTrackTurnou
t-Thepu
rpo
seofthisac
ti
vi
tycodeistodocumen
ta
wa
lkinginspec
tionofatu
rnou
tloca
ted
inothe
rthan ma
intra
ck. Reco
rdoneun
it
pe
rtu rnou
tinspec
ted.

Note: Ayardisas ys
temo fau x
i
lia
rytrac
ksu sede xc
lus
ive
lyfo
rtheclass
if
ica
tion
o
fpa ssengero rfre
ightcarsaccord
ingtocommod ityordest
ina
tion
;assembl
ingof
carsfort
rain mo vement
;storageofcars
;o rrepa
irofequipmen
t.Ifatra
ckdoe sn
’
t
f
itthisdef
ini
tion,inspec
tors mustcons
iderita ma
intrack
.
TREC T Rev
iewRai
lroad
’sT rackInspect
ionReco rds -Thepu rpo
seo fth
isac
tiv
i
ty
codei
stodocumentaninspec
tionofacar
rier
’strackinspec
tionreco
rds
. Reco
rd
oneuni
tpe
rsubdi
vis
ionandonesubun i
tperre cordrev
iewed.
TRM T InspectionF romaT rain-Thepu rposeofthisa c
ti
vi
tycodei stodo cumen tan
observa
tionorinspec
tionoftra
c k
/train
inte
ra ct
ion,r
ight-o
f-waysignage,signal
s
obscured,etc
.whenonboa rdatrain. Underthisact
ivi
tycode ,§213de fe c
tsare
l
imitedto i
temsan inspec
torcanc lear
lyjus
tifyinanin spec
tionrepor
t,su chas
vegetat
ion. Recordoneunitpertrainandonesubun i
tpe rt
ra c
km i
le.
VT
I T InspectionF romaVeh ic
le/TrackInteract
ionCar-Thepurposeo
fthisact
iv
ity
codeistodo cumentanobservat
iono ccurr
ingonboardaVTIvehic
le. Re
cord
oneunitfor mon
ito
ringandacce s
singea ch m
ileo
ftrac
kte
sted.
WP
I T Inspect We
ldingPlan
tFac
il
ity-Do
cumentano
ff
ic
ia
ll
ydi
rec
tedv
is
ittoara
i
l
we
ldingfa
ci
li
ty.Cla
imoneuni
tperfac
il
i
ty.
YTH T Inspec tYardT rack–Hi-Ra
il -Thepu rposeofthisa c
tiv
itycodeistodocumentan
inspect
ionofo therthan ma intra
ckwh i
leonboa rdhi
-rai
lo rothe
ron-t
rackvehic
le
sucha sa motorca r
. Re cordoneun i
tpe rmileoftrackh i-
rai
led
.E xample
:ifan
inspectorhi
-ra
i
ledth reeya rdtracksw
ithabou t528fee tpertrac
k,onl
yoneun i
tis
tobedo cumented.Iftheto talaccumula
tedfootage isle s
sthan5280feetone
un
itistobeta ken,if morethan5280fee tisinspectedta keaseconduni
t.

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Ac
tiv
ity D
isc
ipl
ine De
fin
it
ion Commen
ts

Note: Ya
rd meansas y
stemo ft
ra cks
,notin c
lud
ing maintrac
ksands id
ings
,
usedforc
lass
ify
ingcars
, making-upandin spect
ingtra
ins,orsto
ringcarsand
equipmen
t.I
fat rac
kdoe sn
’
tfitth
i sdef
ini
tion,inspe
ctors mus
tcon s
ider
ita ma
in
track
.
YTW T InspectYa rdTrack–Walk
ing -Thepu rposeofthi
sa ct
i v
itycodeistodocument
aninspec
tionofotherthan ma
inwhilewa l
king. Recordoneun itpermileoft
rack
wal
ked.E xample:i
fan inspec
torwalkedthreeyardtrac k
sw i
thabou t528feetpe
r
track
,onlyoneun i
tistobedo cumented.Iftheto
tala ccumulatedfoo
tageisless
than5280feetoneun itistobeta
ken ,i
f morethan5280fee tisinspec
tedtakea
secondunit
.

Note: Ya
rd meansas y
stemo ft
ra cks
,notin c
lud
ing maintrac
ksands id
ings
,
usedforc
lass
ify
ingcars
, making-upandin spect
ingtra
ins,orsto
ringcarsand
equipmen
t.I
fat rac
kdoe sn
’
tfitth
i sdef
ini
tion,inspe
ctors mus
tcon s
ider
ita ma
in
track
.

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Append
ixB-Sou
rceCodes
In
spe
cto
rsa
read
visedtore
feren
ce Gene
ral Manua
l
,Chap
ter3
,fo
ral
is
tofsou
rcecode
s.

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Append
ixC-Ins
truc
tion
s,F6180
.96T
rackInspec
tion
F6180
.96F
ie
ld Fo
rma
t In
stru
ction
s/Spe
cia
lFea
ture
s
Inspe
cto
r’sID Nume
ric TheR ISPCau toma tical
l yplace sthei n spector’sIDnumbe rinth i sf
ield . Ani n spe c
to ru singa
Number hand- prin tedrepo rt mu stshowthea ssignedf ive- digitiden t
ificationnumbe r. Thi sfieldi s
manda to ry be cau seR ISPCre je c
tsarepo rtwithou tthein spe cto r
’sIDnumbe r.
Repo
rtNumbe
r Nume
ric Arepo rtnumbe ra ssignedtoea chin spe ct
iona c
tivity.In spe ctors mu stnumbe rtheirrepo rts
conse cu tivelybeg inn ingw ithnumbe rone(1 )onthef irs tin spe ct
ionda yofea chca lenda ryea r.
Care mu stbeta kensotha tsub sequen tnumbe rsa reco r
re ctandno tdu pl
i cated .Thi sfieldi s
automa t
i cw i
thR ISPCandw il
lgene ra tea manda to ryrepo r
tnumbe r
,o ryoucanen terarepo r
t
numbe ruptoa ma x
imumo f999 .Ama x
imum o fth reed igitsinea chnumbe ri sa l
lowed .
Da
te(ofan Da
te Inspe cto rs mu stshowtheco rre ctin spe ct
ionda teanden tertheo ccurren ceo fthe inspe ct
ion
Inspe
ctionA
cti
vi
ty) act
ivi
ty . Thef ieldi s manda toryandau toma tical
l yen teredb yR ISPC .Ind i cateb yatwo- dig
it
numbe rea chtheyea r, mon th
,andda yofthein spe c
tion . Fo re xamp le,en terJune19 ,2001 ,
as06 /19 /01 . In spe ctorscan ma keanen t
rypo stda ted ,bu tthe ycanno tpreda tein spe c
tion
repo r
ts .
V
io
lation
s CheckBo
x I
fat ra ckin spe c
to rre commend sac i v
ilpena lty(v iolation )aga in statra ckowne ro ro ther
Recommended (Y/N) respon sib lepa rty,ana rrat
iverepo rti sgene rated( F6180 .111 )b yR ISPC.Thena r
ra t
i ve
numbe ringsequen cebeg in sw i
ththef irstrepo rtsubm ittedb yanFRAin spe c
to randcon tinue s
sequen t
ia ll
yth roughou ttheirca ree rw ithoutrega rdtotheannua lin spe ct
ionnumbe ring . The
F6180 .96fo rmtha ta ccompan ie san in spector’svio lationrepo rt mu stha veoneo r mo rel ine
i
temsw iththe“ye s”field(re commendeda sviolation stoCh iefCoun sel)
. Whe reava r
ie tyo f
defectsa red is co vereddu r
inganin spe ct
ion(e .g.,someo fwh ich mee tthec r
iteriatosuppo r
ta
recommenda t
ionfo rcivi
lpena l
ty),twosepa raterepo rts mu stbep repa red:1 )arepo rtlisting
defectson lyand2 )arepo rtlist
ingi temsre commendedf orc ivilpena ltyon ly.Seein s
tru ctions
under“V iolationRepo r
tNa rrative-FRAF6180 .111. ”
Ra
il
road
/Compan
y D
rop-down Enterthenameo fthera il
road /compan yre spon sibleandthesub jecto fthein spe c
tion.R ISPC
Nameand L
is
t/Tex
t usersde fau l
ttotheR /Cf ie
ldf irs
t,thenen terintheRR /CO .c ode.Th i sfieldgene rate saname
Add
ress andadd re ssba seduponthera ilroadcodeinpu t.InR ISPC ,c l
i ckonthe“t ablel oo kup s”bu tton
tosea rchfo randse le ctacode .C l
i ckthes crol
lba ra r row so rd ragthef ieldinthes crol
lba rto
lookth roughtheen tr
ie s. You ma ya lsosea rchth roughtheen tries,anden terdi v
isionand
subdi v
i s
ion .

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ie
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s
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ftherepo r
tisfo ran in spe ct
iono fara il
roadde finedinthegene ral
(
R/C) railroads y stemo ft ran spo r
tationo ra“C ”fo racompan y(fa c
i
lity)notapa r
to fthegene ra l
railroads y stemo ft ran spo r
tation . Thisfield i s manda to ryandi sne ce s saryforthep rope r
c
la s sifica tiono frepo rt
s. Sou rcecodeVshou ldbea sso c
iatedw iththi stypeo fa ct
i v
ity( e.g.
,
in spe ctioncondu ctedinawe ldingp lant[ Act
i vityCodeWP I]o rra i
lp lan t[ RMI]fa c
ili
ty).
RR
/CO.Code D
rop-down Ente rthecodea s s
ignedb yFRAfo rthera i
lroad /compan y.Th isfieldi s manda tory.I fthe
L
is
t/Tex
t requ iredin forma tioni sm is s
ingo rin va
lid,R ISPCw i
llf lagtherepo r
ta sin comp letepend ing
i
n spe cto rs’ve r
ificationandco rre c
tion.Ind ica tethenameo fthera il
roadrespon s
iblefo rthe
main tenan ceo fthet rac k,fo rwh i chtherepo rt isp repa red,andtheco rre c
ta lphabe tica
lcode
fortha tra ilroadinthespa cep ro v
idedonthefo rm .Inadd i
tiontotheR ISPCl ist
ing ,thesou rce
o
fth iscodei spub l
i shedinAppend ixAo ftheFRA Gu idefo rP repa ringA cc
iden t
/In c
iden t
Repo rts,w ithou tpe riod s
,h yphen s,o rothe radd i
tion s(ma ximumo ffou rcha ra c
ters).
D
iv
is
ion Te
xt R
ISPCa llow sdi v
i sioncode s
—ane le c
tivefo rreg ionalin spe c
to rpu rpo se s
.D iv
isioni sthe
a
lphabe ticcoderep resen tinganope rat
ingd i vision(o rreg ion–d istr
i c
t)o fara il
road . Fo r
railroad sno tdividedin toope ratingd i v
ision sshowa s“S ystem .”
Subd
iv
is
ion D
rop-down Rai
l road scanbeo rgan izedin tosubd ivision s(some t
ime sca l
ledb ran chl ines,o rothe rname s
),
L
is
t/Tex
t iden t
ified int ime tab leso ro therra il
roadspe c
ia lin s
tru c
tion s.U s
ingtheR ISPCd rop-downl is
t,
ente rthenameo fthesubd ivis
iona tthe lo ca t
ionthein spe c
tion swe re made .I ftheR ISPC
systemdoe sno tcon tainthesubd iv
i s
ionname ,u se“s y s
tem .”Insu chaca se,info rmthe
regiona lt ra cks pe cial
isttoha vethenameaddedin toR ISPC . Th isfieldi s manda tory.
RR/CO. Te
xt Pr
in tthenameandt it
leo fthera ilroado fficialcon ta c
tedo ra ccompan ied . Ob taina s igna ture,
Representa
t
ive ac know ledg ingre ce iptb yana c compan iedra i
l roado ff
i cialand init
ialedonthecon t
inua tion
(Re ce
ipt shee ts,tos ignifyre ce
ip to ftheircop y.R ISPCa llow syoutoinpu tda ta,sea rch ,andre co ve
r
Acknowledged
) rep re sen ta tivere co rdin forma tion .Ifanuna ccompan iedin spe c
tionbe come sne ce ssary,show
thewo rd“una ccompan ied ”inth isfield.I f
,ontheda yo fin spe ct
ion,thein spe c
tionrepo rt
canno tbepe rsona ll ydelive red,tho sede fe ctsandthe ir location s mu s
tbeg i venb yphonea t
theendo ftheda ytoare spon s
ibler a
il
roado ffi c
ial. No tethet ime ,da te,nameandt itleo fthe
personwhore ceivesth i sde fectin forma t
iononthet ra ckin spe ct
ionrepo rtform .Ma i
lthe
railroad ’scop ytotheapp ropriatera il
roado ffi c
ia l
.

WhenusingtheRISPCp rogramrathe
rthan genera
tingaprintedcopy,i
tisacceptab
letoe-
ma
ilaPDFcop ytothera
il
roadrepresen
tat
ive. Are
turnema i
lfromtherai
lroadrepre
sentat
ive
isana ccep
tableal
terna
tivetoasigna
tureofrece
ipt
. Th
isi sonlyaccep
tableforF6180.96
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rom D
rop-down RISPCa l
low su se rstoopenSta tecode sfromad rop -down menu .Iden ti
fythec i
ty,Sta te,and
C
i
ty/S
tate
/Coun
ty L
is
t/Numer
ic countyname ,a sapp l
i cable,whe rethe in spe c
tiona ctiv
itybegan . Inadd it
iontoanimbedded
lookupintheR ISPCp rog ram,a llapp rop r
iatecode srega rdingthec ity,State ,andcoun ty
name sareinthe GSA Wo r
ldwide Geog raph icLo ca t
ion Gu ideboo ks. Lea veth isfieldblank
wheneve ranin spe ct
iond idno tta kep laceinthebounda r
ieso facity,town ,e tc. Howe ver,list
Stateandcoun tycodeiden tif
iers,a sthe ya remanda tory.P recedec ountycode swiththe le t
ter
“C”toen suretha tal istedc i
tyitisw ithinthegeog raph i cbounda rieso fthecoun tyidenti
fied.If
condu ct
ingan in spectionbe tweentwopo ints,en te rintheapp ropr
iatef ieldthenameandcode
o
fthecoun tythe inspe c
tionbegan .A l so,s ee“ Spe cialIn st
ru c
tions-In spection sF rom/toS tate
L
ine s”abo ve. Th isisa manda toryfield.
Des
tina
tionCi
ty D
rop-down Comp leteth isf
ieldi fthe in spectiona ct
ivi
tyin vo
lve sade s
tinat
iono the rthanalo cat
ion
andCounty L
is
t/Numer
ic identi
fied inthe “FromC ity/Sta
te /Coun ty”f ield.Iti sno tne cessarytocomp le teth isfie
ldwhen
inspe ct
ion sa recon tainedw i
thinas inglelo cation,bu tfollow inst
ru c
tion sfor“F rom
C
ity
/S tate/Coun ty.”Enter,inthef ield,theSta teandc itycode softhe inspe ctionpo inta sshown
inthe GSA .Ifthein spe c
tionpo inti snotnea rac it y,sub sti
tutethecoun tynameandcodef rom
theR ISPCtab leloo kup menu .
Whenu s
ingthecoun tycode ,thelet
ter“C”willprecedeath ree- d
igitnumbe r(e.g.,C021or
C131forcounties
,re spect
ively)
. Donotre cordanin spec
tione x
tend inginto morethanone
Stateonthesamefo rm .Useasepa ra
terepo r
tformtore cordanin spec
tionforea chState
.In
ordertomoreful
ly de s
c r
ibeinspectedtrackthatislimi
tedb ybo rders,as ys
temha sbeen
devi
sedtoindicatethatthein spec
tionactual
lye x
tendedtoaSta telinerathe
rthanha v
ing
terminatedatsomepo intwi
thinthebounda rycounty,aswou ldbetheca seu s
ings implya
countycode.
M
ilepo
st:F
rom& Te
xt Whenconductingatrackin
spect
ionorperfo
rming ano
therinspect
iona c
t
ivi
ty,i
.e.
,al
lAT IP
To survey
s,andt ra
inrid
ing,i
tis manda
torytoshowastar
ting m
ilepos
tident
if
ierinth
isf
ield.
Record
,inthe“To”f
ield
,the mi
leposto
fthefar
thes
tpointyourinspec
tionextendedoverthe
segmentoftrackin
spected.

Recordthenume r
icpor
tiono
fthe m
i
lepo stinanNNNN .NNfo
rma t
. Thecompu tercan
accommoda tea max
imumo f10chara c
ters,butonlytwototherightofthede c
ima lpo
int
. Fo
r
example,1234.56and12.15areacceptableiden
t
if
ie rsofami
lepostlocation(ma x
imum 10
characte
rs)
.Ifthera
il
roadusesana lphabetic
ident
ifie
rinconjunc
tionwitha m i
lepos
tnumber,
theyshouldprecedethenumeri
cvalueandno texceedthreecharactersinlength
.A ccep
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ielden
tr
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inc
ludeSL12
.25
,R218
.5,YL12
.50
,ABB146
.55
,andX12
.45
.

Ifapor
tionoftrackcanno tbe in spe c
tedbetween“F rom
”and“To ”fields,thentracksinspected
shouldalsobeindicated inthe“In spect
ionPo int”f
ieldo
rifne cessaryasepa rate
lineitem
“commen t.
”Fore xamp le:Ifinspe ct
ingfrom milepostBF1toBF22andBF7toBF9wa s
inaccessib
le,enterBF1toBF7andBF9toBF22inthe“ In spect
ionPo int
”fie
ldandon lycla
im
m
ilesactual
lyinspected. Cap tureon lyoneseto fm i
lepos
trange sontheda tabase.
In
spe
ctionPo
int Te
xt Asane lect
ive,ente
rthenameo fthes i
te,bran chorthe m
ilepo s
tlo cat
ionlimitso
fthet rack
inspected(e.g
.,arepa irfaci
l
ity
,t rainyard,
interlock
ingplant,singleo rdouble maint
ra ck
).The
f
ieldha sa ma x
imumo f50cha ra cters
.
A
cti
vi
tyCode
s(1
) Drop-down P
i c
ka ct
ivi
tycode(s)f romtheR ISPC lookuptab le
. SeeAppend ixA–A ct
iv
ityCode s.
L
i s
t/Text
Uni
ts Drop-down Ea ch m i
leo ftra ck,tu rnou t
,re cord,cro ss
inga t-grade,andde rai
l,a sinspected ,shouldbe
L
i s
t/Numeri
c counteda saun i
t. Thenumbe ro ftra c
km i
le sin spe c
tedi sl
im i
tedto125 ,pe rrepo rt
. The
numbe rofra ilroadtra ckre cord sinspe ctedislimitedto650 ,pe rrepo r
t. Foradd it
iona l
instruct
ion scon cer
ningun itsseeAppend ixA–A cti v
ityCode s.
SourceCode Drop-down En teroneo fthea vai
lab lele t
tercode stoidentifythesou rceof(wh yorpu rpo sefo r
)the
L
i s
t/Text inspec
tion. On lyonele tter ma yappea ronthein spe ctionrepo r
t.Iftherequ iredin format
ionis
m
is s
ingo rin valid
,therepo rtw i
llbe “ incomple te,”pend ingi nspe c
tors’veri
ficationand
correc
tion.SeeAppend ixB–Sou rceCode s.
F
ileNumbe r Text Afi
lenumbe ri srequiredfo rAT IPa ct
i v
it
ies(sou r cecode sI&J )
,comp lain
tin ve s
tigat
ionswith
assignednumbe rs(sou rcecodeB )andwa iverin ve s
tiga t
ions(sou rcecodeE ). Foran
inspe c
tionw i
thou taf i
lenumbe rori tisnotarei n spe ction, leaveth isspa ceb lank.When
condu ct
ingare inspe ction ,inspe ctorsa retotype inthe irIDandrepo r
tnumbe rsofthep rev
ious
inspe c
tion.
Accompanied Numeric Useth isfieldwhencondu ctingajo intinspection (twoo r moret rackinspectors). Comp leteone
Inspecto
rs F6180.96in spe c
tionrepo rt
.In se r
tthea ccompan yingin spectorIDnumbe r
.
Item Numeric Atrackin spe ct
ioni slim i
tedtono tmo rethan999l inei tems(ma x
imumth reed igits)
. Note:the
fol
lowingf ield srepeatfo rea chlinei tem .
Ini
tia
ls
/Milepos
t Text Indicatethe lo cat
iono fthede fe cttothenea re s
tonehund redtho fa mile(52 .8-
fee t
).Inthi
s
f
ielditisne ce ssarytou sethesame m i
lepostc r
ite riaa sde scr
ibedinthe“M i
lepo s
t:From&To ”
f
ielda sshownabo ve
.
Equipment/T
rack# Text Indicatethet ra cknumbe rwhe rethede fecte xists.Fo rat rac kwithaname(nonumbe r
),ente
r
anabb reviation(ma x
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s
Type
/Kind D
rop-down Entertheapp rop r
iatetypecodel isteda tthebo ttomo fthefo rm(ma x
imumoned igit).
L
is
t/Text “M ”
–de fe c
ts lo ca tedoncon tro l
ledandnon- con trol
led ma intra cks. Howe ve rdefe ctsin
turnou ts,see“T ”and“X ”be low .U seca reind i s
tingu ishingthetypeo ftrac kdi s
tin ct
ion samong
mainando the rthan ma int ra c kageiden ti
fiedin §213 .233 (c).
“S”–defe cts lo catedoncon trolledandnon- con t
rolleds id ingsiden t
ifiedintime table soro ther
pert
inen tin forma tioncon veyedtoa l
lowoppo singt rain stopa s s(bu t,notwhe rede fe c
tsa re
locatedinthetu rnou t)
.
“Y”–defe cts lo catedw ithinya rdc la ssi
ficat
iont ra ckso ro the rt ra cksde signa tedtos toreo r
make- uptra ins. Fo rtra ckssu cha sindu strialspu rsandau xi
lia rytra cksde s
ignatedo the rthan
maintra cks u se“I .
”
“I”
–defe c
tslo ca tedon indu strialtra ck(i.e.
,g raine le vatort ra cks ,spu randba cktra cksowned
and ma inta inedb ythera il
road ).
“T”–defe cts loca tedw ithinatu rnou ta rea,whe theronthes traigh tsideo rthetu rnou tside . The
turnou ta reae xtend sf romthepo intofasw itchtothehee lo fthef rog.
“X”–defe cts lo catedonat ra c ktha ti sbe tweenthetwotu rnou ts(hee lofthef rogtohee lofthe
frog)o fac ro s so ver,independen toft rackcen te r
linedi stan ce.
49CFR
/USC Drop-down Re ferstotheCFRp a
rtspe rtainingtotheTSS ,unde rPa rt213 ; Roadwa y Wo r kpla ceSa fety,
L
i s
t/Tex
t unde rPa rt214 ;e tc
.
De
fec
t(Ru
le) Drop-down Re ferstothede fe c
tcode se xplainedandl istedinChap te r5o fth is manua l. Thede fectcode
L
i s
t/Numer
ic or“Ru le”re fer sspe cif
i cal
l ytothed ig i
tstothele fto fthede cima lpoint.
Subru
le(De
fec
t Drop-down Sub rulere fe rsspe c
ificallytothed igitstother igh to fthede cima lpo int
. Somede fe c
tcode s
Code) L
i s
t/Tex
t havefewe rthans ixd igits,the re foreu seze ro sa sf il
lers. Fo re xamp le,de fectcode7 .1wou ld
bere co rdeda s0007(De fe ct)and01(Sub ru le).
Speed Text Speed ,in m i
le spe rhou r,i sfo rthet ra cka sau tho rizedb ythera i
lroad.I ffreightandpa ssenger
speed sd iffer,showon l ythespeedtha te stab l
ishe stheh ighe sttra ckclassunde r§213 .9(a)
.
Dono ta ttemp ttoshow mo rethanonespeed .
C
las
s Nume r
ic Cla sso ft ra ckfo rthespeedd esigna tedi sunde rthespeedf ie ldabo veandina ccordan cew ith
§§213 .9(a)and213 .307 (a )o ftheregu lat
ion stha tp re scribethe ma x
imuma l
lowab leope rat
ing
speedfo rea cht ra ckc la ss.I fthera il
roadha sde s
igna tedthet racka se xcepted, in ser
t“X .”
Tra
in#/S
i
te Text Thisisanop t
iontocap tureadd i
tiona lde s c
ription so fde fe ctlo cat
ion s.
SNFR Dropdown Usewheni ssuingaSpe c
ialNo ticefo rRepa irs(SNFR ),F RAF6180 .8.
(Y/N)
RCL Drop-down Th isfieldw i
llind icatewhe the rthe l
inei temre late stor emo tecon trollocomo t
ive s.
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#ofOcc. Nume
ric Specialinstruc tions.In spe ctorscanre cord mu l
tiplede fe ctsofthesamet ypeinth i
sfielda s
(Occu
rren
ces
) longa sthenumbe ro ftime sthede fectso ccurisonaspe cif
icun itofin spe c
tion. De fects
capturedinthi sfieldw i
llbethenumbe rente red
. Fo rnoen try,u seas inglede fectcoun tofone
(1)
. No rmally,in spe c
torsloo kfo rnon comp lianceina528 -ft(tentho fa m i
le )segmen toftrack.
Somesubpa rtde fe ctsa redividedin tosma llera reas(i.e.,alinemen t31 ,62 ,124f t;cro ss
tiesin
39ftandcu rvel im i
ta t
ion sina155 -ftsegmen t)
.O thernon comp liancei tems( i.e.
,m iss
ingt ra
c k
bo
lts)arere cordedb yapo int- by-pointba s
isandsumma r
i zed. Howe ver,re ferencea lldefects
totheone -tenth(528f t)ofm ilesegmen ts. Fo re xamp le,ninere currentc ros s
tiede fects
(213.109.01)found in35 1f t
. Tho seninede fectscanbecap turedb ycomp let
ingas ingle
de
fe c
t i
temandre co rding“9" inthe“#o f Oc c
.”f
ield,be cau sethe39- f
t(9×39=351 )track
segmen t(unito fin spe ct
ion)doe sno te xceed528f t. Ano the rexamp lewou ldbei fwh i
le
inspe c
tinga railroad ’strackre cord s
,andthe rea re10in stan ceswhe rethes ignatu res
(213.241.03)ontherepo rtsa re m is s
ing.S im i
larly,show“10 "inthe“#o fO cc
.”field.

Dono titem izethetotalnumbe rofloo seo rm i ssingfrogbo ltsbe causetheun itofinspe ctionis
thebod yo fthefroginatu rnou t
.L ikew ise,m issingco t
te rp insa reacomponen tofasw i
tch
(regardle ssofthenumbe ro r locationo fco tte rke ysitwou ldbeoneo ccur
ren ce)
.I t
i soften
helpfultoin c
ludeare feren cetothequan ti
ty inthena r
rativede s cr
ipt
ionsu cha s,“5 missing
cotterpins”bu tremembe r,the“#o fO cc
.”wou ldbeoneinth isfield.O ther mul
tip
lede fe c
ti
ve
i
temstha tcon s
ti
tuteoneun itinasw itchin c
lude ,rai
lb ra ce s
,bo lts/nu
ts,gua rdrai
lbolts
,and
c
lamp s/wedge s. Eachde fect
i veitemtha tcon s
titu
te sasepa rateo ccurrenceinasw i
tch
includessw itchrod,sw i
tchhee l,sw itchpo int,f rog,gua rd rail
,sw itchstand,sto ckrai
l,sw i
tch
c
lip,andsw itchstop. W i
thre spe ctto jointba rs,a loo se jointba ra ssemb lyistobecoun teda s
oneo ccurrence,wherea sa jointw ithtwob rokeno rc racked jointba rswouldbetwo
occu r
ren ces.E xcepta sind i
ca tedbe low ,whenre cording mu lt
ipleo ccurrencessu cha sloo se
jointba rs
,thep reciselo cat
iono fea chpa iro floo seba rs mu stbein c
ludedinthede scr
iption.
Ea chjointba rpai
ridenti
fiedb ylo cat
ionwou ldbeano c curren ce.

I
fas ystemiccond i
t
ion(e.g.
,loo sejo
intba r
s)isfoundo veranareainadd i
tiontoidenti
f
icat
ion
o
fspe c
if
icident
ifieddefects
/locat
ions
,in spec
tors mayaddacommen tinthela stnoteddefec
t
andind
icatethattheabo vedefe c
tsare“representat
ivecondit
ions
.”Insu chaca se,the
spec
if
iclimi
tsandt racknumbe r/nameo ftherespe c
tivecond
it
ionsshou ldbeno ted. An
occu
rrencewouldon lybeta kenforeachi temidenti
f
ied. Onlyrecordano ccurrenceforeach
i
temspe c
i
fica
ll
y ident
if
iedb ylocat
ion. Ana cceptab
lea l
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ficlo cation sa rede fe ctive. Fo r
examp le ,a llthe jointsbe tweenf rogo ftwooppo singsw i
tche sa rea llloo se,theni twou ldbe
accep tabletoind icate“a l
l10jo in tsa reloo sebe tweenthef rogo fsw itchAandthef rogo f
switchB ”(10o c curren ce s).
Ac
tivi
tyCode( for Text Choo seacodetha t ma tche sthea ct
i vi
tyo ccu rr
ingwhenob se rvingthede fe ct. Mu s
t ma tchone
eachlineitem ) thea ct
ivitie sli stedinthea c
ti v
itycodef ieldinthefo rmheade r.
Descr
iption(type) CheckBo x Choo se:1 )De fe ct
,2 )Non- FRADe fe c
to r Ob serva t
ion,o r3 )Commen tstoRa il
road /Compan y
.
Non- FRAde fe ctsin c
lude item so fcon cerntha ta reno tregu la tedb yFRA,su cha srough
h
ighwa y
/ra i
lg radec ros singsu rfa ce s,itemstha ta reimm inen tl yclo setobe com inganFRA
defe c
t,e tc. Ob servation sin cludein forma tionsu cha sno tingan in spe c
tionw ith“node fect
found .”
Descr
iption Text Provideade scriptiono fthede fe c
tinth i sspa ce.I t mu stincludea ctualfieldd imen s
ion so fthe
defe c
t,whenapp l
icab le,andade scriptiono fph y s
icalcond i
tion sa sso c
iatedw ithde fe c
tsno t
invol v
ingnumbe rso rdimen s
ion s. Con f
inean ycommen tscon ce rningthede fe c
ttothe
des cr
iptionf ield.I fne ce ssary ,u se mo rethanonel inetode scribethena tu reand lo ca t
iono f
defe c
ts.B re vity isde s
irab le,bu t iti se ssentialtha tthera ilroadrep resen tativeunde rs tandthe
defe c
tandi tsp re ciselo cationtota keco rre c
tivea ct
ion . Re co rdd imen sion so radequa te
des cr
iptiono fthede fe c
ttoe valua tetheapp rop r
ia tene sso fthera il
road s
’repo rtedfo llowup
act
ion . Fo re xamp le,a jo intt iede fe cti s“lo cated10jo intssou tho funde r-gradeb r
idgea t
m
ilepo st110 .19onthewe stra i
l.”F ie lde xpand sf rom250to1000cha ra cte rs. Seeop t
ion s
.
Lat
itude/Long i
tude Numeric GPScoo rdina te s,whe reapp licab le(e .g.,AT IPp rog ram ),ma ybeu sedinadd itiontos tanda rd
loca t
ionde scrip t
iveinde scriptionf ield. Gene ralu sei santicipa tedfo rthefu tu re.
V
iolat
ion Drop-Down Th isi sarequ iredf ield . Th isfields ign if
ie swhe the ro rnotaRR /Compan yi store cei vea
Recommended (Y/N) Fede ralvio la t
ion .
Remed ialA c
tion Drop-down Ra i
lroad s
,unde r§213 .5 (a), mu stb ringthet ra ckintocomp lian cewhenan yde fectivecond it
ion
(R/O/Blank
) isd isco ve red .Inadd i
tion ,ra ilroad s mu stinfo rmFRAinw ritingo ftheremed iala ct
ionta kento
abatetho set ra c kcond i
tion siden ti
fieda sviolation swhene ve rthe“Y ”isse le c
tedinthe
“Violation sRe commended ”se c
tiono ftheheade r(a spe r§209 .405 ).A l
llineen tr
ie s mu st
containan “R ”(Requ ired ),“O ”( Optiona l)o rb lan kche c k ma r kinthe“Requ ired ”blo c kfield.Itis
opt
iona l,no t manda tory ,tore tu rntherepo rttoyouwhenthe“N ”i sse lectedinthe“V iolat
ion s
Recommended ”se ctiono ftheheade r.
Ra
ilroadA ction Date
/Te x
t Whenan in spe ctionrepo rt ind icate stha tanin spe ctorre commend sav iolation ,thecode son
Code&Da te there verses ideo fthefo rma refo rthera ilroadrep re sentati vetore cordwha tremed ia la ct
ion
wasta kentoco rre c
tthede fe ctandtheda te i
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ie
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lFea
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descr
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i vea ct
iona ccordingtothel istofcode sonthere verses ideo ftheFo rm
96.En te rthecommen tregardingtheco rrect
ivea c
tionoppo s
itetheitemnumbe r;itdoesno t
havetobecon f
inedtoonel ine. Thera ilroad mu stco rrectthede fe
cts immed iatelyandshou ld
repor
ttheco rrecti
vea ct
iontakenw i
thin30da ysfollowingtheendo fthe mon ththein spect
ion
tookp la ce
.Are sponsiblerai
lroademp lo yeeshou lds ignandda tetherepo rtinthespa ce
prov
idedontheba ckbe forereturningittothein spector. Remembe r,there tu rnofthisform is
mandato rywhenav iolation (“Yes”bo xche c ked)i sre commendedw ithno tation sofrail
road
cor
rectivea ct
ion ,wh ichiss t
rict
lyvo luntaryandnov iolat
iono flawo rregu lationisincurredfo r
therailroad’srefusaltosubm i
tfo rmswhende fectsarec i
tedfo rcorre c
tion( “No ”bo xche cked).
Howeve r,rai
lroad sshou ldbeen couragedtore turnthefo rma sreque sted. Twoa lternat
ive sin
theR ISPCp rograme x
i st:pr
inttheba cksidea fte
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intingtheF6180 .96repo rtorha veasupp ly
o
fcop ie softheba ckofthepageo fthef irstandcon t
inua tionsheeta vailabletop r
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Append
ixD-Ins
truc
tion
s,F6180
.111T
rackV
iola
tion
F
ie
ld# F9180
.111F
ie
ld Ed
itab
le Auto Fo
rma t In
stru
ction
s/Spe
cia
lFea
ture
s
in96
1 Inspecto
rsName No Yes Text Mandatoryf
ield
.
2 Inspecto
r’sV
iola
tion Ye
s No Numeric Inspectortotypeinthef
irs
tnumber–subsequen
tsequen
t
ialnumbe
rs
Number generatedautomatica
l
ly. Manda
toryfie
ld.
3 AnnualF6180
.96 No Yes Numeric Mandatoryf
ield
.
No
.
4 Inspect
ionDate No Yes Date Mandatoryfield.
5 V
iola
tionDate Ye
s Yes Drop-downRISPCpopu la
testhisfieldw i
ththesameda tea sf
ield4. Howe ve
r,
Date thisdate-forma t
tedfield iseditabletoa l
lowthein specto
rtop la
cea
dateofthev io
lat
ionrepo r
tifthatda teisno tthesamea sthe
inspection.Manda toryfield.
6 V
iolat
ionRepo r
t Ye
s Ye
s Drop-down Samea sf ieldNo.5. Manda toryfield
.
Numbe r Date
7 RR/Co.Ini
tia
l No Ye
s Text Mandatoryfield.
8 Ra
ilroad
/Compan y Ye
s Ye
s Text RISPCpopu latesthisfieldw i
ththefu l
lnameo fthecompan yonly
,if
Name avai
lable,o therw
i setypeinfo ren ti
tiessu cha sacon t
racto
r.
Mandatoryfield.
9 D
i v
ision No Ye
s Text Mandatoryfield.
10 Subdivis
ion No Ye
s Text Mandatoryfield.
11 Inspe c
tionPoint No Ye
s Text Mandatoryfield.
12 TrackType No Ye
s Text Mandatoryfield.
13 Track No Ye
s Text Mandatoryfield.
Numbe r/Name
14 Ini
tials
/Milepo
st No Ye
s Te
xt Mandatoryfie
ld.
15 Speed No Ye
s Te
xt Mandatory fie
ld.
16 TrackC lass No Ye
s Te
xt Mandatoryfie
ld.
17 MGT(M ill
ion G
ross Ye
s Ye
s Te
xt Opt
ionalfield (
e.g
.,MGT maynotbeknowna tsomelo ca
tionssuch
Ton s) asaya rdt ra
cko r ma
ybeat ra
ckinspe
ctionreco
rdvio
lation)
.
18 HazMa t Ye
s No D
rop-down Checkbo x.Sinceana c
t
ivi
ty m
ightbeare co
rdinspec
tion,th
isi
san
(Y
/N) opt
ionalfield
.

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19 Me
thodof Ye
s No Drop-down Dropdownl i st: Manua lB loc k;Tra fficCon tro lS ys
tem ;Au toma t
ic
Ope
rat
ion L
i s
t/Tex
t B
lo ckS ys
tem(ABS );Ya rd/Re s
trictedL im i
ts ;Au toma ticB lo ckSignal
w
ith Manua lB lo ck
;In terloc k
ingRu le s;and O the rThan Ma inT rack.
Sin ceana c
ti v
ity migh tbeare cord in spe ct
ion ,thisisanop t
ional
f
ield.
20 L
ineI
tem No Yes Nume r
ic RISPCau toma t
ical
l ypopu la
te sintheF6180 .96l inei temnumbe r.
S
in ceana c
tivity mightbeare cord in spe ction ,th isisanop t
ional
f
ield. Manda to ryfield.
21 Pa
rtNo
. No Yes Text RISPCau toma t
ical
l ypopu la
te sin“213 .”Manda toryfield.
22 Pa
rtT
it
le No Yes Text RISPCau toma t
ical
l ypopu la
te sin“T ra ckSa fetyStanda rd s.”
Mandatoryfield.
23 Se
ctionNo
. No Yes Text RISPCau toma t
ical
l ypopu la
te s“de fe ct
”No .f romtheF6180 .96.
Mandatoryfield.
24 Se
ctionT
it
le Ye
s Yes Text RISPCau toma t
ical
l ygene ratethet itleba sedonNo .23abo ve(e.g.
,
53=gage ,109=c ros s
tie s
,e tc.).Manda to ryf ield
.
25 Pa
rag
raphCode No Yes Nume r
ic RISPCau toma t
ical
l ypopu la
te sf romtheF6180 .96thesub rulefield.
Mandatoryfield.
26 #o
f Oc
c. No Yes Text RISPCau toma t
ical
l ypopu la
te sthef ie ldf rom“#o f Oc c
.”fromthe
F6180.96.Th i sisanume r
icfielda llow ingth reecha ra c
ters.
Mandatoryfield. No te,fields12th rough26w il
lrepea ta sab lock
groupintheF6180 .111fo r mu l
tiplel inei temson anF6180 .96
recommendedfo rc iv
ilpena lty.
27 Tex
tofVio
lated Ye
s Yes Text RISPCpopu la tesintheen t
iresub rulepa rag raphte xtco rrespond ing
Pa
ragraph toNo .25.I fthepa rag raphin clude satab le ,RIPCw illnotpopu late
thetable.In serton lytheapp licab letab lein fo rma t
ionf romtheTSS
forthede fect/tackc la sso fthelin eitem . Manda toryfield.
28 Synops
isof Ye
s No Text Thes ynop s
isi sanopen ingpa rag raphtha tb rie f
lyde scr
ibe swha t
V
iola
tion therepo r
ti sabou tandin c
lude s:1 )who ,wha t,whe re,when,the
dateofthein spe c
tion,2 )whowa sinvo lved ;ra il
road ,con tractor
,
FRA ,ando the rs,3)wha tregu lat
ionwa sv iola ted,andthea ctual
v
iolatedcond ition(wha td idyouf ind? ),and4 )whe refound .
Mandatoryfield.

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F
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.111F
ie
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itab
le Auto Forma
t In
stru
ction
s/Spe
cia
lFea
ture
s
in96
29 Geog
raph
ic Ye
s No Te
xt The in ten tofth isf ieldi s forthereade rtoge ta men talpi c
tureo fthe
Cond
i
tion
/Lo
cat
ion loca tionandt ra cklead ingtothev iolation .In cludeas tatemen t,su ch
asthea ccompan y
ingra ilroadrep re sen tativesupp l
ieda l
linfo rma tion
rega rd ing m ilepo stlo cation s,trac kname s,sw itchnumbe rs,oran y
othe riden t
i
fiab lein fo rma tiono fde fe c
t lo cation . GPSiden ti
fication,i f
availab le,wou lde lim ina tean ycon flictfo rafo l
lowupin spe c
tion.
Con cludeb yin t
rodu c
ingtheF6180 .96tha tre commend sviola t
iona s
exhibitA . Manda toryfie ld.
30 Ser
iousness
/Reaso Ye
s No Te
xt Useth isf ieldtoe stabl
i shtherea sonfo rre commend ingc iv
ilpena lty.
nsforVio
lat
ion Beg inw iththetypeo fin spe ct
ion( hi-rai
l,wa l king ),de s cr
ibethe
cond ition sandin trodu cepho tograph softhede fe c
t
i vecond it
ion ,
includ ingyou r mea suremen tsa sane xh ibit.S ta tehow mu chthe
defe ctivecond i
tione xceed stheTSSfo rc la s so ftra ck. Manda to ry
f
ield .
31 Pr
iorCon s
tru
ct
ive Ye
s No Te
xt Useth isf ieldtoshowhowthera ilroado rcompan yshou ldha ve
Knowledge knowno fthede fe ctprio rtotheFRAin spe ction . Re v
iewp re viou s
rai
lroadin spe c
tionre cord sfo rarea sonab let imef ramep riortoyou r
inspe ctionfo rsim ilarde fectso rfa i
lu retore co rdde fe cts.Con s
ide r
thenumbe randtypeo fde fe c
tsfounddu r
ingyou rin spe ct
ion .
Establ ishands tatethe inspe ct
ionf requen c yfo rthet rac k
,ands tate
onlywha tisrequ ired. Thete x
to ftheru ledoe sno tneedtobe
included .Dete rm inei fth iscond i
tioni ssome thingtha tcou ldhappen
w
ithinasho rttimef rame ,o ronetha tde ve lop so vertim e( tha t
pre v
iou srailroadin spe ctionsfa iledtono te ).In trodu ceFRAAT IP
geome tryda ta,i fapp li cable,andr ailroadgeome try/in
te rnalr ai
l
defe ctda ta,i fapp licable . Manda to ryfie ld.
32 OtherI
temsFound Ye
s No Te
xt L
i s
to the rde fe ctsintheno teddu ringyou rin spe ct
iontha ta reno t
Dur
ingIn spec
tion re commendedfo rc iv
ilpena lty
.L istthede fe ctsfoundina s sociation
(notrecommended w
ithyou rin spe ction . En tertheadd it
iona lin spe ctionrepo rta san
forv
iola
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F
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.111F
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itab
le Auto Forma
t In
stru
ction
s/Spe
cia
lFea
ture
s
in96
33 Backg
round Ye
s No Te
xt Usethisf ieldtoincludeo therper
tinentinfo
rma t
ion,su cha s:1)
/Spec
ial populationofthea rea,2 )pro x
imi
tytos chools,airpor
ts,wa terways
,
C
ircumstan
ces e
tc.,3 )pro v
idespe c
i
ficinformat
ionabou tha zardou s mater
ial
movemen t
,4 ) areha zardous mater
ialstransportedo verthissec
tion
o
frailroad?I fso,l
istthetypeo f mater
ialsob se
rved ,5)r ecent
complian ce
,and6 )pre viousvio
lat
ions. Manda toryfield.
34 L
is
tofE
xhib
i
ts Ye
s No Te
xt Leaveth isf
ieldblan k
.
35 Inspe
cto
rSigna
ture No No n/a B
lankf
ieldfo
rs igna
ture(nodataba
sel
ink).
36 Da
teSigned Ye
s Ye
s Drop-down Manda
toryf
ield
.
Date
37 FRAIn
spe
cto
rNo
.2 Ye
s Ye
s Numeric Impor
tnamef romfirstIDnumberofac
compan y
inginspectoron
F6180
.96. Op t
iona
lfield
.
38 Name Ye
s Ye
s Text RISPCpopulateswi
thda taf
romtheF6180.96. Opt
ionalf
ield.
(Rai
lroad
/Company
Represen
tat
ive
)
39 T
it
le No Ye
s Te
xt R
ISPCpopu
late
swi
thda
taf
romtheF6180
.96. Op
tiona
lfie
ld.
(Rai
lroad
/Company
Represen
tat
ive
)
40 AccompaniedFRA Yes No Che
ckBox Indi
catei
fthera
il
roadrepresen
tat
ivetowhomNo.38and39is
Dur
ingIn spec
t
ion (Yes
/No
) referencedwasthesamepe rsonwhowa sp
resen
tdu
ringthe
inspec
tion
. Opt
iona
lfie
ld.

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Append
ixE-Ins
truc
tion
s,F6180
.8Spec
ialNo
ticef
orRepa
irs
F
ield F9180
.8F ield Ed
itab
le Auto Fo
rmat In
stru
ction
s/Spe
cia
lFea
ture
s
# in96
1 NameofInspector No Yes Tex
t Manda to
ryfield.
2 IDNumber No Yes Numer
ic Manda to
ryfield.
3 SNFRRepo r
tNumbe r No No Numer
ic RISPCpopu latesthefie
ldba sedonthenumbe rass
ignedwhenthe
programi sinit
ia
llyopened. SNFRrepo r
tsa renumberedsequen tia
l
ly
forl
ife.
4 Reg
ion Ye
s No Nume
ric Drop- down menucon ta
in
ingap rede
finedtableiden
ti
fyingreg
ion s1
through8 ,then,c l
ickontheregionde s
iredtocompletethisf
ield
.
Comp let
iono fthisf
ieldis manda
tory
.
5 Inspe ct
ionRepor
t No Ye
s Nume
ric Manda to
ryfield.
Numbe r
6 Ope rat
ingRai
lroad No Ye
s Tex
t Manda toryfield.
7 RRIn it
ial
s No Ye
s Tex
t Manda toryfield.
8 C
ity No Ye
s Tex
t Manda toryfield.
9 S
ta te No Ye
s Tex
t Manda toryfield.
10 Coun ty No Ye
s Tex
t Manda toryfield.
11 Date No Ye
s Tex
t Manda toryfield.
12 T
ime Ye
s No T
ime Enterthet imewhenthesegmen toftrackisredu cedtoalowe rt rack
c
la ss(e ight-charac
terlim it
). Thetimeen te
redshou ldbethet imethe
approp riaterai
lroado f
ficialnoti
fiedofthisa c
tion. Comp le
tiono fthis
f
ieldi s manda tory.
13 Ra
il
road O
ff
ic
ia
l Ye
s Ye
s Te
xt RISPCpopu latesth
i sf ieldfromtheF6180 .96In spe ct
ionRepo rt(30-
Name chara cterlimit
). Howeve r,make manua lentr
ie sa sne cessary.
Comp letiono fthisf
ieldi s manda to
ry.
14 Rai
lroad O
ff
ic
ialTit
le Ye
s Ye
s Te
xt Samea sNo .13 .
15 Rai
lroadDiv
ision No Ye
s Te
xt Manda toryfield.
16 Rai
lroadSubdivi
sion No Ye
s Te
xt Manda toryfield.
17 Equipment MP&E u seon ly.
18 Ini
tia
l&No . MP&Eu seon ly.
19 TrackNo.(orname ) Ye
s No Te
xt Thisfieldrequ ires manua lentry
. En tertheapp ropriatetracknumbe r
orname( three-characterlimit
). Comp let
iono fth
i sfieldisop t
iona l
.

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F
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ld Ed
itab
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rmat In
stru
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s/Spe
cia
lFea
ture
s
# in96
20 T
rac
kC lass Ye
s No Numer
ic Thisfieldrequ i
res manua len t
ry(one- cha ra c
te rlimi
t )
. Enterthe
approp ria
tetra ckclass
. Comp letiono fthi sfieldi sop t
ional.
21 MPHPa
ssenge
r Ye
s No Nume
ric Thisfieldrequ i
res manua len t
ry(th ree- chara cte rl
im i
t)
. En te
r
maximumau thor
i zedspeedfo rpa s senge rt rain s. Comp let
ionofthi s
f
ieldi sop t
ional.
22 MPHF
reigh
t Ye
s No Nume
ric Thisfieldrequ i
res manua len t
ry(th ree- chara cte rl
im i
t)
. En te
r
maximumau thor
i zedspeedfo rfre ightt rain s
. Comp let
iono fth
isfield
isop tional
.
23 Refe
rence Ye
s No Te
xt Thisfieldrequ i
res manua len t
ry(20- cha ra cte rlimit)
.There s
tr
icted
Measuremen
t l
im itsindicatedinbo th,“locat
ionf rom ”and“ lo cationto” mu s
tbe
referen cedtoaknownf ixedpo intsu cha sa m ilepo st
,roadc rossing,
switchpo int
,e tc
. Comp let
iono fth isfieldi sop t
iona l
.
24 T
rac
kDe
scr
ipt
ion Ye
s No Te
xt Thisfieldrequ i
res manua len t
ry(20- cha ra cte rlimit)
.En terthename
o
fthet rack,yard,b rancho rotherde s
igna tiontha tidenti
fiesthe
rai
lroadlo cationo fthetracktowh i chtheo rde rapp lies.
25 Loca
tionf
romCi
ty, Ye
s No Te
xt Thisfieldrequ i
res manua len t
ry(45- cha ra cterlim i
t). Entercity
,Sta te
S
tate
,M i
lePos
t andmi lepost
. Comp le
tiono fth
i sfieldi sop t
iona lbutrequiredfor
Trac k
.
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tiontoC
i
ty, Ye
s No Te
xt Samea sNo .25.
S
tate
,M i
lePos
t:
27 L
ineItemNumber No Ye
s Te
xt Ava riablenumbe ro flineitemen t
riesfromtheF6180 .96 ma ybe
popu latedon totheSNFR ,(e.g.27a,2 7b,27b ,etc.)
.
28 CFR
,Ru
le,&Sub
rule Ye
s Ye
s Te
xt S
in ceno tal
lde fectcode su sedinR ISPCco rrespondtothea ctua
l
CFRse c
tion,besu retoc itethespe cif
icse ct
ionintheCFRtha t
corre spond stothede fe c
t(s)lis
ted(10 -chara c
terl
im i
t).
29 De
fec
ts Ye
s No Te
xt Thisfieldisno tpopu latedb ytheR ISPCandin spe c
tors ma ytypeina
referen cetotheF6190 .86andi tscorre spondinglineitem. On ly
SNFR itemsshou lde x
i s
tonaco r
respond ingF6180 .96o rthel ine
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ldw i
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l
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i vecond i
tion.F ie
ld27 ,28 ,and29repea t

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F
ie
ld F9180
.8F
ie
ld Ed
i
tab
le Au
to Fo
rma
t In
stru
ction
s/Spe
cia
lFea
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# in96
asagroupfor mu
l
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inei
tem
sonanF6180
.96tha
tha
vethe
“SNFR*”f
ieldcheckedyes.
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.
Restr
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tions
31 Regional Drop- Th
isfieldwil
lfea
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down menucontain
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Adminis
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t addressoftheapprop
ria
teRegiona
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r.Clickonthe
andAdd ress namede s
iredtocomp
leteth
isf
ield
. Comp
let
iono fth
isf
ieldi
s
mandatory
.

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tyComp
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,Chap
ter2– Ma
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Append
ixF -Ins
truc
tion
s,F6180
.8aSpec
ialRepa
irRemed
ialAc
tionRepo
rt
Au
to
F
ie
ld# F9180
.8aF
ie
ld Ed
i
tab
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rmat In
stru
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s/Spe
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lFea
ture
s
PartI
1 NameofIn
specto
r No Yes Tex
t Manda to
ryfield.
2 IDNumber No Yes Numer
ic Manda to
ryfield.
3 SNFRReport No No Numer
ic RISPCpopu latesthef ie
ldba sedonthenumbe rass
ignedwhenthe
Numbe
r programi sinit
ia
llyopened. SNFRrepo rtsarenumberedsequentia
l
ly
forl
ife.
4 Reg
ion Ye
s No Nume
ric Drop- down menucon ta
in
ingap redef
inedtableiden
ti
fy
ingregion
s1
through8 .C l
ickonthereg ionde si
redtocomp le
tethisf
ie
ld.
Comp let
iono fthisf
ieldis mandatory
.
5 Inspe ct
ionRepor
t No Ye
s Nume
ric Manda to
ryfield.
Numbe r
6 Ope rat
ingRai
lroad No Ye
s Tex
t Mandato
ryfield.
7 RRIn it
ial
s No Ye
s Tex
t Mandato
ryfield.
8 C
ity No Ye
s Tex
t Mandato
ryfield.
9 S
ta te No Ye
s Tex
t Mandato
ryfield.
10 Coun ty No Ye
s Tex
t Mandato
ryfield.
11 Date No Ye
s Tex
t Mandato
ryfield.
12 T
ime Ye
s No T
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13 Rai
lroad Off
ic
ial Ye
s Ye
s Tex
t RISPCpopu latesth
isfieldf
romtheF6180.96(30
-cha
rac
terlimi
t)
.
Name However
,manua lent
rie
s ma ya
lsobe made
. Complet
ionofthi
sfie
ld
is mandatory.
13 Locomotiveor MP&Eu seon ly.
Fre
ight
/Pa ssenger
CarIn
it
ialsand
Number
14 TrackNumbe r Ye
s No Te
xt En
ter manua
ll
yf romthein
format
ionpro
videdbythera
il
road
.
Locat
ion, Op
tiona
lfie
ldbecausei
t maynotberequ
iredinan MP&Erepo
rt
.
Descr
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ion,Etc.

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Au
to
F
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ld# F9180
.8aF
ie
ld Ed
i
tab
le in Fo
rma
t In
stru
ction
s/Spe
cia
lFea
ture
s
PartI
15 Loca
tionRepa
ired
: Ye
s No Tex
t Samea sNo .14 . Thisisinformationp rov
idedb ytherailroadonthe
C
ity
: SRRAPandsen ttotheReg ionalAdm ini
stratoruponcomp let
ion .
Theo rig
inatingin spectorwi
l
lno tbeab letof i
llinthis
,o ran yo fthe
fol
lowingfie lds
.
16 S
tate Ye
s No Nume
ric Samea sNo .14 .
17 Da
teRepa
ired Ye
s No Nume
ric Selectfromapop- upca lenda rac co
rdingtotheRemed ialA c
tionDate
prov
idedb ythera i
lroad. Thisisa manda toryf ie
ld.
18 T
imeRepa i
red Ye
s No Te
xt Samea sNo .14 .
19 Remedia
lAct
ion Ye
s No Te
xt Enterin fo
rma tionp rov
idedb ytherai
lroad.I tw i
l
lallowuptoth ree
Code
s remed ialactioncode s. Selectthecode sfromthepop -uptableo f
remed ialactioncode su sedinR ISPC ,orthecode s ma ybeen tered
manually. Manda toryf
ield.
20 L
ineI
temNo No Ye
s Te
xt Thisw i
l
lberepea t
edf romtheFo rmF6180 .8fo rea chl
inei tem
conta
inedthe re. Avariablenumbe rofentrie smaye xis
t.
21 CFR,Rule
,& Ye
s Ye
s Te
xt Samea sNo .20 .
Subru
le
22 De
fe c
ts Ye
s No Te
xt Samea sNo.20
23 Repai
rDeta
il
s Ye
s No Te
xt Ente
rinformat
iontothesef
ields manua
llyf
romthein
forma
tion
prov
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lroadconcern
inga ct
ionstocor
rec
ttheproblems.
Thesedataent
ryblocksappearonthesames c
reensasthel
ineitem
info
rmat
ionfortheFo rmF6180.8.Fie
ld20,21,and22repeatasa
groupfo
r mu
lt
iplel
ineitemsonanF6180 .8.

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