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Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment

Notice of public meeting.

By notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published on September 9, 1998 (63 FR 48294), FRA proposed revisions to the regulations governing the power braking systems and equipment used in freight and other non-passenger railroad train operations. This document announces a public meeting to discuss specific issues related to FRA's collection of data concerning inspections and defects and the use of defect ratios based upon that data, and the impact that information may have on the proposed rule.

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