DYNAMIC BRAKE REQUIREMENTS

        Use of dynamic brakes is an effective method to control speed and stop trains. Good record keeping is required from mechanical employees and engineers when they discover dynamic brakes are inoperative. These locomotives must now be individually tagged and an additional defect tag must be left in the controlling locomotive. Information may also be provided to the locomotive engineer on the train profile or consist under locomotive information. In the consist of each locomotive, the tag will give details whether the dynamic brake is "operative".
        The requirements to identify inoperative brakes only includes dynamic brakes that are defective or ineffective due to malfunction. Tagging does not have to take place if the dynamic brakes are simply cut out to comply with dynamic brake axle limitations.
        Tags indicating inoperative dynamic brakes should include the following information:

1. Locomotive number
2. Name of discovering railroad
3. Location and date condition discovered
4. Signature of person discovering the condition