---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 230.76"
title: "49"
number: "230.76"
heading: "Piston travel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/230.76"
---

# §230.76. Piston travel.

- (a) **Minimum piston travel.** The minimum piston travel shall be sufficient to provide proper brake shoe clearance when the brakes are released.
- (b) **Maximum piston travel.** The maximum piston travel when steam locomotive is standing shall be as follows:

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20702; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 62865, Nov. 17, 1999, unless otherwise noted.