---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 238.319"
title: "49"
number: "238.319"
heading: "Running brake test."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/238.319"
---

# §238.319. Running brake test.

- (a) As soon as conditions safely permit, a running brake test shall be performed on each passenger train after the train has received, or was required under this part to have received, either a Class I, Class IA, or Class II brake test.
- (b) A running brake test shall be performed whenever the control stand used to control the train is changed to facilitate the movement of a passenger train from one track to another within a terminal complex while not in passenger service.
- (c) The running brake test shall be conducted in accordance with the railroad's established operating rules, and shall be made by applying brakes in a manner that allows the engineer to ascertain whether the brakes are operating properly.
- (d) If the engineer determines that the brakes are not operating properly, the engineer shall stop the train and follow the procedures provided in [§ 238.15](/cfr/49/238.15.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20133, 20141, 20302-20303, 20306, 20701-20702, 21301-21302, 21304; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 25660, May 12, 1999, unless otherwise noted.