This notification provides a brief summary of each AAR Circular Letter issued during the prior month. TrinityRail monitors these Circular Letters as they relate to or may impact TrinityRail’s fleet, its customers, its shop network and its manufacturing operations. Please click on the hyperlinks below to access the full circular. The circular number is hyperlinked to the TrinityRail QA Portal. Members of the portal will be able to open the Circular Letters and any attachments. Non-members will need to access the Circulars via their AAR Circular Subscriptions.
These Circular Letter – Quick Notes are intended to improve accessibility to the users and are not proof of revision to the AAR, MSRP’s, Office or Field Manuals per AAR MSRP-J M-1003 2.3.5.
C-13833
Subject: Implementation Circular: MSRP Section F, Sensors, Standard S-920, Component Identification Bar Code Standards / Sections 12 & 13
Date Issued: July 6, 2021
Date Effective: July 6, 2021
Group: Manufacturer, Repair Shop
Summary: On April 12, 2021, AAR released a comment circular (C-13773) on proposed revisions to the sections referenced in this circular’s subject line. The revisions were advanced by the WABL Committee & approved by the Component Tracking Taskforce & the Equipment Health Monitoring Committee.
C-13834
Subject: Save the Date – Announcing the 2022 AAR’s 34th Quality Assurance Auditor and Industry Conference
Date Issued: July 19, 2021
Date Effective: July 19, 2021
Group: Informational
Summary: The AAR Quality Assurance Committee has scheduled the Annual AAR Quality Assurance Auditor and Industry Conference for April 12-14, 2022 in Fort Worth, Texas. All participants are invited to attend the first 3 days of the event (Tuesday and Wednesday presentations and Thursday workshops).
C-13835
Subject: Updated Schedule for 2021 AAR M-1003 Basic and Advanced Auditor and Root Cause Analysis Training Classes
Date Issued: July 19, 2021
Date Effective: July 19, 2021
Group: Informational
Summary: The AAR Quality Assurance Committee has finalized the following schedule for remaining 2021 AAR M-1003 Quality Assurance Training classes. The Basic Auditor Training classes & Root Cause Analysis Training classes will remain in Webinar format throughout 2021, but the Advanced Auditor Training classes will be in-person onsite training classes.
C-13836
Subject: Implementation of Revisions to MSRP Section S, CASTING DETAILS, Specifications M-202, M-203, and M-210; regarding reporting to AAR, adding sawcuts, and removing radiography requirements
Date Issued: July 29, 2021
Date Effective: July 29, 2021
Group: Manufacturer
Summary: The purpose of this circular letter is to notify the industry of revisions to Section S, CASTING DETAILS, Specifications M-202, M-203, & M-210. Circular Letter C-13827 was issued to solicit comments. No comments were received. Specifications M-202, M-203, & M-210 are now implemented & effective immediately.