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-13869
Subject: Solicitation of Comments, Revisions to Field Manual, Rule 3
Date Issued: November 1, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration and Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the Brake Systems Committee (BSC) to revise Field Manual Rule 3, was reviewed and approved.
C-13870
Subject: Order information for the 2022 Field and Office Manuals
Date Issued: November 1, 2021
Date Effective: November 1, 2021
Group: Information
Summary: The 2022 editions of the Field and Office Manuals of the AAR Interchange Rules are scheduled to be available January 3, 2022. Manuals may now be preordered online at https://aarpublications.com/field-and-office-manuals.html.The Field Manual is available in loose-leaf or bound versions (paper), or in electronic format. The Office Manual is available in a loose-leaf version (paper), or in electronic format.
C-13871
Subject: Solicitation of Comments, Revisions to Field Manual, Rule 37 and App A
Date Issued: November 2, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration and Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the WABL Committee to revise Field Manual Rule 37 and Appendix A, was reviewed and approved.
C-13872
Subject: Solicitation of Comments, Revisions to Field Manual, Rule 48
Date Issued: November 2, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration and Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the Coupling System and Truck Castings Committee to revise Field Manual Rule 48, was reviewed and approved.
C-13873
Subject: Solicitation of Comments, Revisions to Office Manual, Rule 103
Date Issued: November 2, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Manufacturer, Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration and Rules Committee a proposal to revise Office Manual Rule 103, was reviewed and approved.
C-13874
Subject: Solicitation of Comments, Revisions to Field Manual, Rule 108
Date Issued: November 2, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Car Owner, Locomotive
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration and Rules Committee a proposal as advanced to revise Field Manual Rule 108, was reviewed and approved.
C-13875
Subject: Solicitation of Comments, Revisions to Office Manual, Rule 107 and Field Manual, Rule 108
Date Issued: November 2, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Car Owner, Locomotive, Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration and Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the Damaged and Defective Car Tracking TAG to revise Office Manual Rule 107 and Field Manual Rule 108 to incorporate compensation for racks when car is damaged, was reviewed and approved.
C-13876
Subject: Solicitation of Comments, Revisions to Field Manual, Rules 75 and 108, Office Manual Rule 107, and Appendix A
Date Issued: November 2, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Shipper
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration & Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the Car Repair Billing (CRB) Committee to revise Field Manual Rules 75 & 108, Office Manual Rule 107 & App A, was reviewed & approved.
C-13877
Subject: Solicitation of Comments, Revisions to Field Manual, Rule 63
Date Issued: November 2, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration and Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the Equipment Engineering Committee to revise Field Manual Rule 63, was reviewed and approved.
C-13878
Subject: Solicitation of Comments, Revisions to Field Manual, Rule 43
Date Issued: November 2, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration and Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the WABL Committee to rewrite Field Manual Rule 43, was reviewed and approved.
C-13879
Subject: Solicitation of Comments, Revisions to Field Manual, Rule 44
Date Issued: November 2, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration and Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the WABL Committee to rewrite Field Manual Rule 44, was reviewed and approved.
C-13880
Subject: Implementation of Revisions to the MSRP, Section M, LOCOMOTIVES AND LOCOMOTIVE INTERCHANGE EQUIPMENT: Standard S-5513 – LOCOMOTIVE ALERTER REQUIREMENTS
Date Issued: November 3, 2021
Date Effective: November 3, 2021
Group: Locomotive
Summary: Circular Letter C-13846 was issued August 26, 2021, by the Locomotive Committee seeking comments for proposed revisions to MSRP Section M, Standard: S-5513 – LOCOMOTIVE ALERTER REQUIREMENTS. Editorial comments were received and incorporated into the revised standard.
C-13881
Subject: DRAFT S-9353 Appendix A V1.1 – Data Element Specifications is available for review & comment. In support of MSRP – Section K-IV, Office Architecture & Railroad Electronics Messaging
Date Issued: November 3, 2021
Date Effective: November 3, 2021
Group: Locomotive
Summary: The Railway Electronics Standards Committee (RESC) of the AAR is publishing DRAFT S-9353 Appendix A V1.1 – Data Element Specifications for review & comment. This document is external content to the requirements in Standard S-9353 V1.0 – RESC Data Dictionary. It contains the actual data atomic & compound data element definitions in the data dictionary. The update frequency of the document & the content of the appendix is not the same; therefore, the information in the appendix is stored separately from the document.
C-13882
Subject: Solicitation of Comments, Revisions to Field Manual, New Rule 15, Revisions to Rules 18-22
Date Issued: November 3, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration & Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the Coupling System & Truck Castings Committee to add new Field Manual Rule 15 – Rotary Coupler Systems & revise Rules 18-22, was reviewed & approved.
C-13883
Subject: Solicitation of Comments, Revisions to Field Manual, Rule 83, & CRB Procedures Manual
Date Issued: November 3, 2021
Date Effective: July 7, 2022
Group: Repair Shop
Summary: IMPORTANT NOTE: It is recommended that this information be shared with all CRB and IT personnel in your company that work with or are responsible for Car Repair Invoices submitted to and/or received from Railinc’s Data Exchange. At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration and Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the CRB Committee to revise Field Manual Rule 83.20 and the CRB Procedures Manual to add a new Facility Type for yard repairs effective July 1, 2022, was reviewed and approved.
C-13884
Subject: Solicitation of Comments, Revisions to Field and Office Manuals, App A
Date Issued: November 3, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration and Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the CRB Committee to revise Field and Office Manuals Appendix A, was reviewed and approved.
C-13885
Subject: Solicitation of Comments, Revisions to Field Manual, Rule 16
Date Issued: November 3, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Manufacturer, Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration and Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the Coupling System and Truck Castings Committee to revise Field Manual Rule 16, was reviewed and approved.
C-13886
Subject: Solicitation of Comments, Revisions to Office Manual, Rules 103 & 112
Date Issued: November 3, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Car Owner, Locomotive, Manufacturer, Repair Shop, Shipper
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration & Rules Committee a proposal to revise Office Manual Rules 103 & 112, was reviewed & approved.
C-13887
Subject: Solicitation of Comments, Revisions to Field Manual, Rule 1.5, Automated Single Car Air Brake Test Device
Date Issued: November 3, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Manufacturer, Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration & Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the BSC to revise Field Manual Rule 1.5.a(1) to add Automated Single Car Air Brake Test Device, was reviewed & approved.
C-13888
Subject: Solicitation for Comments – Revision to MSRP Section N, Specification M-970, Condition-Based Certification of Multi-Level Auto Rack Cars
Date Issued: November 9, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Manufacturer, Repair Shop
Summary: The Specially Equipped Freight Car (SEFC) Committee has proposed a revision to Specification M-970, Section 2.2.6. This revision will require all autoracks at certification to be equipped w/low-profile securement systems.
C-13889
Subject: Informational Circular, Revisions to Field Manual, Rule 1.5
Date Issued: November 8, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration and Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the WABL Committee to revise Field Manual Rule 1.5.a, was reviewed and approved.
C-13890
Subject: Informational Circular, Revisions to Field Manual, Rule 36.A
Date Issued: November 8, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration and Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the WABL Committee to revise Field Manual Rule 36, was reviewed and approved.
C-13891
Subject: Informational Circular, Revisions to Field Manual, Rule 36.E
Date Issued: November 8, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration and Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the WABL Committee to revise Field Manual Rule 36.E.13, was reviewed and approved.
C-13892
Subject: Informational Circular, Revisions to Field Manual, Rule 41.E.13
Date Issued: November 8, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration and Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the WABL Committee to revise Field Manual Rule 41.E.13, was reviewed and approved.
C-13893
Subject: Solicitation of Comments to Edit the Figures 154-A and 154-B: Steel Tubing on Bulkhead Flatcars – Section 2 of the AAR Open Top Loading Rules Manual (OTLR)
Date Issued: November 9, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Shipper
Summary: The OTLRC requests comments from the industry to edit the Figures 154-A and 154-B: Steel Tubing on Bulkhead Flatcars – Section 2 of the AAR OTLR Manual.
C-13894
Subject: Solicitation of Comments, Revisions to Field Manual, Rules 75 and 108, Office Manual Rule 107, and Appendix A
Date Issued: November 9, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Manufacturer, Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration & Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the Coupling System & Truck Castings Committee to revise Field Manual Rule 18 Figure 18.15 to provide clarification, was reviewed & approved.
C-13895
Subject: Informational Circular, Revisions to Field Manual, Rule 47
Date Issued: November 9, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration and Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the Coupling System and Truck Castings Committee to revise Field Manual Rule 47, was reviewed and approved.
C-13896
Subject: Informational Circular, Revisions to Field Manual, Rule 75, Job Codes 4456 and 4457
Date Issued: November 9, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Locomotive, Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration and Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the CRB Committee to revise Field Manual Rule 75 to align with Rule 91, was reviewed and approved.
C-13897
Subject: Informational Circular, Revisions to Field and Office Manuals, Rule 91
Date Issued: November 9, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration and Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the CRB Committee to revise Field and Office Manuals Rule 91, was reviewed and approved.
C-13898
Subject: Informational Circular, Revisions to Field Manual, Rule 88.B
Date Issued: November 10, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration & Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the BSC to revise Field Manual Rule 88 was reviewed & approved.
C-13899
Subject: Informational Circular, Revisions to Field Manual, Rule 88.B.1, Marking
Date Issued: November 10, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration and Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the Equipment Engineering Committee to revise Field Manual Rule 88.B.1 was reviewed and approved.
C-13900
Subject: Informational Circular, Revisions to Field Manual, Rules 16 and 18
Date Issued: November 10, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration and Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the Coupling System and Truck Castings Committee to revise Field Manual Rules 16 and 18, was reviewed and approved.
C-13901
Subject: Informational Circular, Revisions to Field Manual, Appendix B.E
Date Issued: November 11, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Car Owner, Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration and Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the SEFC Committee to revise Field Manual Appendix B.E, was reviewed and approved.
C-13902
Subject: Informational Circular, Revisions to Field Manual, Rule 13
Date Issued: November 11, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Manufacturer, Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration & Rules Committee a proposal as advanced by the BSC, with guidance from the GHBMEC, to revise Field Manual Rule 13 to clarify incorrect repair to hand brake chains was reviewed & approved.
C-13903
Subject: Informational Circular, Revisions to Office Manual, Rule 112
Date Issued: November 11, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the Arbitration & Rules Committee, a proposal, as advanced by the CRB Committee, to revise Office Manual Rule 112 to clarify the intent of changes to CRB invoicing time limits, was reviewed & approved.
C-13904
Subject: Informational Circular, New CRB Data Exchange Error Codes P3 and P4
Date Issued: November 12, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Manufacturer, Repair Shop
Summary: At the September 2021 meeting of the CRB Committee, a proposal to add new error codes P3 and P4 to the CRB Data Exchange was reviewed and approved.
C-13905
Subject: Solicitation of Comments, Changes to CRB Data Exchange Type 6 Records and FindUs.Rail
Date Issued: November 12, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Repair Shop
Summary: IMPORTANT NOTE: It is recommended that this information be shared with all CRB and IT personnel in your company that work with or are responsible for Car Repair Invoices submitted to and/or received from Railinc’s CRB Data Exchange. As originally detailed in Circular Letter C-13746, The CRB Committee has approved a proposal to allow Railinc to update missing contact information in FindUs.Rail with contact information from CRB inbound Record Type 6. Following the April 2021 run of the CRB Data Exchange (CRBDX), Railinc began using inbound CRB Type 6 Records to populate FindUs.Rail contact information that was completely missing.
C-13906
Subject: Notice of Implementation to archive Figures 1-C, 23, 35, 36, 37, 37-A, 37-B, 38, 40, 40-A, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 47-A, 48, 49, 49-A, 49-B, 50, 51, 51-A, 52, 77, 240, and 241 – Section 3 of the AAR Open Top Loading Rules Manual (OTLR)
Date Issued: November 17, 2021
Date Effective: November 17, 2022
Group: Shipper
Summary: The AAR’s OTLR Committee has requested comments from the industry via circular C-13856 to archive Section 3, Figures 1-C, 23, 35, 36, 37, 37-A, 37-B, 38, 40, 40-A, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 47-A, 48, 49, 49-A, 49-B, 50, 51, 51-A, 52, 77, 240, & 241. The OTLRC believes these figures are no longer used for load preparation, so there is no value in retaining these figures in the OTLR manual.
CPC-1379
Subject: Editorial Correction to CPC-1376 (Docket T88.1-93)
Date Issued: May 4, 2021
Date Effective: November 18, 2021
Group: Manufacturer, Repair Shop
Summary: This is a single editorial correction to CPC-1376, specifically Appendix T Table T.2 for NDT method Infrared and Thermal Testing (IR).
C-13907
Subject: Solicitation of Comments for Revisions to MSRP C Part II, M-1001 Design Fabrication & Construction of Freight Cars, Office Manual Rule 88, & Section C, Standard S-286. Revisions to car & draft pocket design requirements.
Date Issued: November 18, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2023
Group: Car Owner, Manufacturer, Repair Shop
Summary: The purpose of this circular letter is to solicit comments for revisions proposed to the following publications:Section C Part II – Specification M-1001 Design, Fabrication, & Construction of Freight Cars:
Chapter 3 – Material, Body Structure
Chapter 4 – Design
Chapter 6 – General Design and Test Requirements – Tank Cars
Section C – Car Construction Fundamentals & Details, Standard:
S-286 Free/Unrestricted Interchange For 286,000 Lb Gross Rail Load Cars.
Office Manual Rule 88
C-13908
Subject: Informational Circular, Editorial Revisions to Field Manual, Various Rules, Component Tracking
Date Issued: November 29, 2021
Date Effective: January 1, 2022
Group: Manufacturer, Repair Shop
Summary: In November 2021, the Arbitration & Rules Committee reviewed & approved a request to revise the Field Manual with Component Tracking requirements.
C-13909
Subject: Implementation of Revisions to AAR Intermodal Interchange Rules, Preface, Appendix B, and Appendix F, Units Definition, Climate Controlled Unit Cages Correct Repair Procedures, and Why Made Code Update
Date Issued: November 29, 2021
Date Effective: November 29, 2021
Group: Repair Shop, Shipper
Summary: The purpose of this circular letter is to notify the industry of revisions to AAR Intermodal Interchange Rules, Preface, Appendix B, and Appendix F. The Preface was updated to clarify the equipment included in the term “units”. Appendix B was updated to add the correct repair procedures for cages that protect climate control units. Appendix F Why Made Codes was updated to include the correct repairs for climate control unit cages and all Why Made Codes have been updated to two digits.