DEVELOPING STANDARDS

Specialists of the standardization department at the All-Union Research and Development Centre for Transportation Technology help to design interstate and national standards for freight rolling stock, taking account of the current level of development of railcar construction and relevant spheres of science and technology.

The Centre has designed the following standards:

• Amendment No1 GOST 34468-2018 The center plates of the freight wagons for 1520 mm gauge railways. General specification (introduced from 01.07.2021 by the Order of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology dated 28 May 2021 No. 485-st)

• GOST 34697-2020 End valves and disconnecting valves. Main technical specifications (authorized on 01.05.2021 by Order No. 1328-st of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, dated December 18, 2020)

• GOST 34632-2020 Freight cars. Method of reliability operational tests (authorized on 01.09.2020 by Order No. 40-st of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, dated February 11, 2020)

• PNST 357-2019 Braking system of freight cars bogie. Technical requirements and test methods (authorized on 01.01.2020 by Order No. 26-pnst of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, dated July 25, 2019)

• GOST 34503-2018 “Friction wedges of freight car bogies. General specifications” (authorized on 01.08.2009 by Order No. 1154-st of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, dated December 25, 2018)

• PNST 190-2017. Freight cars. Method for the conduct of dynamic tests and tests of impact on rail track using a tensometric wheel pair (authorized on 01.02.2018 by Order No. 5-pnst of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, dated June 13, 2017)

• GOST 34385-2018. Axle-boxes and adapters for wheelsets of freight wagon bogies. General specifications (authorized on 01.12.2018 by Order No. 275-st of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, dated May 24, 2018)

• GOST 34387-2018. Side bearings for freight cars bogies. General specifications (authorized on 01.12.2018 by Order No. 276-st of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, dated May 24, 2018)

• GOST 34458-2018. Hinge couplings with cast linkage and center-plate components for articulated freight cars. Main technical specifications (authorized on 01.06.2019 by Order No. 759-st of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, dated October 12, 2018)

• GOST 34468-2018. The center plates of the freight wagons for 1520 mm gauge railways. General specifications (introduced from 01.07.2019 by the Order of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology dated 07 November 2018 No. 932-st)

• Amendment No.1 GOST 15.902- 2014. System of development and launching into manufacture. Railway rolling stock. Procedure of development and launching into manufacture (introduced from 01.03.2019 by the Order of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology dated 27 November 2018 No. 1034-st)

• PNST 364-2019. Automatic coupling device with a coupler CA-3T of freight railcars running on 1520 mm gauge railways. Specifications (authorized on 01.01.2020 by Order No. 34-pnst of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, dated September 18, 2019)
• Amendment No1 GOST 4686–2012 Brake beams of brake leverage gear of freight cars. Specifications (introduced from 1 April 2021 by the Order of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology dated 10 March 2021 No. 127-st)
• GOST 34763.1-2021 Bogies for three- and four-axle rail freight cars. Main technical specifications (authorized on 01.02.2022 by Order No. 1063-st of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, dated October 06, 2021)
• GOST 34763.2-2021 Bogies for three- and four-axle rail freight cars. Acceptance rules and test methods (authorized on 01.02.2022 by Order No. 1064-st of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, dated October 06, 2021)
• GOST 34764-2021 Dump cars. Requirements to structural straight and dynamic qualities (authorized on 01.02.2022 by Order No. 1065-st of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, dated October 06, 2021)
• GOST 34765-2021 Bunker-type freight cars. Main technical specifications (authorized on 01.02.2022 by Order No. 1066-st of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, dated October 06, 2021)
• GOST 34764-2021 Transporter cars. Requirements to structural straight and dynamic qualities (authorized on 01.02.2022 by Order No. 1067-st of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, dated October 06, 2021)
• GOST 34759-2021 Railway rolling stock. Normative limits of railway track interaction and test methods  (authorized on 01.02.2022 by Order No. 1068-st of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, dated October 06, 2021)
• Amendment №1 GOST 34385-2018 Axle-boxes and adapters for wheelsets of freight wagon bogies. General specification (authorized on 01.06.2022 by Order No. 132-st of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, dated March 16, 2022)

Work is now underway on the following draft standards:

• Dump cars. General technical specifications. (First draft of the GOST interstate standard)
• Dump cars. General technical specifications. (Explanatory note to first draft of the GOST interstate standard)

• Air reservoirs for brake systems of freight cars. General specification (First draft of the interstate standard)
• Air reservoirs for brake systems of freight cars. General specification (Explanatory note to first draft of the interstate standard)

• Tank cars. General technical specifications. (First draft of the GOST interstate standard)
• Tank cars. General technical specifications. (Explanatory note to first draft of the GOST interstate standard)

• Box cars. General specification (First draft of the revision GOST 10935 interstate standard)
• Box cars. General specification (Explanatory note to first draft of the revision GOST 10935 interstate standard)

• Freight wagons. Requirements to structural strength and dynamic qualities (Final draft of the Amendment No. 1 GOST 33211)
• Freight wagons. Requirements to structural strength and dynamic qualities. (Explanatory note to final draft of the Amendment No. 1 GOST 33211)

• Freight gondolas. General technical specifications (First draft of the GOST interstate standard)
• Freight gondolas. General technical specifications (Explanatory note to first draft of the GOST interstate standard)

• Flat cars. General technical specifications (First draft of the GOST interstate standard)
• Flat cars. General technical specifications (Explanatory note to first draft of the GOST interstate standard)

• The center plates of the freight wagons for 1520 mm gauge railways. General specification (Final version of the Changing №1 GOST 34468-2018)
• The center plates of the freight wagons for 1520 mm gauge railways. General specification (Explanatory note to final version of the Changing №1 GOST 34468-2018)

• The first version of the draft of the Amendment No. 1 GOST 33939–2016 “Cast details for freight wagons’ bogies. Methods of durability testing. Part 1 Side frame”
• Explanatory note to the first version of the draft of the Amendment No. 1 GOST 33939–2016 “Cast details for freight wagons’ bogies. Methods of durability testing. Part 1 Side frame”

• GOST 9238 «Construction and rolling stock clearance diagrams» (Final version Revision of the GOST)
• GOST 9238 «Construction and rolling stock clearance diagrams» (Explanatory note to final version Revision of the GOST)

• Friction wedges for freight-car bogies. Main technical specifications. (Final version of the interstate standard)
• Friction wedges for freight-car bogies. Main technical specifications. (Explanatory note to final version of the interstate standard)

• Articulated freight cars. Main technical specifications. (First draft of the GOST interstate standard).
• Articulated freight cars. Main technical specifications. (Explanatory note to first draft of the GOST interstate standard).