AS 7523.1 Railway Rolling Stock Emergency Equipment Part 1 - Locomotive Rolling Stock

The objective of this Standard is to assist rail infrastructure managers and other entities responsible for the selection, installation, and maintenance of rail by providing fundamental principles for rail management.

It is an overarching document that establishes a roadmap to a suite of other AS standards containing details of various lifecycle stages of rail management.

This Standard describes the requirements for the manufacture and testing of medium and high-friction composite brake blocks to be installed on locomotives and rolling stock.

This document describes requirements for access and egress of workers and passengers on locomotives, freight, passenger, and infrastructure maintenance (track machines) rolling stock.