Railway Track Scales for In-Motion Weighing Specifications (SI/91-21)

11 Where a track scale incorporates a printer,

• (a) means shall be provided to prevent a keyboard entry from altering data that has been entered or is being entered in respect of the in-motion weighing of a railway car;

• (b) every keyboard entry of weight data shall be accompanied by a statement indicating that it is a keyboard entry;

• (c) the printer shall indicate the operating mode of the track scale when used for any purpose other than in-motion weighing;

• (d) the printer shall provide a printed record that

  • (i) includes the date and time of entry,

  • (ii) the identification number and weight of each railway car, and

  • (iii) subject to subsection 12(1), the total gross weight of the railway cars where summation of net weights is required;

• (e) means shall be provided to prevent printing of the weight of the locomotive;

• (f) means shall be provided so that on completion of the in-motion weighing of a railway car and the printing of the weight of the railway car, all stored weight data in respect of that railway car is automatically cleared; and

• (g) the weight corresponding to the tare of a railway car shall be accompanied by the words “actual tare” or “tare réelle”, or the words “stencilled tare” or “tare inscrite au pochoir”, as the case may be, where that weight is printed on a record.