This standard applies to locomotives that fully or partially use liquefied natural gas (hereinafter referred to as LNG) as fuel, tender (booster) sections for storage and delivery of LNG and establishes a method for testing the gas treatment system as part of these locomotives in order to determine the time of drainless storage of LNG and losses of LNG during storage. This standard may be applied to special self-propelled rolling stock using LNG as a fuel in whole or in part.
GOST R 71079-2023 history
2023GOST R 71079-2023 Locomotives running on liquefied natural gas. Method for determining the time of drainage-free storage of liquefied natural gas