Safety recommendations and responses availability. [Tank car safety]

Journal Article · Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 EDT 1980 · Fed. Regist. (Wash., D.C.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6193524

Documents available from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) include a response by the US Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to NTSB's report, ''The Accident Performance of Tank Car Safeguards''. FRA has agreed to extend the requirements for top-and-bottom shelf couplers to all tank cars used to transport hazardous materials, and those for head shields and thermal protection to new and rebuilt specification DOT 105 tank cars; to examine the protection afforded to ''nonpressure'' tank cars used to transport specialty products and Class A poisons; to study the ways in which to minimize the damage to the top fittings and bottom outlet valves following train accidents and incorporate these with new car construction; to collect data on tank car derailment behavior to identify breach mechanisms (FRA work in progress); and to conduct studies to evaluate the safe positions in freight trains for placarded hazardous materials rail cars.

• OSTI ID: 6193524
• Journal Information: Fed. Regist. (Wash., D.C.); (United States), Vol. 45:169
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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