Approximately one out of every four railroad freight cars in North America is a tank car, according to the Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts, 2019 Edition (p. 38). Each year, such cars ...

The NTSB highlighted the fact that some of the 17 tank cars carrying hazardous materials that derailed were DOT-111 tank cars that have demonstrated time and again that they are prone to rupturing ...

FREEPORT -- A railroad tank car explosion at a BASF chemical plant in Freeport in 2002 that caused minor injuries to 28 people was caused when the hazardous wastes inside the car were overheated ...

Preparing for LNG by Rail Tank Car: A Review of a U.S. DOT Safety Research, Testing, and Analysis Initiative Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has not been transported to any significant degree by freight ...

There are three broad railroad tank car markets – chemicals, crude oil and selected agricultural commodities. Across North America, the number of tank cars in the fleet increased from ~300,000 ...

A freeway in Southern California closed and houses were evacuated due to a chemical reaction inside a railroad tank car. Temperatures in the tank car reached 323 degrees.

Risk Management in Practice DOT’s hazmat regulations require that tank car owners maintain a qualification and maintenance program that specifies where, when, how and what to inspect certain ...

Mobile users, if you can’t see the video click here.An abandoned railroad box car caught fire near the intersection of East Main and East streets in Woodland, threatening a nearby tanker half ...

Tank car manufacturers have built new DOT-111A cars to a higher standard since 2011, but the improvements haven’t caught up to tens of thousands of older cars.

WASHINGTON -- After a string of train accidents in recent years, railroad tank cars carrying hazardous materials must be replaced, rebuilt stronger and travel at slower speeds over half of the ...

Tank car manufacturers have built new DOT-111A cars to a higher standard since 2011, but the improvements haven’t caught up to tens of thousands of older cars.