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 final spec for the now-official DOT-117 (TC-117 in Canada) non-pressurized tank car adopts the most demanding of the technical requirements first offered for comment in the notice of rulemaking: ...
Railroad tank cars carrying ethanol are stored in a Norfolk Southern rail yard in Alexandria, Va., surrounded by homes, schools and businesses, Jan. 13, 2014. The most common type of tank car used to ...
The horrific train accident that occurred in Quebec in July has prompted the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to take the first step ...