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19 Aug 2019

Research Results

Yard Impact Test of a Tank Car

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Hazardous Materials

Keywords: Tank car, stub sill failures, impact test, yard operation, car coupling, draft gear, impact force, transferred energy, anvil configuration, hammer configuration

Abstract:

In 2018, the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Research, Development and Technology conducted a series of impact tests for different car configurations at...

Report Number
RR 19-17
Office
RDI-22

31 May 2019

Emergency Declarations

The FRA Administrator’s Declaration of Emergency Event: Extreme Flooding

Subject Emergency Declarations

Keywords: Extreme Flooding

FRA Docket Number
FRA-2019-0001

20 May 2019

Technical Reports

Side Impact Test and Analyses of a DOT-105 Tank Car

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Hazardous Materials

Keywords: Impact test, DOT-105 tank car, tank car performance, ram head, ram car, transportation safety, toxic by inhalation, TIH, finite element analysis, FEA, finite element, FE

Abstract:

Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) conducted a side impact test on a Department of Transportation (DOT)-105A500W (referred to DOT-105) tank car to evaluate the...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/12
Office
RDI-22

20 May 2019

Technical Reports

Side Impact Test and Analyses of a DOT-117 Tank Car

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Hazardous Materials

Keywords: Impact test, DOT-117 tank car, tank car performance, tank car, transportation safety

Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) conducted a side impact test on a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)-117J100W (DOT-117) tank car at the Transportation Technology...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/13
Office
RDI-22

22 Apr 2019

Reference Materials

Emergency Responder Guidance

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Hazardous Materials

Keywords: Liquefied natural gas, compressed natural gas, greenhouse gas, emergency responders, hazardous materials

Abstract: To understand the properties and behavior of liquefied natural gas (LNG); identify LNG fuel tenders, locomotives, Tank Cars & Intermodal Portable Tanks; understand potential...