eLibrary Search
The FRA eLibrary contains all the documents that are found throughout the FRA Public Website. Multiple pages on the website may link to the same eLibrary item based on its set of metatdata.
Can I find All FRA Documents in the Library?
Some "documents" may not appear here for the following reasons:
- Document resides on an external site for the record of source, links to the document are provided in context but not in the library as FRA does not maintain this record. This document lives on another website.
- Document has not yet been assigned keywords.
- Document is historical and has been removed from library to avoid confusion with current publications.
- Document is public affairs & policy related, such as press releases, speeches, testimony, or fact sheet. These press-related documents can now be found in the FRA Newsroom.
- Document is related to rules and notices. This information can now be found on the Rulemakings search and the Notices search, respectively.
Research Results
Full-Scale Shell Impact Test of a DOT-113 Tank Car
Keywords: Tank cars, impact testing, puncture resistance, hazardous materials, HAZMAT, finite element analysis, FEA, model validation
Abstract: On November 19, 2019, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) conducted a full-scale shell impact test of a DOT-113C120W (DOT-113) tank car at the Transportation Technology...
Technical Reports
Fire Performance of a UN-T75 Portable Tank Phase 1: Loaded with Liquid Nitrogen
Keywords: Liquefied natural gas, LNG, liquid nitrogen, LN2, ISO UN-T75 tank, flatcar, pressure relief valve, PRV, pressure relief device, PRD, directional flame thermometer, DFT, incident heat flux, surface temperature, hazardous materials
Abstract: Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) fire-tested a portable tank (filled with liquid nitrogen [LN2]) and observed the demonstration of the performance of the pressure relief...
Research Results
Yard Impact Test of a Tank Car
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...
Policy and Guidance
Training, Qualification, and Oversight for Safety-Related Railroad Employees; Compliance Guide
Keywords: Training, Part 243, compliance guide
Abstract: Updated May 2019 Compliance Guide for 49 CFR Part 243
Technical Reports
Side Impact Test and Analyses of a DOT-105 Tank Car
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...