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Associate Federal Railroad Administrator Thompson Participates in Ribbon Cutting for Revitalized King Street Station

SEATTLE – Associate Federal Railroad Administrator Kevin Thompson today joined Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and Congressman Jim McDermott at the ribbon cutting for the newly revitalized King Street Station. The $55 million project, which received $32.9 million from the U.S. Department of...

2012 Right-of-Way Fatality and Trespass Prevention Workshop

Remarks at King Street Station Grand Reopening Press Event

Association of American Railroads (AAR) Railroad Safety Leadership Forum 2013

It is an honor to join you at this inaugural Railroad Safety Leadership Forum, and to recognize exemplary contributions to team safety.

Analysis of Findings of Four Tank-Car Accient Reports

A comprehensive overview of the findings and metallurgical analyses of tests conducted at the National Bureau of Standards on samples of tank-car materials submitted by the Federal Railroad Administration is presented. The submitted samples were taken from tank cars which had been involved in...

A Metallugical Analysis of Eleven Steel Plates Taken from a Tank Car Accident near Callao, Missouri

A metallurgical analysis of eleven steel plate samples designed as Callao samples K-1, K-2, K-3, and K-5 to K-12 was requested by the Bureau of Railroad Safety, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation. The Callao samples were removed from a tank car numbered GATX 94451...

Hazardous Materials Tank Cars- Evaluation of Tank Car Shell Construction Material

A metallurgical analysis of a steel plate sample (the Bell sample) was requested by the Federal Railroad Administration. The steel sample was taken from a tank car (number 88300) which had been involved in an accident near Bell, West Virginia. An investigation was conducted at the National...

Cost/Benefit Analysis of Thermal Shield Coatings Applied to 112A/114A Series Tank Cars

A cost benefit analysis of thermal shield coatings on hazardous material tank cars is performed.

Railroad Tank Car Fire Test: Test No. 6

The Department of Transportation is conducting an extensive research program designed to develop methods to minimize personal injury and damage to property caused by fire from ruptured railroad tank cars filled with hazardous materials. The Ballistic Research Laboratories were requested by the...

Development of a Computer Program for Modeling the Heat Effects on a Railroad Tank Car

A mathematical model has been programmed in FORTRAN IV that represents the response to a fire environment of a railroad tank car laden with a volatile, flammable fluid. Inputs to the program include total mass of lading per foot of tank length, tank length, number and flow area of relief valves...

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