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Federal Railroad Administration

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) promotes safe and environmentally sound rail transportation. The FRA conducts research and development tests to evaluate projects in support of its safety mission and to enhance the railroad system as a national transportation resource. Public education campaigns on highway-rail grade crossing safety and the danger of trespassing on rail property are also administered by FRA. Bookmark this collection https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/collection_fra or https://doi.org/10.21949/1530835.

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  • Performance of Tank Pressure Relief Devices Under Derailment Fire Conditions
    Performance of Tank Pressure Relief Devices Under Derailment Fire Conditions
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    Prabhakaran, Anand ;
    Booth, Graydon F.
    2022-02-01
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    Tank cars use pressure relief devices (PRDs) to protect the tank from overpressure situations, such as those resulting from derailment related fire ex...
  • Performance of Tank Car Pressure Relief Devices Under Fire Conditions Research Results
    Performance of Tank Car Pressure Relief Devices Under Fire Conditions [Research Results]
    :
    Gonzalez, Francisco, III
    2020-06-01
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    The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) conducted a series of fire tests on one-third scale models of a non-pressure tank car to evaluate the perfor...