Hazardous Materials Flow by Rail

Details

• Creators:
  Beier, Frederick ; Hussey, Laurie ; Zebe, Paul
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Special Programs Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Railroad transportation
  • Hazardous materials
  • Industrial accidents
  • Safety
  • Interchanges
  • Interstate transportation
  • Common carriers
  • Routing
  • Commodity flow patterns
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-VNTSC-RSPA-90-01 ; PB90-198227
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final report; Jan 1986-Dec 1989
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Special Programs Administration
• Abstract:
  The report presents a quantitative overview of the movement of hazardous materials by rail in the United States. The data used is a hazardous materials rail waybill sample developed at TSC from the 1983 Rail Waybill Sample. The report examines (1) the Rail Waybill Sample, (2) the characteristics of hazardous materials rail transport, (3) non-interchange versus interchange hazardous materials traffic, (4) the origins and destinations of hazardous materials traffic, and (5) specific information on the rail flows of STCC 289--Misc. Chemical Products, STCC 287--Agricultural Chemicals, STCC 291--Products of Petroleum Refining, and STCC 281--Industrial Organic Chemicals. The basic purpose of the report is to provide analysts and policymakers with information on the movement of hazardous materials by rail that can be used in the decision-making process
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11370/dot_11370_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.13 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:26cbf065b3dcafc43d76a4ec604fd74a7fb52a16131160ed683c3e3098f3ddf5