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Fleet Composition of Rail Tank Cars Carrying Flammable Liquids: 2018 Report
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2018-08-30
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Series: BTS Rail Tank Car
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Abstract:This report details the changes in the composition of the tank car fleet carrying Class 3 flammable liquids during the last 5 years (2013-2017), as well as projections of new and retrofitted rail tank cars during 2018. FAST Act Section 7308(b): The overall number of rail tank cars carrying Class 3 flammable liquids in 2017 (77,216) is the lowest overall number from 2013-2017, as compared to a 5- year high of 92,358 in 2015. Nearly 20 percent of the tank cars used to carry Class 3 flammable liquids in 2017 met the new safety requirements (DOT-117 and DOT-117R), a significant increase from the 2 percent in 2015. Non-jacketed DOT-111 rail tank cars, representing the largest share of tank cars carrying Class 3 flammable liquids, have decreased by 31 percent between 2014 and 2017. Non-jacketed CPC-1232 rail tank cars carrying Class 3 flammable liquids have decreased by 59 percent between just 2015 and 2017. FAST Act Section 7308(c): Tank Car Shops certified to build or retrofit rail tank cars to DOT-117 or safer standards expect to build 3,817 tank cars and retrofit 7,910 tank cars in 2018. Section 7308 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act; P. L. 114-94; Dec. 4, 2015) requires the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to assemble and collect data on rail tank cars transporting Class 3 flammable liquids (box A). The objective of this legislation is to track the progress in upgrading the rail tank car fleet to meet new safety requirements and to provide an annual status report to Congress with the following information required in Section 7308(b): the total number of rail tank cars modified, or retrofitted, to meet the DOT-117R specification or equivalent; the total number of tank cars built to meet the DOT-117 specification or equivalent; and the total number of tank cars used or likely to be used to transport Class 3 flammable liquids that have not been modified.
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