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Fleet Composition of Rail Tank Cars Carrying Flammable Liquids: 2019 Report
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2019-10-04
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Series: BTS Rail Tank Car
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Abstract: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. This third annual report addresses Section 7308(b) by summarizing the progress of tank car safety upgrades from 2013 through 2018 by tank car and flammable liquid type. See box B for more detail on the different types of tank cars referenced in this report. Section 7308(c) requires the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) to "conduct a survey of tank car facilities modifying tank cars to the DOT–117R specification, or equivalent, or building new tank cars to the DOT–117 specification, or equivalent, to generate statistically valid estimates of the anticipated number of tank cars those facilities expect to modify to DOT–117R specification, or equivalent, or build to the DOT–117 specification, or equivalent." This third report includes the survey results from tank car shops on the projected number of new builds and retrofits for the current year, satisfying Section 7308(c).
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Content Notes:Recommended Citation: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Fleet Composition of Rail Tank Cars Carrying Flammable Liquids: 2019 Report (Washington, DC: 2019). https://doi.org/10.21949/1504519
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