The Union Tank Car Company’s tank car, which is 43 ft. long and weighs 61,100 lbs., will enhance safety center training for ...

Approximately one out of every four railroad freight cars in North America is a tank car, according to the Association of American Railroads, Railroad Facts, 2019 Edition (p. 38). Each year, such cars ...

The final spec for the now-official DOT-117 (TC-117 in Canada) non-pressurized tank car adopts the most demanding of the technical requirements first offered for comment in the notice of rulemaking: ...

A change in the official definition of a "tank vehicle" has led to confusion about who needs a tank truck endorsement on a commercial driver's license. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ...

The horrific train accident that occurred in Quebec in July has prompted the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to take the first step ...