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Progress Towards Safer Rail Tank Cars Transporting Flammable Liquids: 2026 Report
Number of Rail Tank Cars Meeting DOT-117 Specifications and Phase-out Deadlines for All Other Rail Tank Cars
Source: BTS, data from Railinc datasets, Umler® and TRAIN Ⅱ®,...
This 2025 report summarizes progress made in upgrading North American rail tank cars transporting Class 3 flammable liquids to the DOT-117 specifications. The new DOT-117 specifications,...
This 2024 report summarize progress made in upgrading North American rail tank cars transporting Class 3 flammable liquids to the DOT-117 standards. The new DOT-117 standards, finalized in 2015, specify the...
Section 7308 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act; P. L. 114-94; December 4, 2015) requires the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to assemble and collect data on rail tank cars transporting Class 3 flammable liquids. The objective of this legislation is to...