Ensuring Railroad Tank Car Safety

by National Research Council and Transportation Research Board National Research Council

Examines the overall process for ensuring tank car design safety and, more specifically, whether all tank cars carrying hazardous materials should be equipped with special safety devices, known as head shields, to prevent tank car head (end) punctures.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309055180
• ISBN13: 9780309055185
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: National Academy Press
• Length: 152 Pages