Railcar Flashcards
Although classified as a non pressure, actually have tank test pressures of 60 and 100 psi
Capacities of 4000 to 45000 gallons
Non pressure tank car
Non pressure car classes
DOT 103
Dot 104
Dot 111
Dot 115
Dot 115
Shows the volume of a tank car and gallons and sometimes liters, as well as in pounds and sometimes kilograms. These markings are found on the end of the car under the reporting marks. For certain tankcars DOT-105, DOT-109, DOT-112, DOT-114, and DOT-111 A 100 W4
Capacity stencil
The railroad industry uses tank car test pressure as a criterion for differentiating between pressurize and on-pressurized tank cars.
Railroad tank car nomenclature
Can have a test pressure of 100 psi or less
Non-pressure tank cars
Can have a test pressure greater than 100 psi
Pressure tank cars
When describing a tank car, the___is used as the initial reference point. The___score of the handbrake wheel is located
B end
Tank car transporting anhydrous ammonia, ammonia solutions with more than 50% ammonia, division 2.1 material flammable gas, or a division 2.3 material poison gas must have the name of the commodity marked on both sides of the tank and 4 inch minimum letters
Commodity stencil
Well insulated tank within a tank or thermos bottle design
Transports at low pressures such as 25 psi
Tank test pressure can range up to 175 psi
Cryogenic liquid car