Papers and reports are listed by their document titles starting with the most recent published document. Click on the title under "Report" for an electronic copy of the document, if available.

Notice and Disclaimer: These documents are disseminated under the sponsorship of the United States Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange . Any opinions, findings and conclusions, or recommendations expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the United States Government, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the United States Government. The United States Government assumes no liability for the content or use of the material contained in these documents.

TITLE	DESCRIPTION
Properties of Tank Car Steels Retired from the Fleet Peter C. McKeighan, Southwest Research Institute August, 2008	In 2005, SAFETEA-LU required FRA to conduct a comprehensive analysis to determine the impact resistance of the steels in the shells of pressurized tank cars constructed prior to 1989.  To address this SAFETEA-LU requirement and NTSB's recommendation, the Southwest Research Institute (a subcontractor to FRA's contractor, the Volpe Center) has produced a final research report on its work in basic material characterization, tensile property evaluation, chemical makeup, and sharpy v-notch toughness at three different temperatures of the steels in the shells and heads of pre-1989 tank cars.