rail car

FAQ: What is a rail car?

The transport of a hazardous material can be accomplished by any one of four modes (rail, highway, air, or water) and by even more forms of a transport vehicle.  If the mode of transport is rail, the transport vehicle used…

Top Ten Best Practices For Rail Shippers

Top Ten Best Practices For Rail Shippers

If you ship hazardous materials by rail there are a lot of things you have to take into consideration in addition to the standard requirements of all HazMat shippers.  These include: The requirements and limitations on the use of tank…

General Placarding Requirements

49 CFR 172.504 – General Placarding Requirements contains the applicability, scope, and general requirements for the use of placards when transporting a hazardous material.  §172.504(a) identifies the five (5) types of packagings and modes of transportation that will require placards,…