SEQUENCE OF EVENTS FOLLOWING CRESCENT CITY DERAILMENT

Phase 01 Report on Sequence of Events Following Crescent City Derailment. Report concerns only the behavior of the tank cars following the derailment. Further, there are no conclusions drawn since this would be premature and inconsistent with plan of doing so only after assembly and study of all past and current accident data.

• Corporate Authors:

  Association of American Railroads Research Center

  3140 South Federal Street
  Chicago, IL  United States  60616
• Authors:
  • Reedy, C R
  • Olson, L L
  • Weston, R A
• Publication Date: 1970-8-19

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 19 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advertising campaigns; Bus transportation; Derailments; Diesel engines; Disaster preparedness; Explosions; Fares; Fires; Hazardous materials; Hazards; Improvements; Level of service; Prevention; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Rapid transit; Ridership; Routes; Safety; Tank cars; Train track dynamics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fire hazards; Services
• Old TRIS Terms: Tank car safety research and test project
• Subject Areas: Motor Carriers; Public Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080117
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Association of American Railroads
• Report/Paper Numbers: R-124
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 16 1976 12:00AM