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Guidebook for Initial Response to Haspirdous Materials Incidents, DOT P 5800.4, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C., 1987. Emergeny Handling of Haspirdous Materials in Suface Transportation, Bureau of Explosives, Association of American Railroads, Washington, D.C., 1981. 

If distribution requirements cannot be met by available tank cars, new car designs can be implemented however, they are subject to the approvals of the Association of American Railroads and the DOT. 

P. C. Cordon, Emergeny Action Guides, Association of American Railroads, 1984. 

An Association of American Railroads (AAR) publication. Specifications for Tank Cars, covers many requirements Beyond the DOT regulations. 

From Association of American Railroads. Data are given for United States railroads, which do not use SI dimensions. To convert to SI dimensions (millimeters), change dimensions shown to inches and multiply by 25.4. To convert volume to cubic meters, multiply by 0.02832. For weight, multiply by 0.4536 to obtain kilograms, f Damage-free. 

SOURCE Association of American Railroads. (1970 ). Railroad Facts, p. 68. Washington, DC AAR. 

Anderson, D. Mattoon, D. and Singh, S. (1992). Revenue Service Validation of Train Operation and Energy Simulator (TOES), Version 2.0. Chicago Association of American Railroads. 

Association of American Railroads. (1990). Locomotive Improvement Program, Eleventh Research Phase Final Report. Washington, DC Author. 

Pyrodex is classified as a Class B explosive by the Bureau of Explosives of the Association of American Railroads (Ref 5)... 

Regulations for Transportation of Explosives and Other Dangerous Articles by Land and Water in Rail Freight Service and by Motor Vehicle (Highway) and Water, Part 73.88, (f) Propellant Explosives, Class B, Note 2, Bureau of Explosives, Association of American Railroads, New York, N. Y. (August 5, 1966). 

American Society for Testing and Materials American Welding Society Association of American Railroads Canadian Transport Commission (CTC)... 

A bureau of the Association of American Railroads which the U.S. Department of Transportation may consult to classify explosive material for the purposes of interstate transportation. 

In a derailment there is a tendency for couplers to move vertically and come apart. The free coupler then becomes a battering ram that can easily breach a tank car. Shelf couplers prevent separation, and end shields on tank cars can prevent penetration and spill, and are now required by DOT under recommendation of the National Transportation Safety Board. (5) Such improvements were developed by the Association of American Railroads in 1970, but implementation has not been pushed. 

Trade Associations. Trade association standards normally are developed through a consensus of technical people in the industry, although user input also may be used to arrive at a consensus. Examples of trade associations that have produced standards are the Aerospace Industries Association, the American Petroleum Institute, the Association of American Railroads, and the Manufacturing Chemists Association. Some trade associations find it advantageous to develop standards under the sponsorship of a standards organization such as ASTM (8). 

Association of American Railroads AAR Packages and loading, blocking, and bracing for all hazardous products... 

One practical application of dispersions was the use of a brushed-on 50 50 mixture of molybdenum disulphide powder and petroleum solvent for the lubrication of freight car centre plates, which was at one time specified by the Association of American Railroads. 

Association of American Railroads, Washington, D. C., Locomotive Encyclopedia. ... 

Cl) Association of American Railroads, Washington 6, D. C., Commodity Classification, 1947. (2) Manufacturing Chemists Association, Washington, D. C., Chemical Facts and Figures. Useful Information and Statistics Relating to the Chemical and Allied Products Industries, 3rd ed.,pp. 1,290,1950. 

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