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The DOT-117 (TC-117 in Canada) is a type of unpressurized tank car in use on North American railroads. The DOT-117 design was developed in the aftermath of the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster of 2013 in an effort to upgrade the specifications of the then-common DOT-111 and CPC-1232 designs. [ 1 ]
A DOT-111 tank car, specification 111A100W1, constructed by fusion welding carbon steel.This car has a capacity of 30,110 US gallons (113,979 L; 25,071.8 imp gal), a test pressure of 100 psi (690 kPa), a tare weight of 65,000 pounds (29,500 kg) and a load limit of 198,000 pounds (89,800 kg).
A gas cylinder quad, also known as a gas cylinder bundle, is a group of high pressure cylinders mounted on a transport and storage frame. There are commonly 16 cylinders, each of about 50 litres capacity mounted upright in four rows of four, on a square base with a square plan frame with lifting points on top and may have fork-lift slots in the ...
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AAR Plate-C loading gauge Inside the valve housing on top of a tank car in the United States, with a magnetic level gauge pulled out [1] Many variants exist due to the wide variety of liquids and gases transported. Tank cars can be pressurized or non-pressurized, insulated or non-insulated, and designed for single or multiple commodities. Non ...
Adhesive weight: 292,000 lb (146 short tons) Loco weight: 460,000 lb (230 short tons) Tender weight: 390,000 lb (200 short tons) Total weight: 850,000 lb (420 short tons) Tender type: 21-RG: Fuel type: Coal (to be converted to fuel oil) Fuel capacity: 30 short tons (27 t) Water cap. 21,000 US gallons (79,000 L; 17,000 imp gal) Firebox ...
The drum of the mill has a single shelf plate that scoops test samples and steel balls from the bottom, lifts them up and then drops them, creating a crushing impact. [5] The interaction of the drum, steel balls and the samples at the bottom of the drum causes further abrading and grinding. [ 5 ]
In order to show compliance to FMVSS 108, the lens of each original equipment and replacement headlamp, daytime running lamp (DRL) and certain conspicuity reflectors must be marked with the symbol "DOT". [1]: S6.5, S8.2.1.3, Table III This symbol may also be applied to compliant signal lighting devices, but is not mandatory.