Railway Safety and CMMS

CMMS Used To Improve Reliability & Safety

In the U.S., shipments of crude oil by rail have gone from 9,500 carloads (2008) to 233,811 (2012) and analysts expect this trend to continue in direct proportion to the increased demand for domestic oil transport. In 2012, four years into the current (North American) oil boom, about 16.6 million barrels of Canadian crude shipped via rail to the U.S. The EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration) estimates that US crude oil moved by rail rose by 617,000 barrels to 13,133,000 barrels in August 2016—compared to the previous month.

1. Unveils a new, enhanced tank car standard and an aggressive, risk-based retrofitting schedule for older tank cars carrying crude oil and ethanol;
2. Requires a new braking standard for certain trains that will offer a superior level of safety by potentially reducing the severity of an accident, and  the “pile-up effect”;
3. Designates new operational protocols for trains transporting large volumes of flammable liquids, such as routing requirements, speed restrictions, and information for local government agencies; and
4. Provides new sampling and testing requirements to improve classification of energy products placed into transport.