Planned investments in loading terminals in Alberta and anticipated deliveries of specially
designed tank cars could see an incremental 425,000 barrels per day of heavy oil railed to market by the end of 2014, it said in a report.
Not exact matches
Television images suggested that the surviving
tank cars on the Lac - Mégantic train were of the older
design.
A 2009 report by the National Transportation Safety Board about a Canadian National derailment in Illinois called the
design of those
tank cars «inadequate» and found that it «made the
cars subject to damage and catastrophic loss of hazardous materials.»
«Of course, by
design we have to consider the actual
car situation in theory, but sometimes it is not always the same situation so that is why we had some issues with the oil
tank first.»
The
design of the inlet pipe to the petrol
tank makes the
cars a fire hazard at filling stations.
PHMSA and the Federal Railroad Administration have issued several safety advisories related to the safe transport of crude oil by rail, including the recent January 2 Safety Alert and is currently engaged in the ongoing rulemaking to improve the
design of the DOT 111
tank car.
The engineers have had to
design so much safety into the
car's dynamics to keep it from losing control of its forces in extreme circumstances and pitching itself into a
tank - slapper that the GT just can't be persuaded to play ball.
A new saddle -
design fuel
tank has been integrated to hold 90.5 litres enabling Rapide to deliver a range of over 300 miles without reducing the
car's sporting dynamics and serves the dual purpose of a flat loading space in the luggage compartment.
The graphics are really fun and colorful, the map
designs are a child's playground, and the vehicle
designs are fun and unique covering all the bases from sporty
cars, to beefy monster trucks, including
tanks and emergency services, everything is well
designed, gameplay is smooth, controls are probably a little too sensitive or laggy, oversteer is definitely an issue.
A 2009 report by the National Transportation Safety Board about a Canadian National derailment in Illinois called the
design of those
tank cars «inadequate» and found that it «made the
cars subject to damage and catastrophic loss of hazardous materials.»
Fuel System Failures: the
car experiences a post collision fuel fed fire (PCFFF) i.e. the vehicle erupts into flames due to an inadequately
designed fuel system or a puncture in the fuel
tank.
Perhaps less fun to look at than earlier versions of the
car, the Bat -
tank nevertheless proved a perfect fit for the grounded reality of the Nolan Bativerse, looking more like a piece of high - tech military equipment than a carshow concept
design.