Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Research Reports
Report Details

Title:
Railroad Hazardous Commodity Traffic Analysis for Region 8
Authors:
University:
North Dakota State University
Publication Date:
Mar 1996
Report #:
MPC-96-53A
Project #:
MPC-077
TRID #:
Keywords:
Type:
Research Report – MPC Publications

Abstract

This report develops a baseline inventory of rail hazardous commodities that originate in, terminate in, or pass through Region 8 (which includes the states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming). The inventory also includes a set of interregional tables that summarize hazardous rail commodity flows to and from each federal region. These tables were developed from a special version of the waybill database provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The most important uses of the inventory are in: 1) identifying the general commodities and the magnitudes of hazardous rail commodity flows within the region; 2) describing interregional commercial flows of hazardous materials; and 3) providing commodity flow information for use in general emergency response planning.