Analysis of derailment severity comparing unit trains at transload terminals and manifest trains at railroad switching and hump classification yards

J Zhao, CT Dick, D Kang - Transportation research record, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Growing demand for the safe and efficient transportation of crude oil and other flammable
liquids by rail has highlighted the need to understand the relative derailment risk of two …

Comparing Unit Trains versus Manifest Trains for the Risk of Rail Transport of Hazardous Materials--Part II: Application and Case Study

D Kang, J Zhao, CT Dick, X Liu, Z Bian… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Built upon the risk analysis methodology (presented in the part I paper), this part II paper
focuses on applying this methodology. Five illustrative scenarios were used to analyze the …