Re: Key Train - Question
Author: Key Train
Date: 09-13-2021 - 13:40
relentlesscactus Wrote:
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> Recently I have heard dispatchers on the Cal-P ask
> freight trains if they are "a key train". Anyone
> have any idea what this is?
On the UP:
"A key train is a train that consists of one or more of the following:
1) One or more loads of spent nuclear fuel or high level radioactive waste;
2) One or more loaded tank car containing TIH (toxic inhilation hazard) and/or anhydrous ammonia;
3) A combination of 20 or more loaded haz-mat cars including loaded intermodal tanks of TIH, flammable gas, anhydrous ammonia, Class 1.1 or 1.2 explosives, any PG I (packing group 1) haz-mat or environmentally sensitive chemicals.
Boxcars, tailers and containers do not count towards the determination of a key train."