Western Railroad Discussion > Placards

The thread regarding the hazardous materials started me thinking. We all see numbered placards on the sides of freight cars but do not always know what the numbers stand for. Some are obvious, like 1075 for liquefied petroleum gas, but the contents of the cars are not always spelled out on the cars. Is there a central location, or site, that has alpha name designations for the numeric indicators on the placards? TIA.

Lane.

Yup, an Emergency Response Guidebook.

OHRY Wrote:
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> Yup, an Emergency Response Guidebook.


Courtesy of the US Government. Here's the placard interpreter:

http://hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/erg/unidnum.htm

There's an ongoing controversy between some folks in DHS who favor having no placards (to avoid giving the bad guys a hint) and folks in DOT etc who support local fire companies and other first responders who need to know what to use in a fire, etc.

You can go here and order the ERG for $6.00. It's a pocket size book with all the listings for Hazardous materials.


http://www.newenv.com/hazbooks.htm

Ron Evans
Golden Valley, AZ

I know gasoline is 1203,, lpg-butane and family is 1075..
Too many years to remember all of them..such as radioactive, corrosive,
various acid, but can't remember the number for too much beer!!..