METHOD AND DATABASE ARRANGEMENT FOR INSPECTION AND REQUALIFICATION OF VEHICLES USED FOR TRANSPORTING COMMODITIES AND/OR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

摘要

A method of requalifying a rail born tank car (100) adapted to transport includes inspecting the tank car (100) in accord with a selected one of a plurality of procedures (301), each procedure delineating and defining a predetermined plurality of inspection and test. Inspection data obtained from the predetermined series of steps and test is input into a computer-readable medium, where it is related by a computer having at least one processor, to secondary data, such as ownership data, lease status data, rental status data, and transported commodity data.