The mechanical, fracture toughness, and stressrupture properties of a normalized and stress relieved tank car steel were found to be reduced by increased temperature and time at temperature. The effects of loading rates, 0.0127 and 0.127 cm/min, on these properties were also evaluated. Most affected was the yield strength, where at the loading rate of 0.127 cm/min, the yield strength as a function of temperature and time at temperature was greater than that obtained under similar test conditions at a loading rate of 0.0127 cm/min. The ultimate and yield strength were observed to decrease continuously from 593°C to 677°C for time of 60, 90, and 120 minutes. The ductility, in terms of the elongation and reductionofarea were found to increase over these same test temperatures and times. The fracture toughness, because of the yield strength decrease as the temperature increased, decreased as the test temperature increased. Fracture toughness tests found the steel to be highly resistant to unstable fracture, and stressrupture tests revealed that the rupture lifetime could be extended, at elevated temepratures , by reducing the maximum internal pressure of the tank car.