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At the AAR, Holden responded to questions from manufacturers,  shippers, and railroad inspectors regarding tank car problems; assisted in the preparation of technical manuals; and participated in responses to--and clean-up of--railroad tank car accidents. He participated in technical meetings of the Chlorine Institute, the National LP Gas Association, and the AAR's Tank Car Committee and was involved in the establishment of the Transportation Test Center's Tank Car Safety School. He also presented technical papers and delivered addresses on the transportation of hazardous materials and emergency response, and he was sometimes called upon as an expert witness in court actions. He married Jane Elizabeth Hockenberry (1924-2015); the couple had one daughter. Roy Jay Holden Jr. died in Washington, D. 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Of Holden's personal papers, the collection holds only a few files devoted to his search for employment in the early 1970s, some personal ephemera, photographs, and a book in which he recorded World Series baseball statistics.","The following books were cataloged for VT Special Collections and University Archives's Rare Book Collection:\n Report to the Association of American Railroads: A Review of Cost-Benefit Methodology Employed by the Association of American Railroads and Railways Progress Institute Railroad Tank Car Safety Research and Test Project Compared with a Related Analysis by Calspan Corporation , June 1974. The Official Railway Guide: North American Freight Service Edition , September/October 1981. 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Of Holden's personal papers, the collection holds only a few files devoted to his search for employment in the early 1970s, some personal ephemera, photographs, and a book in which he recorded World Series baseball statistics.","The following books were cataloged for VT Special Collections and University Archives's Rare Book Collection:\n Report to the Association of American Railroads: A Review of Cost-Benefit Methodology Employed by the Association of American Railroads and Railways Progress Institute Railroad Tank Car Safety Research and Test Project Compared with a Related Analysis by Calspan Corporation , June 1974. The Official Railway Guide: North American Freight Service Edition , September/October 1981. 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