April 29, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, April 26, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — Tougher inspection and maintenance standards for railroad tracks could prevent dangerous derailments of trains carrying explosive crude oil, officials of the rail inspectors’ union say. Full story:...
April 29, 2015 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, April 27, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A more stringent inspection of old tank car axles might have prevented an explosive BNSF train collision in Casselton, North Dakota, in December 2013, according to documents posted by the National Transportation...
April 20, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, April 18, 2015) NEW YORK — Coal is getting pummeled by natural gas as power generators find that they make more money using the cleaner-burning fuel. Ninety percent of U.S. coal was uneconomical as a power-plant fuel after natural gas dropped to...
April 20, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Columbian, April 19, 2015) COLUMBIA, Wash. — Rail accidents happen in Clark County, and they happen regularly. Most go unnoticed by the public. There were 33 reported incidents in the county from 2005 through 2014, according to records kept by the Federal...
April 20, 2015 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, April 17, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced with its agencies, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety...
April 20, 2015 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: New York Times, April 17, 2015) NEW YORK — Responding to public pressure to act more quickly after a series of fiery train derailments involving oil shipments, the Transportation Department on Friday issued a series of emergency orders, including a...
April 17, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, April 16, 2015) AUGUSTA, Maine — Oil trains are once again rolling through Maine after slowing to a near halt following the deadly train accident almost two years ago in Lac-Megantic, a small town just across the border in Quebec, according to state...
April 17, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 16, 2015) A second group of federal lawmakers has introduced legislation to regulate the transport of crude oil by rail. U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) yesterday introduced the Crude-By-Rail Safety Act (H.R. 1804), which the...
April 17, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, April 16, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Outlet valves underneath four tank cars in a February oil train derailment in West Virginia were sheared off and the 50,000 gallons of crude oil they released ignited in a fire that subsequently...
April 16, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Columbian, April 15, 2015) OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state senators approved a measure Wednesday night to improve oil transport safety, which was immediately criticized by one progressive organization as a “weaksauce oil-lobbyist sponsored...
