April 13, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, April 12, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — About half the crude oil that now moves by rail in America is bound for Mid-Atlantic states, mostly refineries near Philadelphia, data from the U.S. Energy Department show. More than 33.7 million barrels...
April 10, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train, Short Line
(Source: Associated Press, April 10, 2015) ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Railroad says supplying oilfield activity on Alaska’s North Slope helped offset revenue losses in 2014 from the closure of the North Pole refinery. Full story: Houston...
April 10, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train, VIA Rail
(Source: CBC News, April 9, 2015) TORONTO — Via Rail says it will resume passenger train service between Toronto and Winnipeg on Friday. Via halted passenger service on the route following a CN freight train derailment in northern Ontario on March 7. Full story: CBC...
April 10, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, April 9, 2015) BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota House budget writers have stripped funding for a state-run rail safety program intended to supplement federal oversight of burgeoning oil train traffic after a string of accidents involving trains...
April 10, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 9, 2015) RICHMOND, Va. — A gubernatorial task force is looking for ways to pay for improving the state’s ability to prevent and respond to derailment of trains carrying millions of gallons of highly volatile crude oil through...
April 10, 2015 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Journal News, April 9, 2015) NEW YORK — More federal oversight is needed to keep track of tens of thousands of railroad bridges, especially in New York, where there has been a recent surge in trains hauling explosive crude oil, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer...
April 10, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, April 2, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — New data on crude oil shipments by rail released by the Department of Energy this week show that there are relatively few oil trains taking the path of the controversial proposed Keystone XL pipeline....
April 10, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, April 6, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board on Monday called for the nation’s fleet of railroad tank cars hauling crude oil and ethanol to be equipped with fire protection within five years in an effort...
April 9, 2015 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Miami Herald, April 5, 2015) MIAMI — World Fuel Services Corp. is defending against claims related to a deadly train derailment that spilled oil owned by World Fuel in a small Canadian town. The fiery rail disaster on July 6, 2013, destroyed part of...
April 9, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Albany Times Union, April 7, 2015) ALBANY, N.Y. — Crude oil train traffic in March was down 7 percent nationwide from year-earlier levels, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Full story: Albany Times Union
