March 25, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: News & Advance, March 24, 2015) LYNCHBURG, Va. — Nineteen U.S. senators are calling for more federal funding for oil-by-rail safety measures. In a letter sent to a transportation appropriations subcommittee Monday, the group lobbied for a strong...
March 25, 2015 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: UPI, March 25, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Suzanne Emmerling, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Transportation, said in a statement the administration was frustrated with statements made by the American Petroleum Institute on efforts to improve rail...
March 24, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, March 23, 2015) NEW YORK — Volunteers at the Galena, Illinois, fire department were hosing down the smoldering wreck of a derailed BNSF oil train on the east bank of the Mississippi River on March 5 when a fire suddenly flared beyond their control....
March 24, 2015 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 23, 2015) U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) last week called on the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to take action toward making Bakken crude oil less volatile before it’s allowed to be shipped by rail. Full story:...
March 24, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Register-Herald, March 23, 2015) BECKLEY, W.Va. — In the short time since the derailment of a CSX train here hauling 109 tankers of crude oil last month, a number of similar accidents have occurred across the nation, despite federal and industry officials’...
March 24, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division press release, March 23, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — “The key to reducing the frequency of oil train derailments plaguing North America is improved track maintenance,” says Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way...
March 23, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, March 20, 2015) NEW BRUNSWICK — Irving Oil has agreed to contribute $75 million to a compensation fund established for those who suffered losses as the result of the July 2013 train derailment in Lac-Mégantic, Que. Full story: CBC...
March 23, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Editorial in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 21, 2015) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Forbes reported last year that pipelines carry 70% of crude oil and petroleum products in the United States and that only 3% are shipped by rail. And of that 3%, the vast majority...
March 23, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 21, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, U.S. Sen. Al Franken asked the Federal Railroad Administration to consider rerouting trains carrying volatile Bakken crude oil from North Dakota so they do not pass through Minnesota’s...
March 23, 2015 | CN, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, March 23, 2015) TORONTO — Canadian National Railway’s safety record deteriorated sharply in 2014, reversing years of improvements, as accidents in Canada blamed on poor track conditions hit their highest level in more than five years, a Reuters...
