March 20, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, March 19, 2015) OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington rail regulators have recommended that BNSF Railway be penalized up to $700,000 for failing to report crude oil leaks and other hazardous material spills along the state’s railway. Full story:...
March 20, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Quad City Times, March 19, 2015) GALENA, Ill. — The Association of American Railroads wants both the DOT-111 and CPC-1232 models phased out and replaced with an upgraded tanker car. Full story: Quad City Times
March 20, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Television station KCRG, March 19, 2015) GALENA, Ill. — Environmental concerns remain a top priority for government officials and representatives of BNSF Railroad two weeks after a train derailed and caught fire March 5. Full story and video:...
March 20, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 19, 2015) SEATTLE, Wash. — Three oil trains pass through Seattle each day, headed to north Puget Sound refineries, and Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., is prodding federal regulators to take a long, hard look at what will happen...
March 20, 2015 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, March 19, 2015) SUDBURY — Two unions say the Transportation Safety Board is highlighting faults in track infrastructure in three recent train derailments. The Transportation Safety Board is analyzing a failed joint taken from the bridge where a CN...
March 20, 2015 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, March 19, 2015) CALGARY — Two recent oil-train derailments in Canada have opened a new front on the debate over safety, highlighting how even shipments of Alberta’s oil sands crude can contain components just as volatile as North Dakota’s...
March 20, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Business Insider, March 19, 2015) NEW YORK — There have been several high-profile oil-by-rail accidents in the last couple of months. Should we be worried about shipping crude oil by rail? The short answer is yes. The longer answer is that it’s...
March 20, 2015 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, March 18, 2015) NEW YORK — Cheaper North American oil is poised to replace West African and Middle East cargoes at eastern Canadian refineries with U.S. crude prices at the lowest level compared with the international benchmark in 14 months. A lack...
March 20, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters opinion column by John Kemp, March 19, 2015) LONDON — Given the multiple factors that contribute to train fires, railroads, shippers and oil producers must share responsibility for reducing the risk of a catastrophic accident in a densely populated...
March 20, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: InForum editorial, March 18, 2015) FARGO, N.D. — There is elegant logic in Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton’s proposal to tax railroads to pay for railroad safety upgrades. After all, it is the ever-increasing number of oil trains passing through the state from...
