June 15, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, June 15, 2020) CALGARY — When Melanie Loessl got a call from a friend on Feb. 6 that another oil train had crashed and burned near her community, she thought it was a joke. Not two months earlier, she’d been forced to flee after a different...
June 12, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Kallanish Energy, May 27, 2020) HOUSTON — Exports of crude oil by rail from Canada dipped by 9% in March, according to new data from the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). Full story: Kallanish Energy
June 3, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train, Short Line
(Source: Corvallis Gazette-Times, June 2, 2020) ALBANY, Ore. — The content of rail cars stored on Portland & Western rails leased to a third party near U.S. Highway 20 between Albany and Corvallis is liquefied petroleum gas, according to Oregon Department of...
May 28, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Kallanish Energy, May 27, 2020) HOUSTON — Exports of crude oil by rail from Canada dipped by 9% in March, according to new data from the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). Full story: Kallanish Energy
May 21, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: DeSmog Blog, May 20, 2020) NEW YORK — The federal agency overseeing the safe transport of hazardous materials released a stunning explanation of its May 11 decision striking down a Washington state effort to regulate trains carrying volatile oil within its...
May 20, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Television station WKBW, May 19, 2020) BUFFALO, N.Y. — Monday’s late-night train derailment in East Aurora may have been troubling to residents of the normally peaceful village. But authorities and railroad experts say it could have been a whole lot worse....
May 15, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, May 14, 2020) CARLSBAD, N.M. — A man from Marshall, Texas has died in a possible industrial accident while performing an inspection on a railroad tank car in southeastern New Mexico, company officials said. Full story:...
May 13, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 12, 2020) The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) yesterday issued a ruling that preempts Washington State’s crude-by-rail law, allowing for the transport of crude by rail nationwide. Full...
May 12, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press May 11, 2020) BILLINGS, Mont. — The Trump administration on Monday moved to block a Washington state law that imposed safety restrictions on oil shipments by rail in response to numerous explosive accidents. The Department of Transportation...
May 5, 2020 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Freight Waves, May 3, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The U.S. Departments of Transportation and Energy have suggested in a report to Congress that regulation to define crude-by-rail movements using crude oil’s vapor pressure isn’t needed. Full story: Freight...
