March 17, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Spokesman-Review, March 16, 2015) OLYMPIA, Wash. — Proposed rules for trains carrying oil across the state don’t put enough responsibility on the railroads and should include oil pipelines, a Spokane city councilman told a House committee Monday. Full story:...
March 17, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Scientific American, March 16, 2015) NEW YORK — U.S. railroads have not hauled so much crude oil since the short period at the dawn of the petroleum age, when John D. Rockefeller relied on trains to build his Standard Oil empire. Full story: Scientific...
March 17, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, March 16, 2015) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A U.S. senator from Pennsylvania on Monday called for measures to provide resources and training to first responders who handle crude oil train derailments. Full story: Yahoo
March 17, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, March 16, 2015) NEW YORK — BNSF Railway Co. was sued by a trade group for 400 U.S. refining and petrochemical makers objecting to a $1,000 surcharge the nation’s biggest rail transporter of crude oil tacked onto older-model tank cars. Full story:...
March 17, 2015 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, March 13, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rail operators are going to great lengths to prevent oil train derailments but the energy sector must do more to prevent accidents from becoming fiery disasters, the leading U.S. rail regulator said on Friday. Sarah...
March 16, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: New York Times opinion column by Eleanor Randolph, March 12, 2015) NEW YORK — So far, Americans have been spared the kind of terrible tragedy that occurred two years ago in the small tourist town of Lac-Mégantic in southern Canada. On a midsummer morning, a...
March 16, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 13, 2015) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Gov. Mark Dayton, joined by officials from cities across the state, proposed Friday a $330 million 10-year spending plan to make railroads and grade crossings safer from passing oil trains. Full...
March 16, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 15, 2015) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — A growing tide of crude oil is being shipped by railroads through Wisconsin, including Milwaukee, at a time when the industry is coming under closer scrutiny because of safety concerns. Full...
March 16, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, March 15, 2015) NEW YORK — U.S. railroads generated almost as much money last year hauling crude oil and sand, largely used in hydraulic fracturing, as they did moving industry staples like field crops and motor vehicles, according to a...
March 16, 2015 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Hill, March 13, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is ordering freight rail companies to remove faulty parts it says have been involved in multiple oil train leaks recently. The agency said the parts, which are valves that...
