March 16, 2015 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, March 13, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Railworthiness Directive requiring railroad tank car owners to replace unapproved valves...
March 16, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: DeSmog Blog, March 15, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the recent run of exploding oil train accidents, it isn’t surprising that the rail industry has publicly expressed concern about hauling highly flammable oils like Bakken light crude and diluted tar sands....
March 13, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train, UP
(Source: Midland Reporter-Telegram, March 11, 2015) MIDLAND, Texas — Railroad companies recently are having issues with Midland traffic as trains pass through the Permian Basin. As regional traffic increases along the roadways and railways, Union Pacific Railroad Co....
March 13, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Sacramento Bee, March 11, 2015) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A year ago, California officials nervously braced for an influx of milelong trains carrying volatile crude oil to refineries in the Valley and on the coast – trains similar to the one that exploded two...
March 13, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Financial Post, March 9, 2015) OTTAWA — Recent derailments have raised fresh questions about the safety of the tank cars used to ship crude by rail, putting pressure on the government to speed up the introduction of new standards. And there may be no better...
March 13, 2015 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Ottawa Citizen, March 12, 2015) OTTAWA — Transport Canada must ensure it has an “adequate” number of safety inspectors to oversee the rail transportation of dangerous goods, a House of Commons committee said Thursday. Full story: Ottawa...
March 13, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, March 12, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration has issued a violation against a North Dakota loading facility over a leaking oil car in northwest Washington state that initially wasn’t reported to state...
March 13, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, March 10, 2015) OTTAWA — For some, recent oil train derailments have raised questions about rail safety, train speeds and length, tanker-car standards and stabilizing the oil within the tankers. For others, it has meant that we should be talking...
March 13, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Seattle Times, March 10, 2015) OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington’s Republican-controlled Senate could set a national precedent with a bill passed Monday night that would require up to two railroad workers in the rear of trains carrying crude oil and other hazardous...
March 13, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Toronto Star, March 12, 2015) TORONTO — Train derailments provide ideal conditions for an oil explosion, say chemists and engineers from across North America, calling into question rail’s ability to transport hydrocarbons safely and to prevent catastrophe in...
