March 13, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Electric Co-op Today, March 10, 2015) ARLINGTON, Va. — Electric cooperatives say they can get a better grip on potential rail delivery problems if federal regulators require freight railroads to hand over more data. Full story: Electric Co-op...
March 13, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Los Angeles Times, March 13, 2015) LOS ANGELES — Four accidents in the last month involving trains hauling crude oil across North America have sent flames shooting hundreds of feet into the sky, leaving some experts worried that public safety risks have been...
March 13, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference press release, March 12, 2015) OTTAWA — The Teamsters Union once again raises concerns following the third train derailment in Northern Ontario in less than a month. For years, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) —...
March 12, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, March 10, 2015) OLYMPIA, Wash. — The state Senate passed a measure Monday night to improve the safety of oil transportation, one of two competing bills that deal with the increasing shipments of crude oil through the state. Full story: CBS...
March 12, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Chicago Sun-Times, March 10, 2015) CHICAGO — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., called on federal officials Tuesday to swiftly complete tougher safety rules for rail cars carrying flammable materials — including the Bakken...
March 12, 2015 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Globe and Mail, March 11, 2015) OTTAWA and TORONTO — Two trains that derailed and caught fire in Northern Ontario were carrying crude from Alberta’s oil sands, suggesting concerns about the volatility of oil-by-rail shipments cannot be limited to the Bakken...
March 12, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: New York Times opinion column by Marcus Stern, March 12, 2015) NEW YORK — A CSX freight train ran off the rails last month in rural Mount Carbon, W.Va. One after another, exploding rail cars sent hellish fireballs hundreds of feet into the clear winter sky....
March 12, 2015 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, March 11, 2015) TORONTO — Canada proposed tough new oil tank car standards on Wednesday and said even improved tank cars coming into service now would have to be off the rails by 2025 at the latest. Full story: Reuters
March 12, 2015 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: QMI Agency, March 11, 2015) SHERBROOKE, Quebec — Three former employees of a defunct railway at the centre of Canada’s deadliest railway blast will go straight to trial. Full story: Toronto Sun
March 12, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, March 11, 2015) OTTAWA — As the investigation continues in Gogama to find out why 38 CN tanker cars carrying Alberta crude oil jumped the tracks on Saturday, the bypass built around the site now has trains moving slowly through the area again. Among...
