March 3, 2015 | Headlines, KCS, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, March 2, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Texas Department of Public Safety has released information about crude oil trains crossing the state, following the dismissal of one railroad’s arguments that they be kept confidential. Full story:...
March 3, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Columbian, March 2, 2015) VANCOUVER, Wash. — Proposed oil-by-rail facilities and refinery expansions in Washington would be enough to bring nearly 20 oil trains rolling into the state every day by 2020, according to a report by the state Department of...
March 3, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Allentown Morning Call, March 2, 2015) ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Oil trains coursing through Pennsylvania put a sizable portion of state’s population at risk daily, including tens of thousands of Lehigh Valley residents, according to two reports released Monday....
March 3, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: WOWK TV, March 2, 2015) MONTGOMERY, W.Va. — Two weeks after the Fayette County trail derailment, William Patton still has many unanswered questions. He lives in Montgomery, about four miles away from Mount Carbon, and he says he continues to see the effects...
March 3, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Albany Times Union, March 3, 2015) ALBANY, N.Y. — The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday morning that the CSX oil train that derailed and exploded last month in West Virginia carried Bakken crude with so much combustible gas that it would have been barred...
March 3, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train, Railroad Security
(Source: Globe and Mail, March 2, 2015) TORONTO — The chance of a terrorist attack on a train hauling flammable goods is a greater threat to public safety than a derailment, says Hunter Harrison, chief executive officer of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. Full story:...
March 2, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, February 28, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As many as four trains carrying crude oil from North Dakota pass through the Fort Worth area each week on their way to the Gulf Coast, according to documents filed with the state by BNSF Railway....
March 2, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train, Technology
(Source: USA Today, March 1, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The latest derailments of trains carrying crude oil in the U.S. and Canada are putting more pressure on government officials to end the fiery crashes. Full story: USA Today
March 2, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Environmental Protection Agency press release, February 27, 2015) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered CSX to clean-up and restore the areas affected by the Feb. 16 train derailment in Mt. Carbon, W. Va. Twenty-seven...
February 27, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, February 26, 2015) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A June 7 CSX freight train derailment on a bridge overlooking the Marina at McKees Point was one of at least three in the last 13 months on Southwestern Pennsylvania tracks. That and other...
