February 25, 2015 | CN, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, February 23, 2015) TORONTO — A train derailment in Canada this month that set ablaze several new-model tank cars carrying crude oil shows the need for tougher rail car standards, Canada’s safety watchdog said on Monday. Full story:...
February 25, 2015 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Underwriter, February 20, 2015) OTTAWA — Canadian railways moving dangerous goods will have new minimum insurance requirements if a bill tabled Friday is passed into law. Transport Minister Lisa Raitt introduced Friday the Safe and Accountable Rail...
February 25, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, February 24, 2015) MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. — A CSX Corp rail line in West Virginia remained shut following an explosive oil train derailment on Feb. 16 that damaged the roadbed and tracks, though the type of work required to return the line to service...
February 25, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Charleston Gazette, February 24, 2015) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Workers on Tuesday started removing contaminated soil containing oil that spilled after a CSX train derailed in Fayette County, according to a CSX spokesman. Full story: Charleston...
February 25, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, February 24, 2015) SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Emergency personnel responding to an oil train derailment in West Virginia last week applied lessons learned from a rail disaster more than three decades ago, and likely prevented a bad...
February 24, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Minnesota Public Radio, February 19, 2015) ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Mark Dayton is asking a federal board to require an environmental study of a railroad track that could send “high hazard” freight trains through Minneapolis and west suburbs,...
February 24, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Seattle Times, February 21, 2015) SEATTLE, Wash. — In Washington, oil-train traffic raises the stakes of what could happen in a major accident, and state regulators are asking the Legislature for more authority and more money to watchdog railroad safety. Full...
February 24, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, February 21, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oil train records held by the Texas Department of Public Safety are not subject to exemption under state open records law, the state attorney general ruled this week, and must be released in full...
February 24, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Baltimore Sun, February 19, 2015) BALTIMORE, Md. — State lawmakers concerned about increasingly common rail shipments of crude oil through Maryland are calling for the state to conduct a full assessment of the risks and for railroads to be more transparent...
February 24, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Madison.com, February 23, 2015) MADISON, Wisc. — As U.S. railroads scramble to haul growing volumes of freight and North Dakota crude oil, they are expanding workforces and sinking record amounts of money into their networks. That translates into major...
