February 23, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: West Virginia MetroNews, February 22, 2015) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The investigation of what occurred during last week’s CSX train derailment in Fayette County continued with the removal of most of the Bakken crude oil from the 27 tanker cars, according to the...
February 19, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Washington Post, February 17, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In fact, the oil spill and fire on the banks of the Kanawha River was the latest occurrence of a type of accident that U.S. officials say is becoming distressingly common. Federal agencies are documenting...
February 19, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, February 18, 2015) MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. — A CSX train that derailed about 30 miles southeast of Charleston, West Virginia, on Monday, causing explosions and fireballs, was carrying volatile Bakken crude oil from North Dakota’s shale fields...
February 19, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, February 18, 2015) NEW YORK — Video images of a fireball billowing from the wreckage of a derailed train hauling Bakken crude are adding to pressure on federal regulators to act on new safety standards for oil shipments. Full story: Philadelphia...
February 19, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Charleston Gazette, February 18, 2015) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two Fayette County restaurants and two shareholders in those restaurants sued CSX and West Virginia American Water Company on Wednesday, two days after a train carrying crude oil derailed, caught fire...
February 19, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, February 18, 2015) MONTGOMERY, W.Va. — Small fires continued to burn for a third day at the site of the latest crude oil train derailment, more than 100 people remain locked out of their homes and investigators trying to determine the...
February 19, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Fayette Tribune, February 19, 2015) MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. — As the smoke clears and the fire continues to burn itself out, more details are being learned about the train derailment that took place in Fayette County near Mount Carbon on Monday. Full story:...
February 18, 2015 | CN, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, February 15, 2015) OTTAWA — The Transportation Safety Board and environment officials were investigating Sunday at the scene of a derailment of a Canadian National Railway train near Gogama, in Northern Ontario. Seven rail cars caught fire when a...
February 18, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CNBC, February 17, 2015) NEW YORK — A CSX train carrying Bakken oil derailed and erupted into flames in West Virginia on Monday, adding to the growing debate about the safety of transporting crude on America’s railroads. The crash is the second in 10...
February 18, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, February 18, 2015) MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. — The fiery derailment of a CSX train carrying crude oil in West Virginia is one of three in the past year involving tank cars that already meet a higher safety standard than what federal law requires —...
