October 8, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Platts, October 7, 2014) HOUSTON — Despite data last week from the US Energy Information Administration showing a 9.3% increase in estimated coal production west of the Mississippi River, it has not eased concerns from some Midwestern utilities facing an...
October 8, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Montreal Gazette, October 8, 2014) MONTREAL — The recommendations and reports of Quebec Coroner Martin Clavet were published this morning (October 8), bringing to an end the coroner’s investigation into the 47 deaths in Lac-Megantic on July 6, 2013. Full...
October 7, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: MPR News, October 6, 2014) MADELIA, Minn. — With a record harvest expected this year, demand for grain shipping is likely to be high, and Midwestern farmers are wondering whether ongoing railroad delays will eat into their income. Full story:...
October 7, 2014 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, October 6, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two railroad industry trade groups have quietly asked the U.S. Department of Transportation to drop its requirement that rail carriers transporting large volumes of Bakken crude oil notify state...
October 6, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, October 5, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pennsylvania must publicly release information about Bakken crude oil shipments, the state’s Office of Open Records ruled Friday, reports two rail companies had pushed to keep confidential. Full...
October 6, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Record, October 5, 2014) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — The owner of the state’s largest refinery is investing heavily in rail transportation to haul oil across the country to its Linden plant, ensuring that more trains carrying millions of gallons of volatile...
October 6, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Fresno Bee, October 5, 2014) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For more than a century, California has relied on assurances from railroad companies that thousands of rail bridges across the state, from spindly trestles in remote canyons to iron workhorses in urban areas,...
September 25, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Record, September 24, 2014) TEANECK, N.J. — A coalition of state and local officials called on the federal government Wednesday to require speed reductions for trains hauling volatile crude oil through 11 towns in Bergen County as well as other densely...
September 25, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, September 24, 2014) ST. PAUL, Minn. — Crew complaints filed with the Federal Railroad Administration show that at least 18 times in the past three years BNSF Railway freight trains left Minneapolis with hazardous chemicals that were not on...
September 25, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, September 24, 2014) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s largest city has become a crossroads for trains carrying a type of crude oil that has ignited in multiple derailments, according to state documents that the railroads carrying the cargo...
