August 27, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Columbian, August 26, 2014) COLUMBIA, Wash. — As questions continue to swirl about the safety of transporting crude oil by rail, BNSF Railway’s top executive acknowledged Tuesday that the process could be safer, and said his company welcomes the...
August 27, 2014 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Portland Press Herald editorial, August 21, 2014) PORTLAND, Maine — A major milestone was reached this week in the follow-up to the oil train explosion that killed 47 people last summer in Lac-Megantic, Quebec: Canadian investigators released a final report...
August 25, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, August 24, 2014) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas emergency officials’ records show that as many as 33 trains carrying Bakken crude oil pass through the state in a given week, each one hauling more than the amount spilled in last...
August 25, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada press release, August 22, 2014) LAVAL, Quebec — The Teamsters Union had been impatiently awaiting the press conference held by the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) to present its report on the Lac-Mégantic disaster. The government...
August 25, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, August 22, 2014) MONTREAL — Quebec police investigating the Lac-Megantic train disaster say they’ve visited the United States four times to seize documents and to interview witnesses – and they expect to go back. Full story:...
August 22, 2014 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: News & Advance, August 21, 2014) LYNCHBURG, Va. — State environmental regulators are in talks with CSX to negotiate the terms of a consent order that will be issued in response to the estimated 29,916 gallons of oil released into the James River during...
August 22, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, August 21, 2014) WILLISTON, N.D. — A North Dakota regulator outlined details Thursday of her proposal for a state-run rail safety program, which calls for adding three employees to help bolster federal oversight of the state’s busy...
August 22, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Toronto Star opinion column by Greg Gormick, August 21, 2014) TORONTO — The report of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada on the Lac-Mégantic disaster blames “systemic problems” for the fourth deadliest accident in nearly two centuries of Canadian...
August 22, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Transportation Safety Board press release, August 19, 2014) LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) investigation into the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway (MMA) train derailment in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec (investigation...
August 21, 2014 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Lynchburg News & Advance, August 20, 2014) LYNCHBURG, Va. — Environmental regulators are in talks with CSX to negotiate the terms of a consent order that will be issued in response to the estimated 29,916 gallons of oil released into the James River...
