August 15, 2014 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, August 14, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thousands of oil train tankers soon to be deemed obsolete in the United States are unlikely get a second life in Canada’s oil sands industry, undercutting a U.S. government forecast that the costly cars will...
August 15, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer, August 14, 2014) SEATTLE, Wash. — Oil refiners, railroads and would-be coal port developers have quietly poured thousands of dollars into Republicans’ coffers in this year’s mid-election battle for control of the Washington...
August 15, 2014 | Amtrak, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Streetsblog Chicago, August 14, 2014) CHICAGO — Oil production is booming across North America, as new technologies make it possible to extract liquid crude oil from sources like the Bakken shale oil field in North Dakota and Montana, or Alberta’s tar sands....
August 15, 2014 | Amtrak, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Flathead Beacon, August 13, 2014) WHITEFISH, Mont. — Eighty-five years after its debut as one of America’s premier passenger trains, the Empire Builder struggles to stay on-time and keep passengers aboard. Full story: Flathead Beacon
August 14, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Farm and Ranch Guide, August 14, 2014) MANDAN, N.D. — With harvest just around the corner, or even beginning in some areas, a couple big issues are causing major concern for the region’s farmers. Full story: Farm and Ranch Guide
August 14, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Record, August 13, 2014 BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — It’s the responsibility of state officials to tell the public all they know about massive oil trains rumbling through northern New Jersey, including 11 towns in Bergen County. That’s not happening...
August 14, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, August 14, 2014) NEW YORK — With the start of the spring-wheat harvest in Arnegard, North Dakota, a week away, the bins on Bob Wisness’s 11,000-acre farm are half full with last year’s crops that have been stranded by a train traffic jam. Full...
August 14, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train, Technology
(Source: Reuters, August 13, 2014) LONDON — Gas-fueled locomotives are not a new idea. Plymouth Locomotive Company built the first propane-fueled rail engine as early as 1936. Full story: Reuters
August 14, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: DeSmog Blog, August 13, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The rail industry’s position on speed limits for “bomb trains” is simple: they continuously claim velocity has nothing to do with oil-by-rail accidents or safety. Recent statements by rail...
August 13, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 12, 2014) Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. (KMP) last week announced its 50-50 joint venture with Imperial Oil Ltd. has entered into additional agreements with oil companies that will enable a planned expansion to move...
