July 29, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg BNA, July 28, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ethanol producers are pushing back against their inclusion in a Transportation Department rule meant to address a fiery spate of crude-by-rail crashes, a decision the renewable fuel industry says could cost it...
July 28, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Akron Beacon Journal, July 25, 2014) HUDSON, Ohio — Bill Rich is troubled by the increasing number of tank cars he sees on the Norfolk Southern Corp. rail line in northern Summit County — rail cars that could be carrying highly volatile Bakken crude oil....
July 28, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Star Tribune, July 27, 2014) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Fifty oil trains, each loaded with more than 1 million gallons of North Dakota crude oil, pass through Minnesota each week, and almost all of them go through the Twin Cities, according to the first detailed...
July 28, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Denver Post, July 27, 2014) DENVER — Electric utilities in Colorado have watched their coal supplies drop in recent months because of clogged capacity on the nation’s rail lines. The congestion’s biggest impact so far is on coal transport, but...
July 28, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Seattle Times, July 28, 2014) SEATTLE, Wash. — A surge in oil trains hauling North Dakota’s energy bonanza is interfering with grain shipments to Pacific Northwest ports, prompting fears of a chronic crisis in which railcars carrying fossil fuels crowd out...
July 28, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, July 25, 2014) PORTLAND, Ore. — Gov. John Kitzhaber has released a statewide review of oil train safety that calls for an increase in state rail inspectors, more funding for training, and improved reporting and transparency. Full story:...
July 25, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Portland Press Herald, July 24, 2014) PORTLAND, Maine — A locomotive on the oil train that derailed and unleashed a deadly inferno in the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic last year apparently won’t be among the 30-plus engines scheduled to be auctioned on Aug. 5...
July 25, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, July 24, 2014) SEATTLE — A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train carrying crude oil derailed in Seattle on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of a spill or injury, according to local television stations. Full story:...
July 25, 2014 | Headlines, NS, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, July 24, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A major hauler of crude oil by rail has sued the state of Maryland to stop the public release of information about the shipments, according to court documents. Full story: Miami...
July 24, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Jackson County Chronicle, July 23, 2014) BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wisc. — Wisconsin’s boom in production of sand used for hydraulic fracturing has fueled a large increase in rail traffic moving the commodity to other states, causing conflicts and raising safety...
