July 24, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, July 23, 2014) MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say they’ve taken steps to prevent the auction of the locomotive that played a key role in the deadly Lac-Mégantic rail disaster. Full story: Toronto Star
July 24, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Politico, July 23, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Transportation’s 200-page proposed rule is intended to strengthen standards for transporting crude oil by rail, particularly the more volatile crude extracted from North Dakota’s Bakken region....
July 24, 2014 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Journal News, July 23, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Older railroad tank cars carrying explosive Bakken crude oil or ethanol would be phased out over the next two years under a proposed regulation announced Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Full...
July 23, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bismarck Tribune, July 23, 2014) BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota farmers are concerned a backlog in rail shipments will affect the upcoming harvest. With harvest approaching, there are worries over grain storage and delivery. Elevators may not be able to move...
July 23, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, July 23, 2014) MONTREAL — It’s been known to belch oil from its exhaust, it’s caught fire at least once and it led the “train from hell” that smashed into Lac-Mégantic, killing 47 people. And pretty soon locomotive MMA 5017 can be all yours....
July 23, 2014 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg, July 23, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration will propose train speed limits and studier rail tank cars today as part of a set of new rules intended to reduce the risks of hauling crude oil, two people familiar with the plan said....
July 22, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, July 21, 2014) VANCOUVER, Wash. — California’s chance to keep a lid on some of the nation’s highest gas prices and join in the spoils of a domestic oil production boom is threatened by quickly growing opposition to a rail terminal in...
July 21, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy D.C., July 17, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As some railroads have continued to push for states to keep details about their crude oil shipments confidential, the U.S. Energy Information Administration has been developing a map that shows pipelines,...
July 21, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, July 18, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — North Dakota’s Bakken oil patch has thrived thanks in large part to the once-niche business of hauling fuel on U.S. rail tracks. New safety rules may now test the oil train model. Within weeks, the Obama...
July 18, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Statesman Journal, July 17, 2014) SALEM, Ore. — Should taxpayer money be used to improve infrastructure that would allow more coal and crude oil trains to run through Oregon? Dozens of people signed up to give their opinions about that to the Oregon...
