June 25, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Oregonian, June 24, 2014) PORTLAND, Ore. — Eighteen oil trains a week move along the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge, newly released data shows, a figure that could more than double if a proposed Vancouver, Wash., oil train terminal opens....
June 25, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, June 24, 2014) BILLINGS, Mont. — Disclosures from railroads about volatile oil shipments from the Northern Plains show dozens of the trains passing weekly through Illinois and the Midwest and up to 19 a week reaching Washington state on the...
June 25, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Montreal Gazette, June 16, 2014) MONTREAL — Montreal, Maine & Atlantic’s own employees feared a catastrophe, given the state of the now-bankrupt railway’s tracks and equipment, and the kind of products the company was transporting, according to court...
June 24, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Odessa American, June 20, 2014) ODESSA, Texas — Workers for U.S. Silica Co. recently began building a transloading and storage facility off East Loop 338 in south Odessa, capable of storing 20,000 tons of fracking sand to service the surging oil and gas...
June 24, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, June 23, 2014) SEATTLE, Wash. — Tacoma Rail has told Washington state that it moves about three unit trains of Bakken crude oil in Pierce County each week, information that federal transportation officials have ordered released to help...
June 24, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: EarthFix, June 23, 2014) COLUMBIA, Wash. — BNSF Railway says it will not go to court to block Washington from releasing oil train notification information under the state’s public records law. Full story: The Columbian
June 13, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: Great Falls Tribune, June 12, 2014) GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Farmers and grain organization members from throughout Montana told stories about poor rail service to the Surface Transportation Board’s Rail Customer and Public Assistance Program...
June 13, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Herald, June 12, 2014) OLYMPIA, Wash. — BNSF Railway doesn’t want civilians to know how often it transports large shipments of Bakken crude oil through Snohomish County, but a mathematician from Everett can give you a pretty good estimate. Full story:...
June 13, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Los Angeles Times, June 12, 2014) LOS ANGELES — With a Sunday deadline for a state budget agreement, a proposed fee on oil transported by rail cars across California has emerged as a major target for opposition by oil companies and business lobbyists. The...
June 13, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Politico, June 13, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The railroad industry is warning the White House against some potential safety rules for trains carrying explosive crude oil, saying freight and passenger rail traffic could be disrupted for years if companies must...
