June 9, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: News & Advance editorial, June 8, 2014) LYNCHBURG, Va. — The more the public learns about the April 30 train derailment in Downtown Lynchburg, the more we are disturbed by the incident. Full story: News & Advance
June 9, 2014 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Times, June 6, 2014) MUNSTER, Ind. — Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Szabo said Friday his agency is promoting more pro-active safety programs for oil trains to prevent any incidents in the United States like the disaster in Lac-Megantic, Canada,...
June 9, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, June 9, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Shippers wrongly moved explosive gas as part of a crude oil delivery that derailed and killed 47 people in a Canadian town last year, lawyers seeking to represent the devastated town in a class action lawsuit are...
June 6, 2014 | Amtrak, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Star Tribune, June 5, 2014) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Amtrak passengers traveling between St. Paul and Minot in far northwest North Dakota can board again after five days of disrupted service, but North Dakota promises to cause passengers headaches throughout the...
June 6, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, June 5, 2014) OTTAWA — Well-founded complaints about Transport Canada’s handling of access-to-information requests on the Lac-Mégantic train disaster contributed to a 30 per cent increase in grievances about federal agencies last year....
June 6, 2014 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, June 5, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reports U.S. Class I railroads originated 110,164 carloads of crude oil in the first quarter of 2014, 1.4 percent more than in...
June 6, 2014 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, June 4, 2014) RICHMOND, Va. — A state official says a CSX inspection found a defect in a railroad track the day before an oil train derailed in Lynchburg. Full story: Daily Reporter
June 6, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train, UP
(Source: Associated Press, June 6, 2014) BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. railroads forced to turn over details of their volatile crude oil shipments are asking states to sign agreements not to disclose the information. But some states are refusing, saying Thursday that the...
June 6, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Montreal Gazette opinion column by Jennifer Quaid, June 5, 2014) MONTREAL — But beyond the specific unfairness of the Lac-Mégantic charges, there is a greater concern. A basic tenet of the criminal law is that only those whose conduct is the most significant...
June 5, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Los Angeles Times, January 5, 2014) LOS ANGELES — With a steady increase of oil now being shipped into California from out of state, Gov. Jerry Brown and other policymakers are scrambling to come up with spill-prevention programs to lower the risk of...
