June 5, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Maclean’s, June 4, 2014) Anti-pipeline activists can thank themselves for the rail renaissance. The political backlash against pipelines that has blocked projects like Keystone XL and Northern Gateway effectively caused massive stockpiles of crude to...
June 5, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Voice of America, June 4, 20140 WILLISTON, N.D. — Since several accidents have raised concerns about Bakken crude transportation methods — and the volatility the substance itself — some regulators are seeking safer methods of transport. Full story: Voice of...
June 5, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer, June 4, 2014) SEATTLE — The nation’s railroads were told last week by the U.S. Department of Transportation that they must notify state emergency management officials about the volume, frequency and county-by-county routes used in...
June 5, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train, UP
(Source: Associated Press, June 4, 2014) SEATTLE, Wash. — Two railroad companies want to prevent the public from getting ahold of details about oil shipments through Washington state, a disclosure the federal government ordered be given to state emergency managers in...
June 4, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Greeley Tribune, June 3, 2014) GREELEY, Colo. — Six cars of a 100-car Union Pacific crude oil train derailed May 9 west of LaSalle, spilling a little more than 5,000 gallons of oil that was bound for New York. Though it was the first oil rail spill in Weld...
June 4, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, June 4, 2014) RICHMOND, Va. — The rail safety task force appointed by Gov. Terry McAuliffe is set to hold its first meeting. McAuliffe appointed the task force after the April 30 derailment of a train carrying crude oil in Lynchburg. Full...
June 4, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Journaltrib, June 3, 2014) TIOGA, N.D. — Before the oil boom, agriculture dominated the railways of North Dakota. Now, whether it wants to or not, it shares with oil. Full story: www.Journaltrib.com
June 4, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, June 3, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. regulators reacted timidly to a spate of oil train mishaps and have been too reluctant to manage dangerous cargo on the tracks, several lawmakers said on Tuesday, faulting officials for lax oversight of a...
June 3, 2014 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, June 2, 2014) RICHMOND, Va. — U.S. Sen. Mark Warner said Monday that oil producers and rail companies need to step up their safety efforts in the wake of crude oil car that caught fire during the April 30 train derailment in downtown...
June 3, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: National Post, May 16, 2014) MONTREAL — As Quebec prosecutors filed charges of criminal negligence causing death against three employees and a railway company in the Lac-Mégantic disaster, previous cases suggest the Crown faces a steep challenge in proving...
