May 27, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: United Steelworkers press release, May 26, 2014) MONTREAL — A legal defence fund has been launched to help pay costs to be incurred by railway workers charged in connection with last year’s tragedy in Lac-Mégantic, Que. The Justice for USW Rail Workers...
May 23, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, May 22, 2014) OTTAWA — Strict new rules for rail cars may affect TransCanada’s possible plans to move oil by train rather than through the Keystone XL pipeline, Federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt says. The prospect of moving that oil by...
May 23, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, May 22, 2014) DFW AIRPORT — BNSF Railway is on track to move record volumes on its rail network this year and is making progress on relieving delays and congestion, the chief executive officer said Thursday. Full story: Fort Worth...
May 23, 2014 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Platts, May 22, 2014) NEW YORK — US rail regulators are finding that most shippers are properly classifying Bakken crude cargoes in accordance with hazardous materials rules, the head of the Federal Railroad Administration said. Still, “there are...
May 22, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Portland Press Herald, May 22, 2014) PORTLAND, Maine — It’s been less than a year since a runaway oil train derailed in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, causing a fire that killed 47 people, but that hasn’t stopped the new owner of the same railroad from announcing...
May 22, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, May 21, 2014) CALGARY — TransCanada Corp is in talks with customers about shipping Canadian crude to the United States by rail as an alternative route as its Keystone XL pipeline project that has been mired in political delays, Chief Executive Russ...
May 22, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, May 21, 2014) BISMARCK, N.D. — The future of crude oil shipments by train depends on proving to the public that it can be done safely, the head of BNSF Railway Co. said Wednesday. Full story: Daily Journal
May 22, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, May 21, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. regulators need more data from the energy sector about oil train cargoes, a senior Department of Transportation official said on Wednesday, as officials work on how to move such freight more safely by rail after...
May 21, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, May 19, 2014) CALGARY, Alberta — Railway operators and the petroleum industry have weighed in on how they think the risks of shipping dangerous goods by rail ought to be divvied up — and it’s clear the two aren’t on the same...
May 21, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, May 20, 2014) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — In the wake of fiery derailments in Canada and North Dakota, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday signed into law a measure requiring railroad and oil pipeline companies operating in the state to help pay...
