May 13, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg News, May 13, 2014) OTTAWA — Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd. and three of its employees have been charged with criminal negligence in connection with the derailment and explosion of a train in Lac-Megantic last year, Quebec’s...
May 12, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Forum, May 10, 2014) DICKINSON, N.D. — North Dakota’s lone U.S. representative has released a BNSF Railway report that says rail cars carrying grain from North Dakota are almost a month behind schedule. Full story: www.inforum.com
May 12, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: News and Advance, May 9, 2014) LYNCHBURG, Va. — Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Friday he’s forming a new rail safety task force in the wake of last week’s fiery train derailment in Lynchburg. Full story: News and Advance
May 12, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train, UP
(Source: Reuters, May 12, 2014) CHICAGO — U.S. railroad company Union Pacific Corp said on Monday that a rail line on which a train derailed near the town of LaSalle in northern Colorado was back in service. The train, which was heading to an East Coast destination,...
May 12, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The News Tribune, May 11, 2014) BELLINGHAM, Wash. — The administration on Wednesday “advised” shippers and carriers not to carry the oil in the old DOT-111s. It’s strictly voluntary. What Transportation officials should have done is order that the oil be...
May 12, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, May 11, 2014) HOUSTON — Federal inspectors responsible for workplace safety appear not to know which firms and how many firms handle the dangerous task of cleaning the inside of railroad tankers that carry petrochemicals, a Houston Chronicle...
May 9, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Portland Press Herald, May 9, 2014) PORTLAND, Maine — After some initial delays, a partial sale of the bankrupt Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway is scheduled to close next week, according to company officials. Full story: Portland Press...
May 9, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 7, 2014) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Emergency management officials in Wisconsin are growing wary of an increasing number of crude oil tankers traveling on the state’s railroads — trains that federal regulators have deemed unsafe...
May 9, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Oregonian, May 8, 2014) PORTLAND, Ore. — When a CSX oil train derailed and caught fire April 30 in Lynchburg, Virginia, dumping more than 20,000 gallons of crude into the James River, the spill wasn’t controlled for hours. If a similar accident happened...
May 9, 2014 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Richmond Times Dispatch, May 8, 2014) RICHMOND, Va. — If you get in the James River, you don’t have to worry about oil, state officials say. The Virginia Department of Health on Thursday lifted its recommendation that people avoid swimming and paddling in the...
