April 29, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Montreal Gazette, April 28, 2014) MONTREAL — Recordings of radio communication between firefighters in Nantes and a 911 dispatcher in St-Georges-de-Beauce offer a glimpse into the fire that caused a freight train to barrel into Lac-Mégantic and kill 47...
April 28, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Missoulian, April 27, 2014) MISSOULA, Mont. — With scrutiny growing about the safety of moving crude oil by rail, Western Montana residents wonder how increased shipments will be kept safe along sensitive places like the border of Glacier National...
April 28, 2014 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, April 28, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — New rules on moving hazardous materials like crude oil on U.S. railroads could settle a dispute between the energy industry and rail companies that boils down to a fraction of an inch of steel in the frame of...
April 28, 2014 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Poughkeepsie Journal, April 26, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx plans to propose comprehensive rules this coming week to deal with safety issues arising from recent deadly accidents involving trains carrying crude oil or...
April 25, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, April 24, 2014) PORTLAND, Ore. — Representatives of Friends of the Columbia Gorge said they met with Union Pacific officials earlier this month and were assured the company was moving only a few cars of oil on the Oregon side of the...
April 25, 2014 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, April 24, 2014) CASSELTON, N.D. — The head of the U.S. Department of Transportation said Thursday during his visit to the site of a fiery oil train derailment in North Dakota that his office plans next week to outline options for...
April 25, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Globe and Mail, April 24, 2014) OTTAWA and TORONTO — Oil producers in Canada and the United States could see their plans for aggressive expansion of crude-by-rail short-circuited if American regulators follow Ottawa’s lead and force the industry to...
April 25, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: New York Times, April 24, 2014) NEW YORK — A day after Canada issued stringent new rules for the transportation of oil by rail, federal regulators in the United States said on Thursday that they would push forward their own tank standards next week,...
April 24, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, April 23, 2014) NEW YORK — Warren Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway , said on Wednesday the company’s BNSF railroad unit probably will not need to expand its rail car purchases as a result of delays in the Keystone pipeline...
April 24, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Oregonian, April 23, 2014) PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Transportation reversed direction Wednesday on a plan to stop asking railroads for annual reports showing where crude oil moves in the state. Full story:...
