April 24, 2014 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: The Hill, April 23, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) warned in one of her final public appearances that the safety of freight rail trains carrying crude oil has been compromised “far too...
April 24, 2014 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: The Journal News, April 23, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal regulators should use their emergency powers to make moving crude oil and ethanol by rail safer in the foreseeable future, the chairman of the National Transportation Board said Wednesday....
April 24, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Postmedia News, April 23, 2014) OTTAWA — Transport Canada has announced new regulations tightening safety on Canada’s railways, beginning with ordering the 5,000 most dangerous tanker cars off the rails. The new rules also cover speed limits, route...
April 24, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, April 23, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to a deadly train derailment last summer, the Canadian government Wednesday ordered the country’s railroads to phase out tens of thousands of older, puncture-prone tank cars from...
April 24, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, April 24, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Spurred by a series of fiery train crashes, a push by government and industry to make safer tank cars used for shipping crude oil and ethanol has bogged down in squabbling and finger-pointing over...
April 23, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Times Herald-Hecord, April 22, 2014) GOSHEN, N.Y. — Sen. Charles Schumer is urging the federal agency overseeing railroads to make information about hazardous cargo more readily available to emergency responders. Full story:...
April 23, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train, Short Line
(Source: CTV Montreal News, April 23, 2014) MONTREAL — So far more than 3,100 people have filed claims for damages, but lawyers are hoping that number will rise to more than 6,000. Full story: CTV Montreal News
April 23, 2014 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: Star-Tribune, April 22, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tens of thousands of older tanker cars used to haul North Dakota crude oil and Midwestern ethanol run a one-in-four risk of leaking if they derail, railroad officials told the National Transportation...
April 23, 2014 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: Chicago Tribune, April 22, 2014) CHICAGO — The recent spate of accidents in the U.S. and Canada involving trains carrying crude oil demonstrates that “far too often, safety has been compromised,” the head of the top U.S. transportation safety agency...
April 23, 2014 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: Toledo Blade, April 22, 2014) TOLEDO, Ohio — The public-safety benefit from routing trains hauling crude oil or ethanol to avoid heavily populated areas could be offset by the higher risk of derailments on lesser-used tracks, a panelist at a National...
