April 17, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bloomberg Businessweek, April 17, 2014) NEW YORK — The U.S. shale oil boom is putting millions of tons of sand onto North American railroads, enabling carriers to pack trains full instead of hauling just a handful of cars at a time. With the emergence...
April 17, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bangor Daily News, April 17, 2014) (Second of two parts) LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — Eight months ago, the people of Lac-Megantic thought the world was ending. A runaway 72-car train carrying a volatile variety of crude oil derailed and exploded in this...
April 17, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: New York Times, April 15, 2014) NEW YORK — American railroads have long operated under federal laws that shield them from local or state oversight and provide a blanket of secrecy over much of their operations. But now a rapid rise in the number of...
April 16, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Star Herald, April 15, 2014) FORT LARAMIE, Wyo. — A new Goshen County facility will be moving crude oil in new ways. Eighty-Eight Oil LLC (EEOLLC) unveiled its new unit train facility at Fort Laramie, Wyo., during a grand opening ceremony Tuesday....
April 16, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, April 16, 2014) BANGOR, Maine — Railroads carried 4.2 million barrels of crude oil — enough to fill up 267 Olympic-size swimming pools — through Maine last year, up from 25,000 barrels in 2011 and down from...
April 16, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bangor Daily News, April 16, 2014) (The First of Two Parts) BANGOR, Maine — Less than a year ago, a runaway train carrying crude oil derailed in Lac-Megantic, a small Quebec town 10 miles from the Maine border. Full story: Bangor Daily...
April 16, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, April 15, 2014) NEW YORK — California is preparing for an oil boom — brought in on rail cars. There are no pipelines that bring crude oil into California. For decades, the fuel that powers the state’s 32 million vehicles has come from...
April 16, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train, STB
(Source: Bismarck Tribune, April 15, 2014) BISMARCK, N.D. — The U.S. Surface Transportation Board is ordering railroads to report by Friday their plans to make sure fertilizer is delivered to farmers for spring planting, North Dakota’s congressional delegation...
April 15, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, April 15, 2014) PORTLAND, Maine — Creditors who are owed money following a deadly train derailment and Chapter 11 bankruptcy of the railroad have two months to file a claim. Full story: www.seattlepi.com
April 15, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Forum News Service, April 15, 2014) FARGO, N.D. — The slow rail service threatening the livelihood of farmers in the Upper Midwest has gotten better in recent weeks, but at the Forest River Bean Co., the railcars ordered from BNSF or Canadian Pacific...
