March 31, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, March 31, 2014) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Since at least last September, trains carrying tank cars filled with crude oil have rolled into the the former McClellan Air Force base. Workers have transferred the oil, including some...
March 31, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: PublicSource, March 29, 2014) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — DOT-111s were designed in the early 1960s and originally used to haul nonhazardous materials such as corn syrup. Now, they are the worker bees for the glut of crude oil and ethanol being transported across...
March 31, 2014 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, March 28, 2014) BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. transportation officials rebuked the oil industry Friday for not giving up information regulators say they need to gauge the danger of moving crude by rail, after several accidents highlighted the...
March 28, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, March 28, 2014) OMAHA, Neb. — Rail network delays have cut into ethanol shipments, raising the price of the fuel in recent days to highs not seen in almost three years. Full story: Omaha World-Herald
March 28, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Albany Times-Union, March 27, 2014) ALBANY, N.Y. — Three Capital Region rail yards were the latest targets in an ongoing “inspection blitz” touted Thursday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that aims to reduce risks of potential derailments and...
March 28, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Oregonian, March 27, 2014) PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon’s top environmental regulator proposed a $117,292 fine Thursday for an oil train terminal near Clatskanie, saying it committed a serious violation of state law by moving far more crude oil than it...
March 27, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Think Progress, March 26, 2014) NEW YORK — A company’s plan to send massive trains of crude oil through about about a dozen heavily populated California communities is starting to hit some roadblocks. Full story: Think Progress
March 27, 2014 | CN, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, March 25, 2014) OTTAWA — Canadian National Railway Co said on Tuesday will phase out its fleet of 183 older DOT-111 tank rail cars over the next four years as part of a safety improvement plan. Full story: CBC News
March 27, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, March 25, 2014) ORLANDO, Fla. — BNSF Railway said on Tuesday that production could start in January on the first batch of 5,000 next-generation tank cars designed to carry crude oil more safely, earlier than expected in an industry grappling...
March 27, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Argus Leader, March 26, 2014) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Bumper corn, soybean and wheat crops last year, expansion of North Dakota’s Bakken oil field, and a long, cold winter that affected the size and speed of the trains railroads could operate have joined to...
