March 17, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, March 15, 2014) ALICEVILLE, Ala. — Environmental regulators promised an aggressive cleanup after a tanker train hauling 2.9 million gallons of crude oil derailed and burned in a west Alabama swamp in early November amid a string of...
March 14, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Winona Daily News, March 14, 2014) WINONA, Minn. — The National Transportation Safety Board calls the rail cars now in use an “unacceptable public risk.” The federal transportation department is working on new safety standards for oil tank cars that...
March 14, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Think Progress, March 13, 2014) NEW YORK — Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy issued an executive order Wednesday, imposing a moratorium on the heating of crude oil and expansion of crude by rail transport operations at the Port of Albany on the...
March 14, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Wall Street Journal, March 13, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A major snarl in railroad traffic is ricocheting through the supply chains of businesses across the U.S., causing delays and losses for shippers of goods ranging from coal to sugar. Full story:...
March 14, 2014 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, March 13, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported that U.S. Class I railroads originated 108,590 carloads of crude oil in the fourth quarter of 2013, bringing...
March 13, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: News Journal, March 11, 2014) WILMINGTON, Del. — Panelists fielded questions on topics ranging from oil train hazards to late-night horn blowing Monday, during a legislative forum in Delaware City focused on crude-by-rail traffic bound for the Delaware...
March 13, 2014 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Newsworks, March 12, 2014) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A Philadelphia City Council committee demanded answers from railroad officials about a recent train derailment at a hearing Wednesday. Full story: Newsworks.org
March 13, 2014 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, March 12, 2014) BISMARCK, N.D. — Fort Worth-based BNSF Railway Co. has promised to get caught up on farm commodity rail shipments that are running nearly three weeks behind in North Dakota, the state’s U.S. senators said Wednesday. All...
March 13, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, March 12, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The mayor of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, where 47 people died in a massive inferno following a train derailment last summer, came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to push lawmakers and regulators for rail...
March 13, 2014 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, March 13, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The North Dakota oil boom is creating major headaches for the region’s farmers, as both the oil and grain industries put huge strains on rail service on the Great Plains. Full story: LaCrosse...
