July 25, 2018 | CN, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, July 25, 2018) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co. will have more overall capacity on its trains in the back half of 2018, and it expects to take on more shipments of crude by rail, Chief Executive Jean-Jacques Ruest said on Tuesday. Full story:...
July 25, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Charleston Gazette-Mail, July 24, 2018) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Three years after a CSX train carrying crude oil from North Dakota to Virginia derailed near the Fayette-Kanawha county line, the federal government has proposed a settlement with the company. CSX...
July 24, 2018 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, July 23, 2018) NEW YORK — U.S. refiners and producers are seeking ways to counter efforts by BNSF Railway Co to limit use of retrofitted oil tank cars following an Iowa derailment last month, Reuters has learned. The crackdown by the country’s...
July 18, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: DeSmog Blog, July 11, 2018) NEW YORK — In the five years since the oil train disaster in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, claimed 47 lives, the world has learned much about the risks that hauling oil by rail poses. One of the clearest lessons is how little has been done...
July 17, 2018 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, July 11, 2018) DOON, Iowa — BNSF Railway says less oil spilled from derailed tanker cars in northwest Iowa last month than originally believed. Full story: www.kcrg.com
July 9, 2018 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Oregonian, July 8, 2018) WEST GLACIER, Mont. — For about 30 miles alongside Glacier National Park, oil and water run together. The Middle Fork of the Flathead River marks Glacier’s southern boundary. On the far bank lies BNSF Railway’s...
July 9, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, July 7, 2018) LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — A commemorative church service was held in Lac-Megantic on Friday to mark the five-year-anniversary of the train derailment that killed 47 people and destroyed part of downtown. Church bells rang out later...
July 3, 2018 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, June 29, 2018) NEW YORK — U.S. shipments of crude oil via rail in April fell by 27,000 barrels per day (bpd) from the previous month to 408,000 bpd, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Full story: BOE...
June 27, 2018 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, June 26, 2018) DOON, Iowa — BNSF Railway says it has reopened a track where 32 tank cars derailed, spilling thousands of gallons of crude oil in northwest Iowa. Full story: www.omaha.com
June 26, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Montreal Gazette opinion column by Bernard D’Arche, June 23, 2018) MONTREAL — Building a city does not consist solely of erecting buildings. That’s the easy part. Building cities requires first and foremost the creation of a culture and mindset: the creation...
