January 5, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, January 3, 2018) MONTREAL — After a three-month-long trial, the Crown took just two and a half hours to present its closing arguments in the case against the three men charged in connection with the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster. Full story:...
January 4, 2018 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, January 3, 2018) MONTREAL — Train engineer Thomas Harding played a significant role in the deaths of 47 people in the Lac-Megantic tragedy because he didn’t sufficiently apply the brakes after parking the oil-laden convoy, the Crown...
January 25, 2017 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2017) LOS ANGELES — It took President Obama most of two terms to decide to reject the Keystone XL oil pipeline. His administration wrestled openly for months before concluding that it would look for alternative routes for the...
January 24, 2017 | Headlines, Oil Train, UP
(Source: Associated Press, January 23, 2017) PORTLAND, Ore. — Three groups are seeking to oppose Union Pacific Railroad’s lawsuit involving a proposed rail expansion along the Columbia River Gorge where a crude oil train derailed last June. Full story:...
January 24, 2017 | Headlines, Oil Train, Railroad Security
(Source: Energy Wire, January 24, 2017) NEW YORK — Terrorists and “environmental extremists” fed rail executives’ fears over trains carrying millions of gallons of flammable crude oil, according to confidential filings in 2014. The documents,...
January 23, 2017 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting, January 19, 2017) PORTLAND, Ore. — In the final three months of 2016, railroads hauled 618 million gallons of oil through Washington. That means more than 1,500 rail cars every week hauling flammable crude through the state. Those...
January 18, 2017 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Montreal Gazette, January 18, 2017) LAC-MEGANTIC — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged he will speed up the process to build a bypass track in Lac-Mégantic. Full story: Montreal Gazette
January 18, 2017 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 17, 2017) The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) last week issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) that seeks additional information from industry, the public and state and...
January 13, 2017 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting, January 10, 2017) PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney introduced a bill Tuesday that would increase regulations for railroads carrying crude oil and other hazardous materials through the state. The bill would...
January 13, 2017 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer, January 12, 2017) SEATTLE, Wash. — The Washington State Supreme Court, in a unanimous ruling, has temporarily and possibly permanently derailed plans to locate a rail-fed crude oil export terminal at Hoquiam in Grays Harbor. Full...
