November 21, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Press-Republican, November 20, 2016) PLATTSBURGH — A process has begun to ensure that crude oil shipped by rail is stabilized, which should reduce the risk of fire in the event of a derailment. Full story: Press-Republican
November 17, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Albany Times Union, November 16, 2016) ALBANY, N.Y. — In the waning days of the administration of President Barack Obama, federal regulators will take tentative steps to study stricter flammability standards for crude oil shipped in massive oil trains, U.S....
November 14, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 14, 2016) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — This year will be another disappointing one for freight rail carriers hauling fewer carloads of coal and natural gas drilling supplies through southwestern Pennsylvania. Full story: Pittsburgh...
November 14, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Platts, November 11, 2016) ARLINGTON, Va. — “Maybe we’ll talk about shipping water by rail at the next Railway Age gathering in 2017,” is what several delegates said at the Energy by Rail conference in Arlington, Virginia in October. The crude by rail...
November 8, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Albany Times Union, November 7, 2016) ALBANY, N.Y. — Nearly two dozen state lawmakers are pushing the Obama administration to act on a year-old request by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to tighten federal safety rules on crude oil shipped across the...
November 7, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Sacramento Bee, November 6, 2016) QUINCY, Calif. — State wildlife officials are preparing to respond to what many consider all but inevitable: an oil-train accident in the Feather River Canyon, a 70-mile rail route along a major source of drinking water for...
November 7, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train, UP
(Source: Associated Press, November 5, 2016) SEATTLE — An Oregon county has tentatively denied Union Pacific Railroad’s plan to expand tracks along the Columbia River Gorge where an oil train derailed in June. Full story: Herald and News
November 7, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Houston Chronicle, November 4, 2016) HOUSTON — As some energy companies lose their grip on monopolies and can no longer rely on customers to help finance their survival, one Columbia University researcher says they could learn from the near-disappearance and...
November 2, 2016 | CN, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, November 1, 2016) SUDBURY — After months of lobbying and protesting by people in the small northern Ontario town, CN Rail has agreed to do further clean-up of an oil spill near Gogama. Full story: CBC News
November 2, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, November 1, 2016) LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — The downtown core of Lac-Mégantic, Que., is officially reopen. Residents can now drive, walk or bike through the area for the first time since a deadly train explosion destroyed the town’s core and...
