August 9, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Editorial in the Newark Star-Ledger, August 9, 2016) NEWARK, N.J. — Oil must travel, this much we can all agree on, because if it doesn’t reach the refineries, we couldn’t fuel our transportation system. Full story:...
August 5, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 4, 2016) The volume of crude oil transported by rail plummeted 45 percent during the first five months of 2016 compared with the same period last year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported yesterday. Full...
August 4, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, August 3, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Energy Department on Wednesday confirmed what many trainspotters have observed: Movements of crude oil by rail within the United States for the first five months this year are down 45 percent from...
August 2, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Think Progress, August 1, 2016) VANCOUVER, Wash. — More than a month of hearings over a proposed oil-by-rail terminal in Vancouver, Washington came to an end on Friday with the state’s attorney general dealing a significant blow to the project by calling for...
August 2, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train, Short Line
(Source: Genesee & Wyoming press release, July 20, 2016) MALVERN, Ark. — Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) today announced that beginning this fall, its Arkansas Midland Railroad Company, Inc. (AKMD) subsidiary will offer the first ethanol unit train...
August 1, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: New York Times, July 31, 2016) MOSIER, Ore. — The Chinook salmon that Randy Settler and other Yakama tribal fishermen are pulling from the Columbia River are large and plentiful this summer, part of one of the biggest spawning runs since the 1960s. It is a...
August 1, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Toronto Star, July 29, 2016) TORONTO — Ottawa has done well in fast-tracking the retirement of older, less puncture-resistant, rail cars from the task of hauling crude oil. It’s one less worry for the thousands of Canadians who live near a busy rail line. But...
August 1, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: www.inforum.com, July 30, 2016) FARGO, N.D.—A lawsuit involving a Pennsylvania steel company accused of making a faulty axle that led to a train derailment near Casselton in 2013 has been moved to federal court. Full story:...
July 28, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Globalnews.ca, July 27, 2016) OTTAWA — On March 1, a rail car full of asphalt rolled away from the Co-op Refinery toward downtown Regina – uncontrolled – for about four kilometers. It crossed seven streets before coming to a stop. Full story:...
July 28, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: www.nj.com, July 27, 2016) BERGENFIELD, N.J. — Environmentalists have long tried to stop trains carrying crude oil from passing through Bergen County, fearing what could happen if they crash. But in the past few months, another force has slowed down oil train...
