March 10, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 9, 2016) Paradigm Energy Partners LLC announced yesterday that its Paradigm Midstream Services-ND LLC has finalized an agreement with a private company to construct a new gathering system for crude oil in North Dakota. Full...
March 10, 2016 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Dickinson Press, March 9, 2016) BISMARCK, N.D. — The first track inspector hired by North Dakota regulators for a new rail safety program created in the wake of two fiery oil train derailments has earned his federal certification while finding more than 400...
March 8, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, March 7, 2016) SUDBURY — A year ago today, a train pulling oil tankers burst into flames near the small northern Ontario town of Gogama — and most of the questions around what caused the derailment, and how much the oil spill damaged the...
March 8, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Globe and Mail, March 8, 2016) TORONTO — The government’s plans to address rail safety in the upcoming federal budget are coming under heightened scrutiny amid new revelations about the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, which killed 47 people in 2013, but could...
March 7, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 5, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — When a train derailed alongside the Mississippi River in southeastern Minnesota on Jan. 26, U.S. Rep. Tim Walz said it took 12 hours to find out the exact contents of six tanker cars that fell into...
March 7, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Calgary Herald, March 2, 2016) CALGARY, Alberta — Delays in Canadian pipeline approvals make it more likely that a decision will be made to double a 120,000-barrel-per-day crude-by-rail loading facility as early as next year, the chief executive of Gibson...
March 7, 2016 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Globe and Mail, March 7, 2016) TORONTO — Nearly three years after the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, new information shows the tragic explosion that killed 47 people could have been avoided by a simple 10-second safety procedure that Transport Canada did not...
March 4, 2016 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Television station KWQC, March 4, 2016) GALENA, Ill. — One year after 21 train cars derailed south of Galena, Illinois and 12 caught fire, Galena city officials say their plan ran smoothly. Full story: www.kwqc.com
March 4, 2016 | Headlines, NTSB, Oil Train
(Source: Lynchburg News & Advance, March 2, 2016) LYNCHBURG, Va. — The derailment of a train carrying highly volatile crude oil in downtown Lynchburg two years ago would not have occurred if CSX Transportation had time to carry out the recommendations of a...
March 1, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Times-Herald, February 29, 2016) BENICIA, Calif. — Valero Benicia Refinery filed letter of appeal for its Crude-by-Rail project on the last day of the appeal period Monday. Full story: Times-Herald
