January 5, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, December 30, 2015) ALBANY, N.Y. — The federal government is giving 19 New York communities located along major rail lines an extra dose of security. Full story: Ohio.com
January 5, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Grand Forks Herald, December 27, 2015) BISMARCK, N.D. — An alternative method for reducing the volatility of Bakken crude will be tested next year as state regulators report a “significant increase” in noncompliance with oil conditioning this winter Full...
January 4, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train, UP
(Source: The Chronicle (Centralia, Washington), January 1, 2016) CENTRALIA, Wash. — Trains operating on Union Pacific Railroad lines through Lewis and Thurston counties could be carrying 1 million gallons of Bakken crude oil weekly, according to a notification issued...
January 4, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Minnesota Public Radio, December 31, 2015) BUFFALO, Minn. — Rich McCumber drives a truck onto a rail crossing and lowers the small steel wheels onto the rails. Then it’s off down the track at about 20 miles per hour, his eyes straight ahead as he talks. Full...
January 4, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Inforum, December 29, 2015) CASSELTON, N.D. — Two years after a fiery oil train derailment here, federal investigators still have not released their final report on what caused it Full story: www.inforum.com
January 4, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: PublicSource, December 31, 2015) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — In 2013, an unmanned train carrying fracked American crude oil ran off the rails in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, incinerating the center of the tiny Canadian town and killing 47 people — most of whom were burnt to...
December 31, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bismarck Tribune, December 30, 2015) BISMARCK, N.D. — Officials say two years after a fiery derailment in the eastern part of the state improvements have been made in rail safety, as well as increased training of first responders, but it’s a work in progress....
December 23, 2015 | CP, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, December 22, 2015) NEW YORK — A $330.46 million (C$460 million) settlement fund for victims of the 2013 Lac-Megantic crude-by-rail disaster will begin disbursements this week without the participation of Canadian Pacific Railway, the monitor involved...
December 22, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Columbus Dispatch, December 20, 2015) MOUNT CARBON, W.Va. — Track defects caused fiery crude-oil derailments that forced 1,100 people from their homes in this Appalachian village this year and killed 47 people in a Canadian town in 2013. Full story: Columbus...
December 18, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Bergen Record, December 17, 2015) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — Owners or operators of trains carrying crude oil or other hazardous materials through New Jersey would have to file special cleanup plans to address spills and provide training for local emergency...
