November 24, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: PublicSource.org, November 22, 2015) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Philadelphia Energy Solutions, a refinery, is the nation’s largest consumer of fracked oil from North Dakota’s Bakken Shale, which makes Pennsylvania a top destination for oil trains. Full story:...
November 24, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: National Public Radio, November 20, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — The drop in global oil prices means the number of black crude-by-rail tank cars may become less prominent along the state’s rail lines. Philadelphia area refiners have begun to import more crude from...
November 23, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Star Tribune, November 22, 2015) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Freight rail companies have enjoyed a surge in profits in recent years, thanks in part to the Bakken oil boom. But the profits have come with new political peril, as elected officials have taken up the...
November 23, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reading Eagle, November 22, 2015) MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. — A Tri-County environmental advocacy group has asked federal, state and local officials to reroute railroad tracks that carry crude oil near the Limerick Nuclear Generating station to prevent a...
November 19, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Inforum, November 18, 2015) FARGO — A train conductor in the massive oil tanker train derailment and explosion in Casselton about two years ago is suing BNSF Railway, claiming its negligent safety practices left him injured in the wreck Full story:...
November 18, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, November 17, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The train that derailed earlier this month in Wisconsin and spilled 20,000 gallons of ethanol into the Mississippi River didn’t have a sufficient number of cars carrying flammable liquids to meet...
November 17, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 14, 2015) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — While railroads have long carried hazardous materials through congested urban areas, cities are now scrambling to formulate emergency plans and to train firefighters amid the latest safety threat:...
November 17, 2015 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Toronto Star, November 12, 2015) LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — A number of accused have pleaded not guilty to federal charges laid in connection with the 2013 Lac-Megantic train derailment. The accused are all former employees of now-defunct Montreal, Maine and...
November 16, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train, UP
(Source: East Oregonian, November 16, 2015) SALEM, Ore. — The Union Pacific Railroad has given notice that it will increase shipments of Bakken crude oil through the Columbia River Gorge by 3 million gallons or more per month. Full story: East...
November 16, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, November 13, 2015) OTTAWA — Now that the Keystone XL pipeline has been rejected, it’s not a foregone conclusion that much of the 830,000 barrels a day that would have flowed through it will move on trains instead, industry watchers say. Full...
