November 11, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Albany Times Union, November 10, 2015) ALBANY, N.Y. — Five aging railroad bridges in New York — including a bridge over the Normans Kill in Albany County — are part of a nationwide study of aging bridges at risk from the pounding being given by massive oil...
November 11, 2015 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, November 10, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation has rejected several appeals by industry groups to its rule issued in May on the safety of trains carrying large quantities of crude oil and ethanol.
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November 9, 2015 | CP, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, November 9, 2015) MADISON, Wisc. — A Canadian Pacific freight train carrying crude oil by means of Wisconsin derailed on Sunday, knocking thirteen automobiles off the tracks, spilling oil and main 35 houses to be evacuated, within the state’s second...
November 6, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, November 3, 2015) NEW YORK — The boom in the output of oil from North Dakota’s shale has ebbed as producers have begun to cut back in the face of the plunge in prices by nearly 60 percent since the summer of 2014. Full story:...
November 5, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, November 4, 2015) PHILADELHPIA — Pennsylvania’s senior U.S. senator is asking two freight railroad companies to reduce the speed of trains carrying flammable crude oil. Democrat Bob Casey wants CSX and Norfolk Southern to reduce speeds...
November 5, 2015 | AAR Freight Trends, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, November 4, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported weekly U.S. rail traffic, as well as volumes for October 2015 and the first ten months of 2015. Carload traffic in...
November 4, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Dickinson Press, November 3, 2015) CULBERTSON, Mont. — Two July train derailments in eastern Montana, including one that spilled 35,000 gallons of Bakken crude, were caused by tracks that buckled in the heat, according to BNSF Railway Full story: The...
November 2, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: DeSmog Blog, November 1, 2015) NEW YORK — Large oil spills resulting in dangerous fires and explosions that make quick response impossible — and yet response plans are still practically non-existent. It would seem like a recipe for disaster. Full story:...
November 2, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, October 30, 2015) MINNEAPOLIS — Railroads, with the help of mostly Republican legislative allies, handily derailed Gov. Mark Dayton’s ambitious oil-train safety initiative last session — a package that would have assessed the state’s...
October 30, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, October 29, 2015) HELENA — Montana’s oversight of railroad safety falls short at a time when volatile crude oil train traffic from the Bakken region, already high, is only expected to increase, a new audit found. Full story: Great Falls...
