August 28, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, August 27, 2015) OTTAWA — New figures compiled by the National Energy Board show a sharp decline in the amount of crude exported by rail so far this year. Nearly 84,000 barrels a day moved south of the border on trains in the second quarter....
August 27, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Grand Forks Herald, August 25, 2015) CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. — Roughly 2,000 soldiers and civilian public safety workers battled a series of simulated catastrophes Tuesday, including building collapses, tornadoes and an oil train derailment. Full story: Grand...
August 27, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Governing.com, August 26, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — When it comes to regulating railroads, states usually let the federal government determine policy. But mounting concerns about the safety of oil trains are making states bolder. In recent months, Oregon,...
August 26, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Minnesota Public Radio, August 25, 2015) MINNEAPOLIS — Some 300,000 Minnesotans live within a half mile of railroad tracks that carry crude oil. But almost none of them have been able to see emergency plans the railroads were required to submit by July 1....
August 26, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Canadian Press, August 24, 2015) OTTAWA — To crude producers hankering for a route to market while pipeline proposals stall, a bevy of crude-by-rail projects planned on the U.S. West Coast may look enticing. But efforts to connect trainloads of crude to...
August 26, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, August 14, 2015) BISMARCK, N.D. — The percentage of North Dakota oil shipped by rail transport has dropped below 50 percent for the first time in several years. North Dakota Pipeline Authority Director Justin Kringstad says rail shipments...
August 25, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Television station WBIR, August 25, 2015) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The cities of Maryville and Alcoa incurred expenses totaling more than $225,000 responding to the July 1 CSX train car fire, with more estimated expenses still to be submitted by Blount County. Full...
August 25, 2015 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, August 21, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Newly released documents show that firefighters responding to an oil train derailment and fire last year in Lynchburg, Va., waited more than two hours for critical details about the train and what...
August 25, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, August 24, 2015) FARGO, N.D. — A civil lawsuit against BNSF by an engineer who was at the helm during a train derailment near Casselton nearly two years ago should be put on hold until it can be determined whether a broken axel was the cause...
August 14, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Albany Times Union, August 13, 2015) ALBANY, N.Y. — As crude oil prices continue to plunge this year, the flow of oil trains coming into the Port of Albany from the oil fields of North Dakota appears to be slowing down a bit. Full story: Albany Times...
