May 12, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Government Executive, May 11, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The crude oil train that derailed and burst into flames last week near tiny Heimdal, North Dakota (population: 27), was the latest explosion in a disturbing series across North America. Over at Sightline,...
May 11, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, May 8, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — After touring the site of this week’s oil train derailment and fire in North Dakota Friday, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., said that the volunteer firefighters who responded to the incident were “very...
May 11, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 10, 2015) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — As an oil boom in North Dakota has put more of the volatile commodity on rails headed to refineries for processing, news of derailments concerns public officials. Track defects are the leading cause of...
May 11, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: McClatchy News Service, May 11, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lawmakers and environmental and industry groups criticized the federal government’s new safety measures for oil trains when they were announced earlier this month. Now another group has expressed...
May 11, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, May 8, 2015) BISMARCK, N.D. — BNSF Railway resumed shipments Friday along a track in North Dakota two days after an oil train derailed and caught fire, and cleanup continued on crude that spilled into nearby wetlands. The 109-car train was...
May 11, 2015 | FRA, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Grand Forks Herald, May 8, 2015) HEIMDAL, N.D. — Railroad tracks where an oil train derailed Wednesday in central North Dakota had been inspected by BNSF Railway a day earlier and by the Federal Railroad Administration about three months before the fiery...
May 11, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: www.inforum.com, May 7, 2015) HEIMDAL, N.D. — Wheel fragments found at the scene of a fiery oil train derailment here are “of great interest” to federal officials investigating the cause of the wreck, the lead investigator said Thursday as BNSF Railways...
May 8, 2015 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Albany Times Union, May 4, 2015) ALBANY, N.Y. — Calling new federal rules on oil train safety too weak, Sen. Chuck Schumer on Monday said he is proposing a law to toughen them, starting with phasing out certain kinds of older, less-sturdy oil train tanker...
May 8, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: The Bulletin, May 7, 2015) BEND, Ore. — While national controversy and concern continue after new oil tank car regulations and another fiery wreck in North Dakota, Central Oregon has not had an oil train pass through since winter. Full story: The...
May 8, 2015 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Lincoln Journal Star, May 8, 2015) LINCOLN, Neb. — Just as the Department of Transportation introduced a new regime of rules governing trains of tank cars carrying oil or ethanol, BNSF Railway reduced the number of oil trains traversing Nebraska. Full story:...
