(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 derailments and internal rail flaws account for the most damaging of them, according to an analysis of government data and academic reports. Those tasked with identifying and fixing track flaws say more needs to be done to improve track inspection, including more frequent checks.
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