(Source: Albany Times Union, May 6, 2015)
ALBANY, N.Y. — The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that the railroad industry plans to challenge new federal rules governing oil train safety that were released last Friday. Charles W. “Wick” Moorman, CEO of Norfolk Southern, said a new regulation requiring electronic pneumatic brakes caught the industry by surprise. Moorman’s comments were published on a morning when another oil train derailed and exploded. The 109-car train, operated by Burlington Northern Santa Fe, derailed in Heimdal, N.D. News reports said the town’s 27 residents were evacuated. It wasn’t immediately clear where the train was heading. No injuries were reported.
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