ONE DAY IN THE NEWS – CRUDE OIL TRAIN DERAILMENTS
Spate of derailments deepens fears of oil train disasters
Longview News-Journal
Four trains hauling crude oil have derailed in the U.S. and Canada since mid-February, rupturing tank cars, spilling their contents, polluting waterways …
Train derailments raise concerns about volatility of Alberta crude – The Globe and Mail
Spate of derailments deepens fear of oil train disaster – Tulsa World
Bee in Turlock: Council hears about crude oil train safety – Modesto Bee
Canada to propose tougher oil tank standards after a string of crashes
CTV News
A U.S. Transportation Department analysis predicts that trains hauling crude oil or ethanol will derail an average of 10 times a year over the next two …
Transport Canada proposes new tank-car standards after fiery derailments – The Globe and Mail
Canada to propose tougher oil tank standards after a string of derailments – Minneapolis Star Tribune
Trains Carrying Crude in Canada to Face Tougher Safety Standards – Bloomberg
RPT-UPDATE 1-Rail industry pushes White House to ease oil train safety rules
Reuters
More than a dozen industry representatives made their case at the Washington meeting last Friday, a day after a crude oil train derailed in Illinois.
Barrage Of Lobbying On New Oil Train Rules – OilPrice.com
Gogama derailment: Fix tracks or slow trains down, union says
CBC.ca
As the investigation continues in Gogama to find out why 38 CN tanker cars carrying Alberta crude oil jumped the tracks on Saturday, the bypass built …
Canada’s rail safety standards a failure, NDP says – NorthernLife.ca
TSB Investigators able to get close to train wreck – Timmins Times
Call mounts for tougher US crude-by-rail rules
Argus Media
Three explosive derailments have happened in the last month; two in Ontario and one in Illinois. All involved crude oil. Questions are also rising over …
Galena marks latest in series of explosive railway accidents
The Rock River Times
A Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train carrying crude oil derailed near the confluence of the Galena River and the Mississippi last Thursday …
Rising rivers next challenge in derailment cleanup – Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Gogama train derailment highlights treaty infringement, chief says
CBC.ca
The third train derailment in less than a month in northern Ontario … “When we talk about the transporting of dangerous goods, like crude oil, through …
Mary-Jane Bennett: Federal regulators need to recognize the danger in transporting Alberta crude oil – Financial Post
Transport Minister wants CN Rail to testify in Parliament – CanadianManufacturing.com
Town Board Urges Action to Prevent ‘Bomb’ Train Accidents on Hudson
Philipstown.info
Citing the “explosive and … corrosive” nature of crude oil transported by trains … Both accidents set off conflagrations, and the Canadian derailment …
Rail Safety Must be a Top Priority
Lynchburg News and Advance
Twenty months ago on July 6, 2013, a runaway train carrying tanker cars filled with highly flammable Bakken crude oil derailed in the tiny Canadian …
Train derailments raise concerns about volatility of Alberta crude
The Globe and Mail
Bakken crude is widely believed to be more volatile than conventional oil and operators in … At least six trains carrying Bakken crude have derailed and caught fire since the 2013 accident in Lac-Mégantic, which killed 47 people.
Turlock city leaders concerned about safety of crude oil trains – KCRA Sacramento
Bee in Turlock: Council hears about crude oil train safety – Modesto Bee
Oil trains reroute through county after West Virginia wreck – Chesterfield Observer (subscription)
PHMSA updates train derailment investigations
The Bakken magazine
In mid-February, a train carrying Bakken crude oil derailed in West Virginia, and in early March, another train carrying oil from western North Dakota …
Harrisburg City Council wants legislation to prevent crude oil accidents
FOX43.com
Those trains carrying crude oil from North Dakota’s Bakken Oil fields often travel … Trains carrying Bakken crude oil are often referred to as bomb trains. … of the fireballs and explosions coming from the trains that have derailed.
Durbin, Bustos urge completion of tougher rail tank car standards
Chicago Sun-Times
Of the 105 total cars on the BNSF train, 103 were loaded with Bakken crude and headed for Chicago at the time of Thursday’s derailment, Bustos said. … Last month, a train hauling crude oil derailed and exploded in West Virginia, …
Galena marks latest in series of explosive railway accidents – The Rock River Times