Repost from rabble.ca Newly elected mayor of Toronto says he wants oil trains out of his city By Roger Annis | December 6, 2014 The Toronto Star has a front page story on Dec. 5 saying newly elected mayor John Tory wants trains carrying oil and other dangerous cargos through his city to be rerouted … Continue reading Newly elected mayor of Toronto says he wants oil trains out of his city
Repost from The Wall Street Journal [Editor: A good summary of recent history and market players in the emergence and future of crude by rail. Interesting quote: “…if all the railcars loaded with crude on one day were hitched to a single locomotive, the resulting train would be about 29 miles long.” – RS] Dangers Aside, Railways … Continue reading Wall Street Journal: Dangers Aside, Railways Reshape Crude Market
Repost from The Poughkeepsie Journal [Editor: Commentary received in an email from Dr. Fred Millar – “Reporter John Ferro in Poughkeepsie has relentlessly dug up the almost always hidden ‘after action’ documents from agencies which participate in emergency drills. The reports are supposed to show gaps in preparedness revealed by the drills, but are … Continue reading ‘Flawed’ oil spill drill offers lessons to state, feds
Repost from The Republic, of Columbus, Indiana [Editor – see also yesterday’s posting of a derailment near Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada. – RS] Crews work to clean up after 6 cars of a 100-car oil crude train derails northwest of Denver THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | May 09, 2014 Crews work to clean up several train cars that … Continue reading Second derailment of a crude oil train in two days: this one near Denver