NTSB Study: ECP Brakes Out-Perform Other Systems
As part of its ongoing investigation of the derailment of a crude oil unit train in Casselton, North Dakota, today the National Transportation Safety Board produced a Train Braking Simulation Study, which it placed into the investigation docket.
Thousands Evacuated After Freight Train Derails, Catches Fire
A freight train carrying flammable and toxic gas derailed and caught fire in Blount County, Tennessee, on Thursday, prompting the evacuation of more than 5,000 people, fire officials and rail company CSX Corp said.
U.S. Calls for More Oil Train Inspections
Oil train operators must have detailed information on hand about the possible risks of their cargo in case of an accident and perform more thorough checks before moving on the tracks, U.S. transportation officials said on Friday. U.S.
US Railroads Must Answer for Oil Train Mishaps
The rail industry is chiefly responsible for preventing oil train accidents and U.S. regulators must do more to keep trains on the tracks, a leading voice for the energy industry said on Monday. "Any effort to enhance…
Rail Industry Pushes to Ease Oil Train Safety Rules
The U.S. rail industry is pushing the White House to drop a requirement that oil trains adopt an advanced braking system, a cornerstone of a national safety plan that will soon govern shipments of crude across the country.
Cleanup Continues After Derailed CSX Train Spills Oil
A cleanup was continuing in the Kanawha River in West Virginia on Sunday after an oil spill last week following the derailment of a CSX Corp train, though drinking water was not affected, the company and federal officials said.
US Proposes Rule to Prevent Unintended Freight Train Movement
The U.S. Federal Railroad Administration on Tuesday issued a proposed rule to prevent the unintended movement of freight trains, one of several measures taken in the past year to improve safety for the movement of crude oil after a series of accidents.
Free Ethanol Safety Seminar
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and Fore River Transportation Corporation will cohost a free Ethanol Safety Seminar on Aug. 26–27 in the auditorium of South Middle School in Westfield, Mass. There will be a session from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Aug.
Kemp: Next Energy Revolution on Roads & Rails
From modest beginnings in the Barnett shale beneath the city of Fort Worth, unnoticed by most energy analysts, horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing spread across North America and transformed all aspects of the energy landscape in under 10 years.
Dozens of Trains Haul Volatile Bakken Crude Weekly
As many as 44 trains loaded with volatile Bakken crude oil are being sent through the state of New York each week, according to confidential disclosures made by railroads to state emergency responders, and released…
North American Oil Trains Under Scrutiny
Sheriff Craig Apple assured a room of concerned citizens that county emergency crews were prepared to handle an oil-train accident involving three or four tank cars. Firefighters have been training to combat railcar fires with foam…
U.S. Rules Could Settle Tank Car Dispute For Oil-By-Rail Sector
New rules on moving hazardous materials like crude oil on U.S. railroads could settle a dispute between the energy industry and rail companies that boils down to a fraction of an inch of steel in the frame of each tank car. U.S.
US Urges Rail Sector to Agree on Safer Tank Car
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Wednesday asked oil-by-rail leaders to create a tank car fit to carry the kinds of fuel involved in recent fiery derailments even as he dodged lawmaker questions about when such a plan would be ready.
