Transportation officials issue oil train safety measures
There have been a series of fiery oil train explosions in the U.S. and Canada in recent years, including one just across the border in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, that killed 47 people.
View ArticleInvestigators release records of fiery North Dakota derailment
Federal investigators said in the documents that a broken train axle found after the derailment might have been prevented if BNSF railroad had inspected it more carefully and found a pre-existing flaw.
View ArticleCrude train derailment prompts evacuation of North Dakota town
No injuries were reported in the accident, which happened near Heimdal, about 115 miles northeast of Bismarck. The residents who left were staying with family and friends, Wells County Emergency...
View ArticleAmid new regulations, Tesoro upgrades its crude rail car fleet
The first round of cars has been completed and will be placed in service once Tesoro receives enough to form a full unit train, the company announced in a statement Monday.
View ArticleBNSF expects crude-by-rail volumes to grow after price rebound
Petroleum traffic on rail lines more than doubled from 2011 to last year, as booming oil production from North Dakota and Canada overwhelmed pipelines and forced shippers to look for alternative...
View ArticleShares for railcar manufacturer plunge on concern oil drop will hurt demand
Railroad companies — Greenbrier’s customers — are struggling with a widening fallout from the global rout in crude prices, which is eroding oil-train shipments faster than forecast.
View ArticleNorth Dakota is seeing fewer passenger and freight rail delays due to...
Rail currently accounts for about half of North Dakota crude oil shipments, down from a high of 75 percent two years ago.
View Article35,000 gallons of oil spills after Montana train derailment
No one was reported injured in the accident Thursday night that temporarily led to the evacuation of some homes and followed recent oil train crashes including a 2013 derailment in Quebec that exploded...
View ArticleRailcar orders show biggest drop since 1980s
Railcar makers including Trinity Industries Inc. and Greenbrier Cos. could be hurt by “a moderating U.S. industrial environment that could restrain freight traffic and new car demand,” an analyst said.
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