Tag: Oil Train
Multi-car oil train derails in Oregon, no injuries reported
Oil train derails east of Portland June 3 (Reuters) – A Union Pacific train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire outside Portland, Oregon, on Friday, forcing the closure of an interstate highway and evacuation of a school in the first rail accident involving crude in a year. Union Pacific Corp, which owns the line, said 11 […]
Oil trains: How American cities are preparing for ‘catastrophic derailment’
Most American cities not well prepared in event of oil train derailment, explosion The death of 47 people in the 2013 derailment of an oil train that vaporized most of the downtown of Lac Megantic, Que. has American city officials on high alert. Mile-long trains carrying millions of gallons of crude have become a common […]
Montana oil train derailment: Train at recommended speed before leaving track
Montana oil train derailment under investigation BILLINGS, Mont. – A train that derailed and spilled 35,000 gallons of oil in northeastern Montana was travelling within authorized speed limits, federal officials said Monday as they continued to probe the accident’s cause. The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway train loaded with crude from North Dakota was travelling 44 miles per […]
Senators propose fee on older model oil train cars
Oil train cars fees would go to train first responders, clean spills, relocate rails U.S. senators from six states on Thursday proposed that the government charge companies a special fee to ship oil, ethanol and other flammable liquids in older railroad tank cars that have been involved in fiery explosions. The fee would start at […]
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