Railroads confront crude safety
Railroads that haul volatile crude shipments have reached an agreement with U.S. transportation officials to adopt wide-ranging voluntary safety measures after a string of explosive and deadly accidents.
View ArticleRegulators hike restrictions for oil trains
Regulators ratcheted up restrictions for oil trains in an emergency order on Tuesday, prohibiting rail shipments of crude from being categorized as low-risk materials.
View ArticleOil-sands cargos face tougher US rail-shipping rules
Train shipments of crude are under review across North America after a U.S. emergency order requiring new safety measures to prevent accidents.
View ArticleCrude oil shipments up 83 percent on US railroads
The number of carloads of crude oil U.S. railroads delivered last year surged 83 percent over 2012 as concerns about the shipments grow.
View ArticleCalifornia to see surge in oil brought in by rail
Government regulators predict a surge in U.S. oil production will means a steep increase in the number of trains carrying it to California refineries.
View ArticleFracking sand spurs grain-like silos for rail transport
The sleepy silica sand industry that once mostly supplied glassmakers now ships more than 20 million tons of the material a year. Buyers including Halliburton Co. and Schlumberger Ltd. use the sand in...
View ArticleOregon not well prepared for oil-train catastrophe
Trains moved almost 500 million gallons of crude oil alongside Oregon waterways last year, but no state law requires railroad companies to plan for oil spills or contribute to a regional database that...
View ArticleRailroads seek to limit oil train disclosures despite order in wake of...
Two railroad companies want to prevent the public from getting ahold of details about oil shipments through Washington state, a disclosure the federal government ordered be given to state emergency...
View ArticleNorth Dakota discloses oil train shipment details
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said a pattern of fiery accidents involving trains carrying crude from the Bakken region of North Dakota and Montana had created an "imminent hazard" to public...
View ArticleCrude oil rail shipments set record pace
Rail shipments of crude oil rose to 119,634 carloads in the most recent fiscal quarter, an increase of more than 10 percent over the 106,605 shipments in the comparable period last year, according to...
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