Rail labor groups and safety advocates ... Waiting for the fire to go out and unloading the damaged tank cars with trucks might have taken weeks. “When you've got 35 or 45 trains sitting and ...

These requirements establish a minimum threshold for rail cars transporting dangerous goods ... produces and sells proprietary tank car service equipment used in the safe loading, unloading and ...

WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) on Wednesday urged rail tank car owners and hazmat shippers of flammable liquids to stop using tank cars, opens new tab ...

Changes in the bill included postponing the date when old tank rail cars that ship hazardous materials would have to be upgraded with newer, safer rail cars. The initial draft of the legislation ...

The president of the Railway Supply Institute, while describing the DOT-111 tank ... tank cars to transport crude. The tank car is the type involved in last summer's Quebec rail disaster that ...

In accordance with the 2015 Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, the BTS released its Fleet Composition of Rail Tank Cars Carrying Class 3 Flammable Liquids: 2022 Report (downloadable ...

Kendleton, Texas. (Google Maps) KENDLETON, Texas – No injuries were reported after three empty tank cars derailed but remained upright in a Southeast Texas rail yard on Monday, the train’s ...

CHICAGO, Ill. (KFVS) - A request by a company for a special permit to ship cryogenic liquefied ethane in rail tank cars is meeting opposition from at least 14 attorneys general. The coalition ...