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 ...

A rail tank car carries about 30,000 gallons (÷ 42 gallons/barrel = about 700 barrels). A train of 100 cars carries about ... terminals to handle loading and unloading is a lot cheaper, 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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rail tank cars being used to ship crude oil from North Dakota's Bakken region are an "unacceptable public risk," and even cars voluntarily upgraded by the industry may not be ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The National Transportation Safety Board’s daylong hearing on a 2023 Ohio train derailment near the Pennsylvania border is giving stakeholders plenty to think about ...