The NTSB highlighted the fact that some of the 17 tank cars carrying hazardous materials that derailed were DOT-111 tank cars that have demonstrated time and again that they are prone to rupturing ...

Morning headlines from Aug. 2, 2024 The fiery North Dakota derailment that burned for days early last month was the latest train crash to involve the flawed tank cars that the National ...

There are 70 cars all together - 15 are on the track. >> It's in its beginning stages, there will be a big yard put in the back with a turntable to move equipment and perhaps run excursions from ...

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), in coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), on March 22 released a safety advisory, which it said was to ...

At the same time, tank car owners, which are not usually the railroad companies themselves, can apply for an alternative inspection plan or special permit to incorporate these new methods into their ...

SEATTLE | Two environmental groups are asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to immediately ban shipments of volatile crude oil in older railroad tank cars, citing recent explosive oil train ...