Thursday, January 02, 2014

Derailing Revives Calls to Change How Trains Haul Crude Oil

A train derailed and caught fire west of Casselton, N.D., Monday, Dec. 30, 2013. (Credit: AP Photo/Ken Pawluk) Click to enlarge.
A fiery oil train crash in North Dakota is once again raising questions about the safety of transporting oil by rail.  With an oil drilling boom underway, companies are using rail cars to transport a lot more crude out of North Dakota.  Regulators are considering new requirements to make sure tanker cars and the rails they travel on are safe.

 Derailing Revives Calls to Change How Trains Haul Crude Oil
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