Oil Train Safety Megathread. Updated July 30, 2023

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4. Links, Late 2014 - April 30, 2015

Last edited Mon Jul 25, 2016, 01:39 PM - Edit history (21)

These don't justify separate threads.

NTSB = National Transportation Safety Board

Senators Propose Fees for Shipping Oil by Rail Car, AP via NYT, April 30, 2015

Department of Energy to examine crude oil volatility, PR, April 30, 2015

One year after Lynchburg train wreck, booming Bakken still fuels concerns, Lynchburg News & Advance, April 30, 2015

FRA freezes on tank car sloshing; DOE oil volatility bombshell drops like a dud, RA, April 29, 2015

USDOT's new actions, emergency order address transport of energy products by rail, PR, April 20, 2015

Feds order speed limits for oil trains, The Hill, April 17, 2015

Regulators Urge Railroads to Make Changes to Improve Oil-Train Safety, Russell Gold and Betsy Morris, WSJ., April 17, 2015

Safety Regulations Issued for Trains Carrying Oil, Jad Mouawad, NYT, April 17, 2015

Safe Transportation of Energy Products (STEP), PHMSA, April 17, 2015

PHMSA Notice 15-7, PHMSA, April 17, 2015

Rep. Payne calls for tighter standards on DOT-111 tank cars, PR, April 17, 2015

Transportation officials issue oil train safety measures, DU, April 17, 2015

Transportation officials issue oil train safety measures, VC, April 17, 2015

FRA Office of Safety Analysis, FRA database, no date

Oil-by-rail critics meet with Inslee policy officials, Vancouver (Washington) Columbian, April 11, 2015

NTSB Issues Urgent Recommendations Calling For Improved Rail Tank Cars to Carry Flammable Liquids Such as Crude Oil and Ethanol, NTSB, April 6, 2015. I'm on a few of their listservs.

North Dakota creates new requirements for oil shipped on trains, AP, via Charleston, WV, Daily Mail, April 1, 2015

Crude oil continues to flow through Maryland amid debate about safety, Baltimore Sun, March 30, 2015

Bakken oil trains roll across Columbus {Ohio}, Columbus Dispatch, March 29, 2015

Tank car builders don’t agree on DOT-111 obsolescence timeline, Railway Age, March 26, 2015

‘Get them off rails now,’ Sen. Cantwell says of some oil tank cars, Olympian, March 25, 2015

API twisting DOE report on crude oil, Railway Age, March 25, 2015

In some Maryland railroad towns, crude oil is an open secret, Baltimore Sun, December 24, 2014

Oil Trains at Junction in North Dakota, WSJ. December 7 (online) or 8 (in print), 2014

Environmental groups stepping up opposition to crude oil shipments in Baltimore, Baltimore Sun, November 11, 2014

The shared role of oilfield safety, Bismarck Tribune, July 28, 2014. Oil transport safety in general. Not just railroads, but pipelines too. [font color=red]Added July 25, 2016[/font]

2 railroads sue Md. to prevent disclosure of crude oil shipments, Baltimore Sun, July 28, 2014

DOT Proposes New Tank Car Standards, Classification Rules & Operational Controls for Crude Oil & Ethanol Transportation, Thompson Hine law firm, July 25, 2014