derailment

2013 is ending with yet another major rail accident involving oil. Authorities in eastern North Dakota are urging residents in the town of Casselton to evacuate – following Monday's derailment of a mile-long BNSF train, carrying more than 100 cars of crude oil. BNSF is a subsidiary of Warren...

In the wake of two major train derailments and explosions involving tank cars carrying crude oil from North Dakota, the nation's railroad trade groups are calling on federal safety regulators to require all tank cars used in the rail transport of flammable liquids to be either retrofitted to more...