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Canada Orders Speed Limits on Trains After Canadian Pacific Railway Fire

OTTAWA/WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Canada said on Thursday it would impose temporary speed limits on trains hauling dangerous goods after a Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. crude oil train derailed and caught fire. The accident, which happened in the early hours of …

Safety a Focus in Pennsylvania Crude Oil Transport

Millions of gallons of crude oil are passing through western Pennsylvania — up to 75 trains each week on their way to refineries in the East — according to records released by state emergency management officials. A Tribune-Review analysis of …

Oil, Railroad Industries Oppose New Federal Oil Train Safety Rules

Proposed federal rules to make hauling crude oil by rail safer and avoid fiery wrecks would drive up costs and put the U.S. energy revival at risk, the head of an oil industry trade group said today. The American Petroleum …