A 2009 report by the National Transportation Safety Board about a Canadian National derailment in Illinois called the design
of those tank cars «inadequate» and found that it «made the cars subject to damage and catastrophic loss of hazardous materials.»
Emergency order requires railroads transporting crude to notify state emergency response commissions; safety advisory urges use
of tank cars with highest integrity
FRA and PHMSA also issued a joint Safety Advisory, Number 2014 - 01, to the rail industry strongly recommending the use
of tank cars with the highest level of integrity in their fleet when transporting Bakken crude oil.
Schumer is calling on the Federal Railway Administration and Department of Transportation to require railroads to stop using or retrofit the standard DOT 111 tank car for moving petroleum products - he says those cars account for 69 percent
of all tank cars.
A 2009 report by the National Transportation Safety Board about a Canadian National derailment in Illinois called the design
of those tank cars «inadequate» and found that it «made the cars subject to damage and catastrophic loss of hazardous materials.»
Since 2011, the rail industry has voluntarily adopted tougher safety standards for all new cars, but with literally only a handful
of tank car - makers in North America and a huge boom in oil - by - rail shipments, demand far outstrips supply.
Not exact matches
A simple rule such as, «always fill the
tank before you return the
car,» is easy to communicate to a big group
of people at once.
As electric
cars become more and more common, and as their batteries can hold more and more energy to allow for a range comparable to that
of a gasoline
car, the main obstacle remains: how to charge the batteries as fast as you can fill in your gas
tank.
Not all electric
cars can be charged at a rate
of 80 miles per charging hour, but even if they could, achieving 400 miles (the equivalent
of an average gasoline
car gas
tank capacity) would take 5 hours
of charging.
Your
car arrives with a full
tank of gas and a concierge who shows you around the
car before sending you on your way.
'' We applaud the Minister
of Transport's direction to eliminate the use
of older
tank cars,» said CEO E. Hunter Harrison in a statement late Wednesday.
Concerns about the safety
of DOT - 111
tank cars date back to the mid-1990s, when the Transportation Safety Board recommended Transport Canada «take immediate action to further reduce the potential for the accidental release
of the most toxic and volatile dangerous goods transported in Class 111A
tank cars.»
Transport Minister Lisa Raitt said about 5,000
of the most dangerous
tank cars will be pulled off the tracks within a month, part
of a series
of measures in response to recommendations by the Transportation Safety Board in the wake
of last summer's deadly derailment and fire in Lac Megantic, Que.
«We will review the full details
of Transport Canada's regulations as soon as they are released and will work closely with both the railroad industry and the government to improve
tank car safety.»
The U.S. - based Railway Supply Institute, whose members build more than 95 per cent
of all North American
tank cars and lease more than 70 per cent, said about 55,000 new
tank cars will have been put in service between 2011 — when the new voluntary safety standards were adopted — and 2015.
The Railway Association
of Canada did not agree to an interview Wednesday but responded with a cautiously worded statement saying «a three - year phase - out for legacy
tank cars marks an important step toward a fleet
of cars that will enhance safety.»
You get the joy
of ordering a luxury
car (or a 525 - horsepower supercar) from your phone or tablet, and it shows up at your doorstep with a full
tank of gas and a smiling Audi representative to personally hand you the keys.
The only excitement would come from the explosions that periodically rock Helen
of Troy's headquarters when the junkyard across the street forgets to empty
cars» gas
tanks before it compacts them.
Nothing I did for the rest
of the trip was nearly as difficult — not hooking up or draining the waste
tanks, not fixing a bad connection on the water hose, not even pulling into a crowded gas station (the thing about having a really big
car towing a really big, shiny trailer is that people tend to see you, and maybe take pity, and certainly get out
of your way)-- and nothing left me with such a giddy glow in the aftermath, even after I learned I'd pulled in a little bit catawampus, and our trailer listed slightly to the left.
There are more than 65,000 DOT - 111A
tank cars of this type on the rails in Canada.
The only outstanding Jews in that field are the Blocks and Max Epstein
of Chicago, the Blocks being largely interested in Inland Steel (see FORTUNE, December, 1935, «Republic Steel»), the No. 7 producer, and Mr. Epstein being Chairman
of the Board
of General American Transportation Corp., which manufactures
tank cars.
Planned investments in loading terminals in Alberta and anticipated deliveries
of specially designed
tank cars could see an incremental 425,000 barrels per day
of heavy oil railed to market by the end
of 2014, it said in a report.
On the other side
of the road however was a much more interesting site: Pripyat's old militia station, which was full
of old vehicles:
Cars, buses, trucks, dredgers, even a small
tank.
It will initially produce methanol and later ethanol — enough each year to fill the
tanks of 400,000
cars using a five per cent ethanol blend.
Moving viscous Canadian oil in
tank cars used to be «more
of a temporary fix» to transportation bottlenecks that earlier this year pushed prices for Western Canada Select to US$ 40 below the West Texas intermediate benchmark, he said.
This order, as amended, designated the number, dimensions, location, and manner
of application for safety appliances on box
cars, hopper
cars, gondola
cars,
tank cars, flat
cars, cabooses, and locomotives.
Anyone who's filled up the
tank of a rental
car while on a motoring holiday in Europe knows just how low Canada's fuel taxes really are by international standards.
I'd just
tanked up my vehicle — I don't yet have an electric
car — with 30 - odd litres
of regular unleaded, near my home here in Vancouver, B.C..
Television images suggested that the surviving
tank cars on the Lac - Mégantic train were
of the older design.
Keith Stewart, a climate and energy campaigner with Greenpeace Canada who has examined the increased use
of oil trains, criticized railways in Canada and the United States for continuing to use older oil
tank cars that he said were found to be unsafe more than 20 years ago.
The Transportation Safety Board
of Canada also recently released a new set
of recommendations, related to its Lac - Megantic investigation, to improve oversight
of dangerous routes and replace aging railway
tank cars.
Department
of Transportation rules imposed last year require companies to use stronger
tank cars that are better able to withstand derailments.
But tens
of thousands
of outdated
tank cars that are prone to split open during accidents remain in use.
The intensity
of the explosions and fires at Lac - Mégantic, he said, came as a «big surprise» to him and other researchers, given that the
tank cars had been carrying crude oil, rather than a more volatile form like gasoline.
While these loans aren't going to
tank the world financial system, lack
of access to credit could hurt automobile manufacturers as their consumer base runs out
of money to pay for new
cars.
I got in my
car, which had a full
tank of gas, and having filled my tires earlier in the week at a gas station (where I bought some gum), I drove to the mall, bought some toys, clothes, music, and other gifts, had a cup
of coffee, stopped at the food court for a bite to eat, then drove home, checked my answering machine, which had a message from the dentist about a checkup, which reminded me I should probably schedule a haircut in a week or two.
A drop
of diesel is seen at the tip
of a nozzle after a fuel station customer fills her
car's
tank in Sint Pieters Leeuw December 5, 2014.
The drivers are the captains
of the
cars, but speed and precision
of their pit crews — leaping over walls, changing tires and filling gas
tanks — is often the difference between winning and loosing.
of sugar in the gas
tank... and
of course, every Sat the
car is towed to the garage with the engine frozen.
True, it was inedible; however, I was able to run my
car for almost a year on one
tank of the result.
«
Of course, by design we have to consider the actual
car situation in theory, but sometimes it is not always the same situation so that is why we had some issues with the oil
tank first.»
He filled eight railway
tank cars with pure artesian drinking water, equipped them with multiple faucets and drinking cups on chains and strung them out along a track
of their own.
There were thousands
of cars and
tanks and soldiers.
Matta mentioned he'd always fill the
tank on his rental
car before returning it to the airport, no matter how early the flight or out
of the way the station.
A couple
of had to make a couple
of changes which made the
car a bit slower than it had been in its Group C heyday, but this was offset by the massive advantage
of being able to run a much bigger fuel
tank than any
of the
cars in the Prototype class.
Keep your bag close to the front door (or in the trunk
of your
car) and make sure your
car has a full
tank of gas during these last few weeks.
It opened their eyes when I explained how much it cost to buy four round - trip plane tickets, and rent a
car for a week, vs. buying a few
tanks of gas to drive the
car we already had.
In case
of transfer to a hospital, know the way to the back - up hospital, be sure your
car's gas
tank is full, and include in the Birth Plan the mother's preferences in case
of transfer (see «Review the Mother's Birth Plan,» page 20).
«Inspections
of crude oil
tank cars and the rail tracks they travel along are essential to maintaining the public safety and protecting all New Yorkers,» Governor Cuomo said.
The company has brought 50 or so
tank cars to the line over the past few weeks and put them in storage in the town
of Minerva, a move that has drawn the ire
of environmental groups and state agencies, which have questioned the legality
of storage there.