Sentences with phrase «railroad tank cars»

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OTTAWA — The police said on Sunday that at least five people had died and 40 were missing after runaway railroad tank cars filled with oil derailed and exploded in a small Quebec town.

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«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 inspection included Buffalo Southern Railroad in Hamburg and rail equipment inspectors examined 18 crude oil tank cars and found three non-critical defects, including end - of - car air hoses inadequate distances from rails and loose side safety rails.

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NEWCOMB — Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve appealed to Governor Andrew Cuomo to take action on a proposal by a private rail company to store hundreds of discarded oil tank cars on railroad tracks in the High Peaks.

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.

Adding new infrastructure at the terminals did not prove daunting; railroads delivered tank cars full of ethanol on time.

«We still have some fires on and near tank cars,» CSX railroad spokeswoman Melanie Cost said, without giving an exact number.

All the tank cars on the 109 - car train were newer models built after 2011 know as CPC 1232, the railroad said, and not the older DOT - 111 cars that have been criticized for being prone to puncture in accidents.

PHMSA and the Federal Railroad Administration have issued several safety advisories related to the safe transport of crude oil by rail, including the recent January 2 Safety Alert and is currently engaged in the ongoing rulemaking to improve the design of the DOT 111 tank car.

Effective immediately, the Emergency Order (Docket Number DOT - OST -2014-0067), requires that each railroad operating trains containing more than 1,000,000 gallons of Bakken crude oil, or approximately 35 tank cars, in a particular state to provide the SERC notification regarding the expected movement of such trains through the counties in that state.

This comprehensive approach includes immediate and long - term steps such as: launching «Operation Classification» in the Bakken region to verify that crude oil is being properly classified; issuing safety advisories, alerts, emergency orders and regulatory updates; conducting special inspections; moving forward with a rulemaking to enhance tank car standards; and reaching agreement with railroad companies on a series of immediate voluntary actions they can take by reducing speeds, increasing inspections, using new brake technology and investing in first responder training.

Emergency order requires railroads transporting crude to notify state emergency response commissions; safety advisory urges use of tank cars with highest integrity

Railroads needed telegraphs, and paved roads needed oil delivery systems so that gasoline would be available to fill empty car tanks.

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Warren Buffett funneled millions through his family foundation to the secretive Tides Foundation to pressure groups campaigning against the Keystone and Sandpiper Pipelines, thereby benefiting his railroad and tank car companies that haul oil.

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd, the country's second - largest railroad, said only one 26,000 - gallon tank car had ruptured, adding it was a mixed freight train.