Sentences with phrase «tanker cars»
The phrase "tanker cars" refers to train cars that are specifically designed to transport large quantities of liquids or gases, such as oil, gas, or chemicals. Full definition
«Governor Cuomo and the affected counties in the Adirondacks oppose the storage of these oil tanker cars in the Park, and you should too.»
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In an appearance in Warren County, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that he is «100 percent» opposed to the storage of tanker cars on railroad tracks in the Adirondacks.
State and federal inspectors have completed a second round of safety checks of train tracks and oil tanker cars in an effort to prevent derailments and spills of volatile crude from North Dakota's Bakken region.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he is «100 percent» opposed to the storage of tanker cars on railroad tracks in the Adirondacks.
One of the largest accidental releases of oil in Alberta's history isn't a burst pipeline and it doesn't involve a train of tanker cars derailing into a river.
The first wave of rail tanker cars began arriving in the Adirondack Park last week.
CFACT Senior Policy Analyst Paul Driessen laments the long, arduous battle to open the Keystone XL pipeline — an action that would eliminate the need for 1,225 railroad tanker cars per day (450,000 per year) or 3,500 semi-trailer tanker trucks daily (1,275,000 annually) that currently transport oil to refineries, saving lives and costs and creating jobs in rural America.
Other tanker cars continue moving south or north to refineries.
«I appreciate Gov. Cuomo's efforts for helping to end the ill - advised plans to store tanker cars in the Adirondacks,» McNally told The Sun.
However, after the disaster in Lac Megantic, which has been followed by four other explosions and derailments in recent months, it's become clear that moving massive amounts of oil by tanker car is hardly the panacea that some in the energy industry have hoped.
In July of 2013, tanker cars transporting crude oil from the Bakken shale fields derailed in the small town of Lac Megantic, Quebec, killing 47 people and leveling several blocks.
Paul Mitchell has big plans for the former titanium and iron mines in the hamlet of Tahawus, and it could end the controversy over the storage of old tanker cars on the rail line to the mines.
Iowa Pacific Holdings wants to charge fees to store hundreds of outdated tanker cars to subsidize its money - losing Saratoga and North Creek Railway.
«Please direct your company to remove all of the oil tankers from the Adirondack Park and abandon plans to store more tanker cars here,» said the Adirondack Council's letter to Buffett.
In a petition filed with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, AG Eric Schneiderman sought reduced limits on the vapor pressure of oil shipped in tanker cars from the Bakken hydrofrack fields of North Dakota to coastal refineries.
The 57 tanker cars inside exploded, igniting a fire that lasted 34 hours.
Federal statistics show more than 672,000 oil tanker cars traveled across the country through the first 10 months of last year.
December 2013, West Nyack A train carrying empty oil tanker cars collided with a truck at an at - grade crossing in West Nyack, Rockland County.
Some 25 more out - of - service oil tanker railcars were brought through North River, alongside the Hudson River in the Town of Johnsburg, Warren County en route to little used railroad track in Essex County Monday evening — the second shipment of out - of - service oil tanker cars delivered to the Adirondack Park.
The Saratoga and North Creek Railroad has brought the first tanker cars it plans to park on a siding in the Adirondacks.
After close examination of the three leaking tanker cars, that estimate was lowered Thursday, March 28, to something less than 15,000 gallons.
Three tanker cars carrying crude oil that derailed were leaking oil.
Based on our selection of resume examples for Truck Loader, essential job duties are operating tanker cars, connecting cables, following car placement instructions, operating loading and unloading equipment, monitoring product movement, and recording operating data.
«A total of 14 tanker cars derailed.
Marbue: Mash is delivered in various containers, including tanker truck, rail tanker cars, 55 - gallon drums (plastic or composite), and totes — wooden crates with a plastic lining.
Environmental groups are asking the Cuomo administration to stop a short line railroad from storing contaminated oil tanker cars on unused tracks near the Adirondack High Peaks.
The pipeline would replace 700 railroad tanker cars or 2,000 semi-trailer highway tanker trucks per day.
It revisited a two - year - old plan to store surplus oil tanker cars on its tracks in the Adirondacks.
The senator visited the Colonial City again last week to warn of potential disaster if any of the hundreds of tanker cars that roll through town every day should derail.
Train tracks and tanker cars weren't built to accommodate trains carrying loads of heavy crude oil, making the trains more likely to derail.
Last week, the state Department of Environmental Conservation and Adirondack Park Agency had expressed concerns about the environmental impact of the tanker cars and pledged to look into «all legal and regulatory options to ensure the environment and the public are protected.»
The Glens Falls Post-Star reports that Cuomo, when asked about the tanker cars at a news conference, described them as «unsightly, out of character with the Adirondacks.»
«We believe your agencies are not without jurisdiction and that you have other options too, so that the storage of these tanker cars in the heart of the Adirondack Park can be immediately terminated,» the letter states.
Continuing his efforts to make sure that «oil trains» passing through Buffalo and other New York communities do not derail and explode, US Sen. Chuck Schumer called on the federal government to require the oil in those tanker cars be made less volatile before it is shipped.
A tanker car that partially derailed spilled 2,100 gallons of diesel fuel at the CSX rail yard, Selkirk Fire Chief Joe Michaniw said.
According to Deputy County Fire Coordinator Kevin Whitney, 8 cars have come off the tracks with a tanker car and a box car flipping over.
With more oil being shipped via train from the Bakken region in North Dakota and adjacent Canada to the East Coast, and more accidents involving those tanker cars, safety concerns have been growing.
PHMSA continues to advance a rulemaking addressing the integrity of DOT Specification 111 tanker cars and the safe shipment by rail of flammable materials such as crude oil.
So I rode my bike over to one of the rail yards and checked out all the tanker cars filled with various chemicals.
The Railroad has ordered equipment to the site that will use steam to heat the 14 derailed tanker cars so the oil they contain can be pumped into other tanker cars.