Workers use heavy equipment to begin to move one of several train cars which had been hauling crude oil and derailed a week earlier, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, in Custer, Wash. The cause of the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of omaha.com stories. Cancel anytime. OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Proposed new safety standards for rail cars that haul flammable liquids gained support from U.S. railroads ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Bureau of Statistics (BTS) recently released its Progress Towards Safer Rail Tank Cars Transporting Flammable Liquids: 2025 Report, highlighting the ...

In what could be considered an end-run around federal rules governing rail safety, Washington could require that crude oil stored in or unloaded from rail cars in the state be at a vapor pressure less ...

DICKINSON, N.D. -- As regulators and industry debate crude-by-rail safety, one industry-backed study has found Bakken crude fits within safety standards for the rail cars it’s currently transported in ...

DENVER, June 5 (Reuters) - The North Dakota Petroleum Council is set to release a study later this month adding to the number of industry voices concluding that Bakken crude oil is safe to move by ...

When a BNSF freight train carrying six cars of liquefied petroleum gas derailed near Manuelito, New Mexico, in 2024, the resulting fire shut down more than 100 miles of an interstate highway. The ...

DENVER, June 5 (Reuters) - The North Dakota Petroleum Council is set to release a study later this month adding to the number of industry voices concluding that Bakken crude oil is safe to move by ...

(AP) U.S. railroads are supporting new safety standards for rail cars that haul flammable liquids to address flaws that can allow crude oil, ethanol and other substances to leak during accidents. The ...