Three railroad workers were found not guilty by a Canadian court of criminal charges related to the 2013 oil train rail disaster in Lac Megantic, Quebec. Under stormy skies, an oil train approaches a grade crossing in suburban Seattle on...
DG Digest: In a busy week for the agency, PHMSA pre-empts California's new rule governing driver rest break periods
...tank cars in crude oil and condensate service. It accelerates this timeline for unjacketed CPC 1232 tank cars in crude oil service to November 1, 2018, and DOT 111 and unjacketed CPC 1232 tank cars in condensate service to January...
Transport Canada Proposes TDG Changes to Impact Railway Tank Cars/DG Classification
...“DOT 111” tank cars—a type used mainly for the transport of flammable liquids. It was a loaded unit train of such cars carrying petroleum oil operating on the Montreal, Maine, & Atlantic Railroad (a US firm) that derailed and caught...
Dangerous Goods Report | Vol. 3
...ever—along with lots more Dangerous Goods insight. Read on! Download Dangerous Goods Report | Vol. 3 from Labelmaster More must-read articles: Crude Oil by Rail—Beyond the Ugly Headlines The black clouds that dominate newscasts shouldn’t obscure some basic truths...
US Federal Railroad Administration's Emergency Action after Canadian Hazmat Train Derailment
At approximately 1:15 AM EST on July 6th, 2013, a unit freight train of the cross-border operating Montreal, Maine, & Atlantic Railroad (MM&A) loaded with crude oil from the Bakken Shale Formations in North Dakota in the western United States...
US FRA Takes Emergency Action Limiting Some Train Speeds
...Montreal, Maine, & Atlantic Railroad (MM&A) loaded with crude oil from the Bakken Shale Formations in North Dakota in the western United States suffered an as-yet unexplained failure of its automatic and manual braking systems while left unattended and presumably...
Canadian Pacific Railway Continues Court Action on Lac Megantic Train Disaster Settlement
Despite its continuing involvement in the Lac Megantic legal case, Canadian Pacific Railway continues to operate loaded crude oil trains over its system, like this one led by Norfolk Southern’s Pennsylvania Railroad heritage locomotive passing through the Illinois community of...
DG Digest: Transport Canada has published an advisory regarding the upcoming phase-out deadlines for Class 111 tank cars used in flammable liquids service.
A Canadian National Railway oil train passes through Puyallup, Washington on January 29th, 2023. Photo by Nikki Burgess © 1/2023; all rights reserved. A short but “sweet” DG digest this week, with only one item—but this week also includes St....
US Federal Railroad Administration Issues Proposed Rulemaking to Codify Emergency Order 28 of August 2013
...Burgess, used with permission) At approximately 1:15 AM EST on July 6th, 2013, a unit freight train of the cross-border operating Montreal, Maine, & Atlantic Railroad (MM&A) loaded with crude oil from the Bakken Shale Formations in North Dakota in...
New FRA grant program to help state & local governments improve rail safety
...Program (Step Rail), ten million dollars is being made available to local and state governments to address safety issues in their communities that have arisen on account of increased traffic of crude oil or other flammable liquid cargo hauling trains...