The fiery North Dakota derailment that burned for days early last month was the latest train crash to involve the flawed tank cars that the National Transportation Safety Board has been trying to get ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Wednesday asked oil-by-rail leaders to create a tank car fit to carry the kinds of fuel involved in recent fiery derailments even as he ...

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 ...

An ad hoc committee appointed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will review, per request of Congress, current U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) plans and ...

Union Tank Car Company (UTLX), a leading manufacturer and lessor of rail tank cars, is proud to announce the donation of a rail tank car to support hands-on training for the Chicago Fire Department, ...

The US Department of Transportation has proposed new rules for transporting crude by rail that are designed to lessen the frequency and consequences of train accidents by reducing the speed of trains, ...

Union Tank Car Company (UTLX) on Dec. 2 announced that it has donated a rail tank car to support hands-on training for the Chicago Fire Department, Calumet City Fire Department, and nearby ...

HERMON, Maine (WABI) - Multiple fire departments and Maine DEP responded to reports of rail cars venting in Hermon this morning. Officials say this is supposed to happen on hot days as the contents of ...

Nexxiot’s Asset Intelligence technology will help Chemet’s clients to access the real-time location of equipped railway tank cars. Credit: Nexxiot / PRNewswire. Chemet, which makes stationary and ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Marmon Rail is introducing ProTecht, a proprietary mobile cleaning system that revolutionizes tank car maintenance with safer, more sustainable, and highly efficient on-site ...

BISMARCK -- As oil industry representatives met here Tuesday to discuss the ever changing industry, one thing was clear, there will be new regulations over shipping crude oil by train. After the July ...

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