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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The decision to blow open five tank cars and burn the toxic chemical inside them after a freight train derailed in Eastern Ohio last year wasn't justified, the head of the National Transportation ...

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, ...

WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) on Wednesday urged rail tank car owners and hazmat shippers of flammable liquids to stop using tank cars, opens new tab like ...

WASHINGTON, D. C. - A committee-altered version of a rail safety bill that Ohio U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown and JD Vance introduced after a February train derailment in East Palestine Ohio is likely to ...

SEATTLE — Two environmental groups are asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to immediately ban shipments of volatile crude oil in older railroad tank cars, citing recent explosive oil-train ...

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 ...

Richard Sheehan of Cresson looks over the proximity of the noisy venting tank railcars to his Broad Avenue neighborhood home. Six rail cars containing liquefied carbon dioxide, which emit a constant ...

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, ...