Rail industry fighting mandate for better brakes on oil trains – Columbus Dispatch
STLtoday.comRail industry fighting mandate for better brakes on oil trainsColumbus DispatchMore than a dozen industry representatives made their case in the Washington meeting on Friday, a day after a crude-oil train derailed in Illinois. Reuters repor…
Spate of derailments deepens fear of oil train disaster – Tulsa World
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Spate of derailments deepens fear of oil train disaster
Tulsa World The recent spate of accidents began Feb. 14 when a … Thursday, 21 cars of a 105-car Burlington Northern-Santa Fe train hauling oil from the Bakken region of North Dakota derailed outside Galena, Illinois, in the state’s northwest corner. On Saturday … Spate of oil train derailments in US, Canada raises safety concernsJournal Standard |
Oil train fires reveal problematic safety culture: Kemp – Reuters
Toronto StarOil train fires reveal problematic safety culture: KempReutersThe latest fiery derailments occurred in northern Illinois involving a train operated by BNSF and northern Ontario involving a train operated by Canadian National Railway. They c…
Harrisburg City Council wants legislation to prevent crude oil accidents – FOX43.com
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Harrisburg City Council wants legislation to prevent crude oil accidents
FOX43.com Those trains carrying crude oil from North Dakota’s Bakken Oil fields often travel through some of the most heavily populated areas of Harrisburg. City leaders want to prevent accidents like what happened in West Virginia, and Illinois, from happening … |
Warner Robins police offer motorcycle safety class to help save lives – Macon Telegraph (blog)
Macon Telegraph (blog)Warner Robins police offer motorcycle safety class to help save livesMacon Telegraph (blog)… over the weekend. Across the state and nation, motorcycle crash fatalities are down but still disproportionately higher than other dead…
Derailments deepen fear of oil train disaster – Daily Record (subscription)
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Derailments deepen fear of oil train disaster
Daily Record (subscription) … Illinois, a town of about 3,000 in the state’s northwest corner. On Saturday, a 94-car Canadian National Railway crude oil train derailed about 3 miles outside the Northern Ontario town of Gogama and destroyed a bridge. The accident was only 23 … Spate of derailments deepens fear of oil train disasterTulsa World |
Can the red light cameras be saved? (Should they?) – Chicago Tribune
Chicago TribuneCan the red light cameras be saved? (Should they?)Chicago TribuneThat echoed a report by city Inspector General Joe Ferguson, who said the Chicago Department of Transportation failed to provide evidence that the cameras were installed at…
Rail industry pushes White House to ease oil train safety rules – Reuters
STLtoday.comRail industry pushes White House to ease oil train safety rulesReutersMore than a dozen industry representatives made their case at the Washington meeting last Friday, a day after a crude oil train derailed in Illinois. Reuters reported las…
Man killed in skiing accident remembered as dedicated, caring – WMUR Manchester
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Man killed in skiing accident remembered as dedicated, caring
WMUR Manchester YESTERDAY THE 34-YEAR-OLD DIED IN A SKIING ACCIDENT ON WILDCAT MOUNTAIN. HE WAS A KIND, SMILING GUY, CARING. CARED ABOUT HIS WORK, CARED ABOUT THE PEOPLE HE WORKED WITH, AND THAT’S WHY IT’S SUCH A HARD … Man killed in skiing accident remembered by co-workersWCVB Boston |
Illinois lawmakers target cleanliness at fast food play areas – Quad City Times
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Illinois lawmakers target cleanliness at fast food play areas
Quad City Times You also have kids in diapers and who are newly potty-trained and prone to accidents having an awful lot of accidents on the equipment and then crawling on it and eating afterwards,” said state Rep. Michelle Mussman, D-Schaumburg. The measure, which … |
