Calls for Safety Upgrades Follow West Virginia Oil Train Crash
A fiery oil train derailment in West Virginia this week exposes lax safety standards and strengthens the case for tougher U.S. rules governing such shipments, safety advocates said on Tuesday. A...
View ArticleFeds Say Speed Not a Factor in West Virginia Oil Train Crash
Speed doesn’t appear to have been a factor in an oil-train derailment in southern West Virginia, a federal transportation official said Thursday. The CSX train was going 33 mph at the time of the crash...
View ArticleDerailed Train in West Virginia Had Safer Tank Cars
The fiery derailment of a train carrying crude oil in West Virginia earlier this month is one of three in the past year involving tank cars that already meet a higher safety standard than what federal...
View ArticleTransport Company Updates Public on West Virginia Oil Train Crash Cleanup
CSX is continuing to closely monitor the environmental impact of a fiery oil-train derailment in southern West Virginia, a spokeswoman said last week. The company held a public informational meeting...
View ArticleWest Virginia Residents Sue CSX Over Train Derailment
A lawsuit has been filed against CSX Corp. on behalf of southern West Virginia residents living near the site of a fiery oil train derailment. Charleston attorney P. Rodney Jackson said that the...
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