Since this happened in the USA finally, I demand an investigation. In the past several months there have been horrific train derailments in Canada. This is the first in the USA.
All these derailments have involved rail tankers with oil !
It better be the last !
By: Erik Burgess, INFORUM
Published December 30, 2013, 02:51 PM
CASSELTON – At least seven oil train cars (click here) have burst into flames here after a BNSF train carrying crude oil derailed and was then hit by another train.
All these derailments have involved rail tankers with oil !
It better be the last !
By: Erik Burgess, INFORUM
Published December 30, 2013, 02:51 PM
CASSELTON – At least seven oil train cars (click here) have burst into flames here after a BNSF train carrying crude oil derailed and was then hit by another train.
A 106-car long BNSF train carrying crude oil was headed eastbound when it derailed just west of Casselton at about 2:10 p.m., said Amy McBeth, a BNSF spokeswoman.
Then, a fire was started when another train collided with the derailed train, Cass County Sgt. Dean Haaland said. Seven cars carrying oil had exploded as of 3:30 p.m., Haaland said, and crews are now working to separate as many of the remaining oil cars as possible.
McBeth said no crew members reported injuries after the accident. Thick, black smoke could be seen from around 15 miles out-side of town....
October 19, 2013, 8: 13 PM
GAINFORD, ALBERTA Emergency (click here) crews battled a massive fire Saturday after a Canadian National tanker train carrying oil and gas derailed west of Edmonton, Alberta, overnight. No injuries have been reported so far.
Canadian National spokesman Louis-Antoine Paquin said 13 cars - four carrying petroleum crude oil and nine loaded with liquified petroleum gas - came off the tracks around 1 a.m. local time in the hamlet of Gainford, about 50 miles from Edmonton. The entire community of roughly 100 people was evacuated.
Paquin says three cars containing gas were leaking and on fire. Local officials feared there could be an explosion and declared a state of emergency....
It isn't difficult for derailments to occur. The tankers are fairly unstable to begin with because they have baffles inside them to help with the shifting liquid. So, all one needs is a tank car with a little bit of sway and the entire train will be pulled from the rail with it.
If the tankers are filled to their capacity, the sloshing of the liquid inside will be more stable and not cause these accidents. It is my estimation the tank cars were inadequately filled and therefore a hazard waiting to happen. I believe these derailments are intentional.
If one wants to sabotage a train it is relatively simple to do.
Updated 12:46 p.m.
LAC-MEGANTIC, QUEBEC Investigators (click here) looking for the cause of a fiery oil train derailment are zeroing in on whether an earlier blaze on the same train may have set off a chain of events that led to the explosions that killed at least 13 people. Searchers, after days of delay, were examining the charred epicenter looking for what could be dozens of additional victims.
It isn't difficult for derailments to occur. The tankers are fairly unstable to begin with because they have baffles inside them to help with the shifting liquid. So, all one needs is a tank car with a little bit of sway and the entire train will be pulled from the rail with it.
If the tankers are filled to their capacity, the sloshing of the liquid inside will be more stable and not cause these accidents. It is my estimation the tank cars were inadequately filled and therefore a hazard waiting to happen. I believe these derailments are intentional.
If one wants to sabotage a train it is relatively simple to do.
Updated 12:46 p.m.
LAC-MEGANTIC, QUEBEC Investigators (click here) looking for the cause of a fiery oil train derailment are zeroing in on whether an earlier blaze on the same train may have set off a chain of events that led to the explosions that killed at least 13 people. Searchers, after days of delay, were examining the charred epicenter looking for what could be dozens of additional victims.
Nearly 40 people are still missing, not counting the 13 unidentified victims, suggesting the death toll was likely to rise sharply....
There are always reasons for derailments, but, if a fire is the cause; what was it doing on the rails at all? Fire, intense fire, will warp both the rails and the 'rail carriage' of the train cars. So, who is being negligent, because someone is.
The accident in Canada on July 6 was a runaway train. During the Bush administration there was a phenomena of runaway trains in the USA. I can recall at least three. It terrified people. Just thought I'd point that out.
Most of the 73-car train derailed in the center of Lac-Megantic early Saturday, and tank cars full of oil exploded and burned. Quebec provincial authorities have found 20 bodies, and 30 more are missing "and most probably dead, " Quebec Provincial Police Capt. Michel Forget said Wednesday.
(CNN) -- Last month's deadly rail accident (click here) in Canada spurred the top U.S. rail agency to toughen safety standards, specifically for the transport of hazardous materials.
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration issued an emergency order preventing trains on "mainline tracks or siding from moving unintentionally.
The agency made the move after an unmanned, runaway 73-car train slammed into the center of the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic in the early morning of July 6. Tank cars full of oil exploded and burned in the heart of the commercial district. The remains of 42 people were recovered, and five people are reported missing....
The rail services need to be held liable for this derailment. The air is now toxic with burning oil. The people in the region will be effected. It would have been far worse if this was an oil pipeline rupture. The rail service needs to be held responsible for not only health issues causing air pollution, but, also any property damage and/or degradation of property value because of this spill.
There are always reasons for derailments, but, if a fire is the cause; what was it doing on the rails at all? Fire, intense fire, will warp both the rails and the 'rail carriage' of the train cars. So, who is being negligent, because someone is.
The accident in Canada on July 6 was a runaway train. During the Bush administration there was a phenomena of runaway trains in the USA. I can recall at least three. It terrified people. Just thought I'd point that out.
Most of the 73-car train derailed in the center of Lac-Megantic early Saturday, and tank cars full of oil exploded and burned. Quebec provincial authorities have found 20 bodies, and 30 more are missing "and most probably dead, " Quebec Provincial Police Capt. Michel Forget said Wednesday.
updated 12:59 PM EDT, Sat August 3, 2013
(CNN) -- Last month's deadly rail accident (click here) in Canada spurred the top U.S. rail agency to toughen safety standards, specifically for the transport of hazardous materials.
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration issued an emergency order preventing trains on "mainline tracks or siding from moving unintentionally.
The agency made the move after an unmanned, runaway 73-car train slammed into the center of the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic in the early morning of July 6. Tank cars full of oil exploded and burned in the heart of the commercial district. The remains of 42 people were recovered, and five people are reported missing....
The rail services need to be held liable for this derailment. The air is now toxic with burning oil. The people in the region will be effected. It would have been far worse if this was an oil pipeline rupture. The rail service needs to be held responsible for not only health issues causing air pollution, but, also any property damage and/or degradation of property value because of this spill.
