A train derailment in Canada this month that set ablaze several new-model tank cars carrying crude oil shows the need for tougher rail car standards, Canada’s safety watchdog said on Monday. The Canadian National Railway Co. train, carrying crude and …
The Canadian government did not adequately audit the railroad company at the center of the Lac-Mégantic crude tanker disaster, which last year killed 47 people, an independent federal agency said on Tuesday, as it called for tougher scrutiny of the …
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada on Thursday welcomed proposed U.S. regulations for oil-by-rail tankers, but cautioned of the persistent danger until tank cars built before 2011 stop carrying oil and other flammable liquids. The independent federal agency, which investigates …
