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Posted on 01/08/2014 8:18:36 AM PST by thackney
Oil Boom Keeps Driving Increases In North America Rail Traffic
http://www.ibtimes.com/oil-boom-keeps-driving-increases-north-america-rail-traffic-1408794
The high stakes of oil by rail
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/metro/high+stakes+rail/9125990/story.html
Concern Over Safety Grows as More Oil Rides the Rails
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/03/us/concern-over-safety-grows-as-more-oil-rides-the-rails.html?_r=0
North Dakota oil rail shipments expected to spike
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3101356/posts
How can we go so long without any major derailments, and then suddenly have two huge ones so close together? Feels strange.
The amount of oil moved by rail has doubled in the last few years.
The other derailments don’t tend to make national news without the petroleum.
Derailments happen all the time. The only ones that make the news are the ones that kill people or have the potential to kills hundreds.
These typically mean the train cars have: propane, clorine hydroxide, oil, or some other chemical that goes BOOM, or if you breath it you die.
I am a lumber broker. We have derailments of railcars loaded with lumber, plywood, osb all the time. Typically the railroad cleans it up and it gets resold at some discount to its original price, depending on the damage to the product.
We make a lot of money reselling salvage products. The insurance companies come to us and it goes to a bid. Best offer gets it.
Accidents happen with anything shipped on a truck, boat, railcar. The only ones that make the national news are the ones the can cause harm to life and limb.
Thanks for the information! Would you happen to know what the statistics are for derailments, or help me to know where to look?
I’m interested in derailments per major rail line, derailments as a percent of rail shipped product, etc.
Also, if I wanted to find people who sell salvaged products, how would I go about that, and I’m specifically interested in products salvaged from shipping accidents.
Many thanks!
I am not sure where to look, but I am sure there is some govt. agency that keeps track of that kind of stuff.
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