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Perilous cargo: Another oil train disaster revives safety concerns

2015-02-20 07:10:18| Railroads - Topix.net

When a CSX train carrying 3 million gallons of crude oil derailed and some of its tankers exploded in West Virginia on Monday, a safety improvement plan favored by the railroad industry may have gone up in flames with them. By some measures, Monday's crash southeast of Charleston was not as devastating as other recent incidents involving tankers filled with flammable crude oil.

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