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UK's GBRf to provide train drivers and traction for Caledonian Sleeper franchise
2015-02-19 01:00:00| Railway Technology
The UK's GB Railfreight (GBRf) has signed a 15-year contract with Serco to provide train drivers and traction for its Caledonian Sleeper franchise.
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Water Treatment Plants Scramble After Train Carrying Crude Oil Explodes
2015-02-18 09:54:49| oilandgasonline Home Page
A CSX-owned train carrying millions of pounds of crude oil derailed and exploded Monday afternoon in West Virginia, leaking its contents near the Kanawha River, a drinking water source for two counties.
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Local fire departments discuss oil train disaster preparedness
2015-02-18 08:14:07| Railroads - Topix.net
The commercial railroad industry is a huge part of the Inland Northwest, but as big of a role as it is in the economy, there are obvious concerns about potential disasters involving trains carrying Bakken crude oil and other hazardous materials. If one of those disasters were to occur, firefighters say there would need to be a response much greater than what Spokane could provide.
Derailed oil train burns for second day in the US
2015-02-17 23:53:32| Railroads - Topix.net
A train hauling crude has derailed in West Virginia in the US, setting at least two cars ablaze and forcing the evacuation of two nearby towns. Thick, black smoke is rising for a second day from a 109-car train hauling crude oil that derailed along a snowy West Virginia river in the US.
Oil Train Derailments Renew Questions About Safety
2015-02-17 14:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The derailments this week of two trains carrying crude oil have raised new questions about the adequacy of federal efforts to improve the safety of moving oil on tank cars from new North American wells to distant refineries. A 100-car, southbound CSX train derailed Monday in a West Virginia river valley, destroying a home and possibly contaminating the water supply for downriver residents. A thundering fireball rose hundreds of feet above the community amid an intense winter storm. Back-to-back...
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