Hazmat crews were still on the scene late Monday of a massive freight train derailment in Wisconsin northwest of Milwaukee.

A push for safer oil-by-rail transport has paid more attention to tank car improvements  than the vulnerability of  tracks used to haul a heavy, sloshing cargo of crude.

ALICEVILLE, Alabama (Reuters) – Several oil tank cars that burst into flames after a train derailed in rural Alabama were expected to keep burning into Saturday, potentially reigniting the pu… ...

Two same-day derailments of crude oil trains in Canada and a third in West Virginia two days later illustrate the strengths and limitations of the newest general-purpose tank cars plying North ...

WASHINGTON — The oil and railroad industries are urging federal regulators to allow them as long as seven years to upgrade existing tank cars that transport highly volatile crude oil, a top oil ...

Each tank car carries about 682 barrels of oil, worth about $33,000. A used tank car may be worth as little as $30,000, based on rail equipment broker websites.

The federal government’s proposed timeline for taking older rail tank cars out of crude oil service could cost consumers $45.2 billion, the American Petroleum Institute (API) said.

Gas prices may rise by about 8 cents a gallon this week, one commentator predicts, while higher diesel prices would mean even ...

The federal government predicts that trains hauling crude oil or ethanol will derail an average of 10 times a year over the next two decades, causing more than $4 billion in damage and possibly ...

The president of the Railway Supply Institute, while describing the DOT-111 tank car as "a very safe vehicle," nevertheless is urging federal regulators to support the institute's recommendations ...

Nov. 8, 2013: Aliceville, AL – Twenty-six crude oil tank cars on an Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway train derail in rural area. Fire erupts and an undetermined amount of crude leaks into wetlands area.

Luckily, the three men inside the Capital Region house at the time of the crash were not injured after the dump truck hit the ...