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 ...

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.

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 ...

A Wisconsin Southern train derailed on Hartford's far northwest side about 9:30 a.m. Monday just west of Independence Avenue. The Hartford Fire Chief Tony Burgard said 19 cars and three engines ...