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… ...

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.

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 ...

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

With more crude oil moving across the U.S. by rail, and some fiery accidents drawing attention to its risks, federal regulators on Wednesday proposed new safety standards, including phasing out ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...