The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has released a technical report aimed to help improve the puncture resistance of hazardous materials (hazmat) tank cars in the event of an accident or ...

More than 70% of rail tank cars carrying Class 3 flammable liquids meet DOT-117 specifications, according to a newly released BTS report. (USDOT photo) There is a rolling phase-out schedule of tank ...

WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) on Wednesday urged rail tank car owners and hazmat shippers of flammable liquids to stop using tank cars, opens new tab like ...

Richard Sheehan of Cresson looks over the proximity of the noisy venting tank railcars to his Broad Avenue neighborhood home. Six rail cars containing liquefied carbon dioxide, which emit a constant ...

The decision to blow open five tank cars and burn the toxic chemical inside them after a freight train derailed in Eastern Ohio last year wasn’t justified, the head of the National Transportation ...

WASHINGTON, D. C. - A committee-altered version of a rail safety bill that Ohio U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown and JD Vance introduced after a February train derailment in East Palestine Ohio is likely to ...

While some government and industry officials have repeatedly said there’s no silver bullet to improve the safety of oil trains, a persistent problem runs through every new derailment: the tank cars.

The vinyl chloride released that day, combined with all the other chemicals that spilled and caught fire after the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, have left residents with lingering fears about ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Gorzelany is a veteran automotive journalist. Though the COVID-19 pandemic is officially behind us, its battle scars remain in ...