BNSF Railway Co. was sued by a trade group for 400 U.S. refining and petrochemical makers objecting to a $1,000 surcharge the rail transporter of crude oil tacked onto older-model tank cars.
Video images of a fireball billowing from the wreckage of a derailed train hauling Bakken crude are adding to pressure on federal regulators to act on new safety standards for oil shipments.
The Obama administration proposed phasing out older tank cars tied to a deadly derailment a year ago and lowering speed limits as part of a set of new rules intended to reduce the risks of hauling crude oil by rail.
The Obama administration proposed phasing out older tank cars tied to a deadly derailment a year ago and lowering speed limits as part of a set of new rules intended to reduce the risks of hauling crude oil by rail.
The U.S. Transportation Department issued an emergency order designed to reduce the risks of transporting crude from North Dakotas booming Bakken region by rail, a week after an oil train derailed and burned in Virginia.
