Rail safety

Challenging the Industrial Narrative
Railroad workers are increasingly rejecting the old “jobs versus environment” story.
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/04/railroad-environment-climate-change-l...

by Trish Kahle

US oil train accidents won't go away any time soon
http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/US-oil-train-ac...
Published 6:41 am, Friday, March 20, 2015

Aging Railway Infrastructure Raises Safety Concerns As Bay Area Readies To Receive Dramatic Increase Of Bakken Crude Oil “It’s a ticking time bomb—it’s just a matter of time,”
Posted on December 29, 2014
by Martinez Environmental Group
KCBS reporter Jeffrey Shaub and producer Giancarlo Rulli investigate the Bay Area’s aging railway bridges that will carry increasing loads of highly volatile Bakken crude oil from North Dakota in this three-part KCBS Cover Story Special.

Rail Engineer's Sleepiness Caused Derailment
http://www.wnyc.org/story/engineers-sleepiness-caused-derailment/?utm_so...
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
By The Associated Press / Kate Hinds

Secrecy of Oil-by-Train Shipments Causes Concern Across the U.S.
Crude-by-Rail Has Jumped in Shale Boom, but Towns en Route Don't Get Data They Need for Safety
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230374990457957786176...
By RUSSELL GOLD and BETSY MORRIS CONNECT
May 22, 2014 7:04 p.m. ET