Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Stories: Train Derailment in Virginia: Water Problems



  • Train carrying crude derails in Virginia, catches on fire

    CBS News-Apr 30, 2014
    Last Updated Apr 30, 2014 4:30 PM EDT ... been at the command post, crude oil is slowly leaking into the James River, reports CBS affiliate WDBJ in Roanoke.
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    Government must do more immediately to prevent oil spills from trains

    Washington Post-3 hours ago
    Fifteen oil cars jumped their tracks, and three tumbled into an embankment of the James River. ... Some of the crude leaked into the river, which supplies drinking ... is that more oil spilled in train accidents last year than in the nearly 40 ... that will slow oil cars down in populated areas and encourage more ...
  • Insane Lynchburg Virginia Train Explosion Caught on Camera

    American Live Wire-Apr 30, 2014
    According to a Lynchburg city official who has been at the command post, crude oil is slowly leaking into the James River, affiliate WDBJ ...
  • VIDEO: A Train Derailed in Virginia and the James River Caught on ...

    RYOT-Apr 30, 2014
    (AP) — Several CSX train cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire ... the James River, with three black tankers ending up in the water and leaking ... of oil trains was heightened last July when runaway oil train derailed and ... “This is just an area in which the federal rulemaking process is too slow to ...
  • Tankers carrying crude oil derail in Virginia

    The Spokesman Review-May 1, 2014
    ... cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire along the James River in ... and leaking some of their contents, becoming the most recent crash ... “This is just an area in which the federal rulemaking process is too slow to ...
  • Oil estimates reduced, but lengthy cleanup, probe ahead

    Roanoke Times-May 2, 2014
    ... a massive fire and spilling gallons of crude oil into the James River. ... Three CSX tankers sink as they leak crude oil into the James River after the train derailed in ... banks of the James River were slowly hauling up the first of three oil ... the fact-gathering phase of the probe may “last anywhere from a few ...
  • Tankers catch fire in Lynchburg, Va., derailment

    Boston Globe-Apr 30, 2014
    ... crude oil derailed and caught fire Wednesday along the James River in ... in the water and leaking some oil, becoming the most recent crash involving oil ... ''This is just an area in which the federal rulemaking process is too slow to ... the U.S. and Canada in the past year involving trains hauling crude oil, ...
  • Tankers Catch Fire In Lynchburg, Va., Train Derailment

    CBS Local-Apr 30, 2014
    Multiple CSX train cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire Wednesday along the James River, with three tankers ending up in the water and leaking ... of oil trains was heightened last July when a runaway oil train derailed ... “This is just an area in which the federal rulemaking process is too slow to ...
  • Tanker cars carrying crude oil derail, catch fire in Virginia city

    Edmonton Journal-Apr 30, 2014
    Several train cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire Wednesday along the James River in Virginia, with three black tankers ending up in the ... of oil trains was heightened last July when runaway oil train derailed ... “This is just an area in which the federal rule making process is too slow to protect ...
  • Tankers carrying oil derail, catch fire in Virginia

    Aiken Standard-Apr 30, 2014
    Multiple CSX train cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire on Wednesday along the James River, with three tankers ending up in the water and leaking some of their contents, becoming the most recent crash ... “This is just an area in which the federal rule-making process is too slow to protect the ...