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Train carrying crude oil derails in Canada
Fuel Fix ^ | March 7, 2015 | Associated Press

Posted on 03/08/2015 1:27:15 PM PDT by thackney

A CN Rail train carrying crude oil derailed early Saturday in northern Ontario, causing numerous tank cars to catch fire and spill into a local river system, officials said.

It was the third CN oil train derailment in northern Ontario in less than a month, and the second in the same area, renewing concerns about the safety of shipping crude oil by train and further suggesting that new safety requirements for tank cars carrying flammable liquids are inadequate. CN said the cars had been retrofitted with protective shields to meet a higher safety standard known as the 1232.

The new standard was enacted in Canada after a fiery derailment of a Montreal, Maine & Atlantic oil train derailment in July 2013 in the center of Lac-Megantic, Quebec , killed 47 people, but oil trains meeting the new standard continue to derail and catch fire throughout North America.

Ontario Provincial Police said no injuries were reported in the derailment that occurred at about 2:45 a.m. about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) southwest of Gogama, Ontario, which is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Timmins.

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TOPICS: Canada; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: derail; energy; oil; rail
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1 posted on 03/08/2015 1:27:15 PM PDT by thackney
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To: thackney

What’s that? About 5 total in North America over the last month?

How many pipelines have “derailed” in the same time period.


2 posted on 03/08/2015 1:29:18 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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UPDATE 4-Canadian Nat’l crude train derails in Ontario, on fire, leaking
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/07/canada-derailment-idUSL1N0W90G420150307

There were no injuries reported from the derailment, CN’s second in the region in just three days and third in less than a month. It was the latest in a series of North American derailments involving trains hauling crude oil, raising concerns about rail safety.

The railway said a bridge over a waterway had been damaged and that five tank cars landed in the water, with some on fire.

“CN emergency responders are acquiring booms to contain crude oil movements in the waterway,” CN spokesman Mark Hallman said in an email, adding that initial indications were that the waterway does not supply drinking water to Gogama.

The Ontario Provincial Police said on Twitter that two highways had been closed near the derailment and posted a photo showing clouds of black smoke.

CN said the crude oil on the train originated in Alberta and was destined for Eastern Canada.

It said the tank cars were the newer Casualty Prevention Circular 1232 model, which are widely regarded as better-protected against damage than older types.

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3 posted on 03/08/2015 1:29:48 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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UPDATE 4-Canadian Nat’l crude train derails in Ontario, on fire, leaking
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/07/canada-derailment-idUSL1N0W90G420150307

There were no injuries reported from the derailment, CN’s second in the region in just three days and third in less than a month. It was the latest in a series of North American derailments involving trains hauling crude oil, raising concerns about rail safety.

The railway said a bridge over a waterway had been damaged and that five tank cars landed in the water, with some on fire.

“CN emergency responders are acquiring booms to contain crude oil movements in the waterway,” CN spokesman Mark Hallman said in an email, adding that initial indications were that the waterway does not supply drinking water to Gogama.

The Ontario Provincial Police said on Twitter that two highways had been closed near the derailment and posted a photo showing clouds of black smoke.

CN said the crude oil on the train originated in Alberta and was destined for Eastern Canada.

It said the tank cars were the newer Casualty Prevention Circular 1232 model, which are widely regarded as better-protected against damage than older types.

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4 posted on 03/08/2015 1:29:48 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Squawk 8888

Canada


5 posted on 03/08/2015 1:30:35 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney

What if we had some other way to transport the oil.... maybe a pipeline?


6 posted on 03/08/2015 1:30:43 PM PDT by Made In The USA (Yes Ma'am, I said I'd like three sides of bacon with my eggs. and bacon.)
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To: cripplecreek

They need to kill this story right away.....


7 posted on 03/08/2015 1:32:00 PM PDT by uncitizen (Mark Levin: "Jeb Bush? No way Jose!")
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To: thackney

8 posted on 03/08/2015 1:33:47 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: thackney
Train carrying crude oil derails in Canada

This will be cited as PROOF that oil pipelines are dangerous. Watch.

9 posted on 03/08/2015 1:33:50 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/03/07/cn-train-with-crude-oil-derails-in-northern-ontario.html

CN does not own the tank cars, said Hallman, but he declined to reveal who does, citing contractual confidentiality.

The investigation into the first Gogama derailment is ongoing. In its Feb. 23 progress update, the TSB wrote that the Class 111 tank cars built to the CPC-1232 standard, which had been travelling at the speed of 38 mph (61 km/h) at the time of derailment, “performed similarly to those involved in the Lac-Mégantic accident which occurred at 65 mph (105 km/h).”

The TSB reiterated that it wants tougher standards than CPC-1232 for all Class 111 tank cars.

“The TSB has warned (Transport Canada) that this standard was not sufficient and that more needed to be done to provide an adequate level of protection,” according to the update.

“Preliminary assessment of the CPC-1232-compliant tank cars involved in (the first Gogama derailment) demonstrates the inadequacy of this standard given the tank cars’ similar performance to the legacy Class 111 tanks cars involved in the Lac-Mégantic accident.”

Saturday’s incident is the fourth CN derailment in northern Ontario this year.


10 posted on 03/08/2015 1:33:57 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney
Bloomberg News reported Warren Buffett's Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF), owned by his lucrative holding company Berkshire Hathaway, stands to benefit greatly from President Barack Obama's recent cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline.

Follow the money

11 posted on 03/08/2015 1:38:07 PM PDT by hadaclueonce (It is not heaven, it is Iowa. Everyone gets a "Corn Check")
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To: thackney

There is no rail sw of gogama. Track runs nw to se.


12 posted on 03/08/2015 1:40:33 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: thackney

Interesting that these railcars had been retrofitted to the new “safe” standards.
As a sidenote; I have always been intrigued by the phrase “caught fire”.


13 posted on 03/08/2015 1:41:01 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy, and he is us.)
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To: thackney

Either CN trackage needs attention badly or there may be an effort to cause trouble by the environmental types by tampering with the tracks, signals, switches or all of the above.


14 posted on 03/08/2015 1:41:21 PM PDT by CARTOUCHE (Professionally trained and licensed BS detector. References on demand.)
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To: thackney
No problem here...

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15 posted on 03/08/2015 1:41:24 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: thackney

These new safer rail cars seem to be making pipelines obsolete, 0bama can tell us all about it.


16 posted on 03/08/2015 1:45:53 PM PDT by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
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To: thackney

Obama is well versed on the consequences of building the pipeline but no one asks him of. the cconsequences of not building it. As with all things there are pluses and minuses that should be weighed.


17 posted on 03/08/2015 1:46:12 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: CARTOUCHE

Another potential issue is the changing weather transition to spring. It plays hell with the ground and everything on it.


18 posted on 03/08/2015 1:46:27 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: Repeal The 17th
I have always been intrigued by the phrase “caught fire”.

Kinda like..."take off".

19 posted on 03/08/2015 1:46:28 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: thackney

If only there were some safer way to transport crude oil ...


20 posted on 03/08/2015 1:47:03 PM PDT by Hugh the Scot ( Total War)
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