Massive Fire Rages After Another Buffett-Owned Oiltrain Derails In North Dakota, Town Evacuated

KFYR TV and Bismark Tribune and Zero Hedge ^ | 05/06/2015 | Tyler Durden

[HiTech RedNeck]

When a rich guy waffles, the earth shakes

[Paladin2]

My understanding of this train is that it was “empty” and returning for another load.

[Paladin2]

This train was struck by a pickup.

[Darksheare]

Gee, it’s SO much safer than a pipeline, or so they told us.
I dunno, I’ve never seen a pipeline derail.

[HiTech RedNeck]

And, traffic collisions are more likely around urban, or at least settled, areas.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Or, a truck run into it

[HiTech RedNeck]

Blew up real good for an empty (unless that is an erroneous pix at ZeroHedge)

[Darksheare]

“I swear, that pipeline cut me off!”

[Paladin2]

I only know what I read.

There was no info I could glean on the train's direction from the pic. Yep, it and some spilled cargo are burning real gud in the pic.

[Paladin2]

Looks like they got it out fairly quickly.

[Paladin2]

“Burning oil tanker cars from the Bakken Oil Field smolder at the site of a derailment on the east side of Heimdal, ND, mid-day Wednesday in Wells County. photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald”

[Smokin' Joe]

BTW, a web search for “pipeline explosion evacuation” will give you quite a few, often not the whole (much larger) town, but at least as many people.

[piytar]

Gee, maybe something like a pipeline would be better? Nah... /sarc

[The Bishop]

The empty’s are far more flammable then the loaded cars. I use to drive a gas tanker in DC, when it is empty it is filled with vapors and is in a very volatile state. In the loaded car it makes a mess and a nasty fire but no explosion.

[thackney]

No, that is not reasonable.

[Newtoidaho]

These stories never get to the why of the matter. Why are these trains derailing more often? Speeding? Criminal environmentalist freaks sabotaging the tracks? Something is going on with trains in the past 6 or 7 years since the Obozo nightmare started.

[thackney]

They are not having more train derailments. We have more train derailments carrying oil, because the amount of oil moved by rail has greatly increased.