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Fiery train derailment leads to evacuation
nypost.com ^
| December 30, 2013
| Associated Press
Posted on 12/30/2013 6:57:38 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
CASSELTON, N.D. — A mile-long train carrying crude oil derailed just a mile before it would have cut through the heart of a small North Dakota town, shaking residents with a series of explosions that sent flame and black smoke skyward. No one was hurt, but officials were evacuating as many as 300 people as a precaution.
Casselton Train Derailment
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: North Dakota
KEYWORDS: energy; oil; rail; trainwreck
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But remember, pipelines are evil and a threat to the environment.
To: Vince Ferrer
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posted on
12/30/2013 6:59:40 PM PST
by
freebilly
(Creepy and the Ass Crackers....)
To: Vince Ferrer
This spill is a direct result of 0bama’s eco-wacko policies, the eco-wackos and the EPA.
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posted on
12/30/2013 7:03:07 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
To: Vince Ferrer
derails or WAS derailed???
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posted on
12/30/2013 7:03:08 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Vince Ferrer
Damn good thing we have those safe Buffet trains carrying the highly toxic and flammable crude oil on high priced rail in lieu of the Keystone Pipeline.
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posted on
12/30/2013 7:04:00 PM PST
by
RetiredTexasVet
(Some people might call it a confidence game or swindle, others call it ObamaCare!)
To: thackney
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posted on
12/30/2013 7:05:22 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: TigersEye
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posted on
12/30/2013 7:08:04 PM PST
by
Venturer
(Half Staff the Flag of the US for Terrorists.)
To: Vince Ferrer
Our rails are in piss poor shape for the use they are being put to.
Years od lax maintenance has made rail travel dangerous.
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posted on
12/30/2013 7:09:24 PM PST
by
Venturer
(Half Staff the Flag of the US for Terrorists.)
To: Vince Ferrer
Obama loves this stuff. It’ll eventually give them an excuse to severely curtail or shut down transport of the evil crude oil.
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posted on
12/30/2013 7:14:05 PM PST
by
headstamp 2
(What would Scooby do?)
To: Venturer
Time to build the John Gault line
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posted on
12/30/2013 7:19:54 PM PST
by
frithguild
(The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
To: frithguild
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posted on
12/30/2013 7:30:44 PM PST
by
RS_Rider
(I hate Illinois Nazis)
To: RS_Rider
where is that pipeline???
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posted on
12/30/2013 7:43:57 PM PST
by
BooBoo1000
(Dont give up, even Moses was a basket case at one time or other.)
To: RetiredTexasVet
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posted on
12/30/2013 7:44:43 PM PST
by
redlegplanner
( No Representation without Taxation)
To: Chode
Apparently it ran into another train? I don’t think that “just happens” often.
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posted on
12/30/2013 8:14:50 PM PST
by
Winstons Julia
(Hello OWS? We don't need a revolution like China's; China needs a revolution like OURS.)
To: Winstons Julia
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posted on
12/30/2013 8:22:29 PM PST
by
spokeshave
(OMG.......Schadenfreude overload is not covered under Obamacare :-()
To: redlegplanner; Venturer
BNSF spokeswoman Amy McBeth said the train carrying grain derailed first, then knocked several cars of the oil train off adjoining tracks.Looks like Warren Buffet is the primary responsible party here.
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posted on
12/30/2013 8:29:39 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
To: TigersEye
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posted on
12/30/2013 8:36:08 PM PST
by
HMS Surprise
(Chris Christie can STILL go straight to hell)
To: Vince Ferrer
Sounds like what happened in Lac Megantic last Summer.
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posted on
12/30/2013 8:37:16 PM PST
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
To: Vince Ferrer
I’ll bet it was on the way out here to Anacortes WA. We get one of these trains daily (100 cars) and about a mile long. Originally Tesoro was supposed to refine the oil, but it produced too high pressures in the cracking unit and is therefore exported by ship to other refineries now. (No idea where, but it is loaded on supertankers.)
So yes, Buffett has the market on rail shipping to our “friends” somewhere on the Pacific. China would be my guess.
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posted on
12/30/2013 8:48:40 PM PST
by
datura
(Democrat=Communist, GOP=Democrat, TEA=American)
To: TigersEye
Warren Buffet will need some more tanker cars.
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posted on
12/30/2013 8:52:17 PM PST
by
depressed in 06
(America conceived in liberty, dies in slavery.)
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