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CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) -- 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 ...
January 23, 2014 – A BNSF train carrying corn derails near Ross, North Dakota. The derailment of eleven cars disrupted transportation of crude oil from the Bakken oil formation to ports in Montana. No injuries were reported. [32] July 4, 2014 – A train carrying aircraft fuselages from Spirit Aerospace to Boeing, derailed.
January 18 – United States – Minot train derailment: A Canadian Pacific train derailed near a residential area west of Minot, North Dakota.Seven tank cars ruptured, releasing more than 750,000 litres (200,000 US gallons) of anhydrous ammonia which vaporized in the sub-zero air and formed a toxic cloud that drifted over much of Minot.
1991 Union Square derailment, New York City; 5 killed plus 161 injured [228] [229] [230] 1992 Nemadji River bridge derailment, Superior, Wisconsin; no direct human deaths but many animals—wild and domestic—confirmed killed by chemical leak; 50,000 to 80,000 people evacuated from Superior and from Duluth, Minnesota [231] [232] [233] [234]
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This article was written by Oilprice.com -- the leading provider of energy news in the world The year 2013 has ended on a worrying note for oil producers in North America's Bakken region, as a ...
The NTSB said in a preliminary report released Thursday that the July 5 train crash near the small town of Bondulac, North Dakota, caused an estimated $3.6 million damage to the CPKC railroad tracks and equipment. But the agency didn't offer many hints about what caused the derailment that happened in the early morning hours that day.
8 November – United States – A train carrying crude oil from North Dakota's Bakken shale formation derailed and caught fire in western Alabama, spilling nearly 750,000 US gallons (2,800,000 L; 620,000 imp gal) of its 2 million-US gallon (7,570,800 L) load of crude in wetlands a half-mile (800 m) south of Aliceville in Pickens County. The ...