Eastern Railroad Discussion > New Jersey article on oil trains

Including comments from both New Jersey Senators.


http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/02/w_va_oil_train_explosion_has_nj_raising_concerns_o.html#incart_m-rpt-2

If you open the link you will see these statements plus two charts:

"Since 2005, crude oil shipments nationwide have grown from 6,107 carloads, to 435,560 in 2013—a more than 70-fold increase, according to the Association of American Railroads........

........During that same time, the number of incidents involving trains carrying crude oil nationwide have jumped from 5 to 166, an analysis of federal data by NJ Advance Media shows."

The charts show data for each year from 2005 through 2013. The data portrayed by the charts is dramatic.

I see BNSF unit oil trains pass my house everyday.
Joe in Colorado on the Joint Line



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/19/15 14:25 by jsnoy.

NJ is a chemical conglomorate state which various volatile skin irrititant, inhalation hazardous products reach manufacturers ... everything from ethanol and bakken crude to the most harmful chemical product, chlorine ...

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