In response to the recent spate of fiery derailments, in March 2015 several Democratic senators proposed a bill that would remove the most dangerous tank cars ... the crude oil spilled from rail ...

The train with 100 tanker cars of Bakken crude oil from North Dakota was heading for a refinery and pulling out of the rail yard at eight kilometres per hour when one of the locomotives and four ...

The crash is similar to the Feb. 14 derailment north of Gogama when 29 of a 100-tank car train went off the tracks, also spilling crude oil. Another derailment this past week, near the community ...