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    From Hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com@1:2320/100 to All on Sun Mar 1 19:49:16 2015

    AFter the WVa accident, politicians are calling for tighter regulations on oil trains, especially those passing through populated areas. They want more inspectors and stronger cars (the recent accident had the newest stronger design, and the train was
    moving slow).

    The Bakun oil has highly flammable gases that are more present in this oil than

    in other types of crudes. It seems that the best solution would be to pre-process the oil to remove those gases. Several months ago Trains Magazine did a detailed report on
    this.

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  • From Conklin@1:2320/100 to All on Fri Mar 6 14:50:52 2015

    From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net

    <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote in message news:e5f0c92b-38a8-4edd-8df5-c6b46d577237@googlegroups.com...
    AFter the WVa accident, politicians are calling for tighter regulations on
    oil trains, especially those passing through populated areas. They want
    more inspectors and stronger cars (the recent accident had the newest
    stronger design, and the train was moving slow).

    The Bakun oil has highly flammable gases that are more present in this oil
    than in other types of crudes. It seems that the best solution would be to pre-process the oil to remove those gases. Several months ago Trains
    Magazine did a detailed report on this.


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    There has been a new derailment of an oil train:

    Six cars of a 105-car train carrying crude oil derailed near Galena,
    Illinois, Thursday. Two cars caught fire and burned throughout the night.
    The train was carrying gassy oil from the Bakken Shale formation of North Dakota

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  • From Jg@1:2320/100 to Conklin on Fri Mar 6 17:30:42 2015

    From: jgrove24@hotmail.com

    On Friday, March 6, 2015 at 1:50:53 PM UTC-6, conklin wrote:
    <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote in message news:e5f0c92b-38a8-4edd-8df5-c6b46d577237@googlegroups.com...
    AFter the WVa accident, politicians are calling for tighter regulations on oil trains, especially those passing through populated areas. They want
    more inspectors and stronger cars (the recent accident had the newest stronger design, and the train was moving slow).

    The Bakun oil has highly flammable gases that are more present in this oil than in other types of crudes. It seems that the best solution would be to pre-process the oil to remove those gases. Several months ago Trains Magazine did a detailed report on this.


    ----------------

    There has been a new derailment of an oil train:

    Six cars of a 105-car train carrying crude oil derailed near Galena, Illinois, Thursday. Two cars caught fire and burned throughout the night.
    The train was carrying gassy oil from the Bakken Shale formation of North Dakota

    My favorite BNSF story is when their Metra Conductor asked 2 black guys to sit together in one row of seats. The car was half empty.

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  • From Nobody@1:2320/100 to Hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com on Fri Mar 6 21:16:46 2015

    From: jock@soccer.com

    On Sun, 1 Mar 2015 19:49:15 -0800 (PST), hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:

    AFter the WVa accident, politicians are calling for tighter regulations on oil

    trains, especially those passing through populated areas. They want more inspectors and stronger cars (the recent accident had the newest stronger design, and the train was
    moving slow).

    The Bakun oil has highly flammable gases that are more present in this oil than in other types of crudes. It seems that the best solution would be to pre-process the oil to remove those gases. Several months ago Trains Magazine did a detailed report
    on this.



    And see:

    <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/canadian-pacific-railway-wants-to-limit-shipments-of-dangerous-goods/article23298275/>

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