Petrochemical train explodes in Quebec

[John Ashworth]

U.S. sets rules to prevent type of rail crash that hit Quebec town

[John Ashworth]

Runaway Train in Quebec Sparks New U.S. Rail-Safety Rules

Agency Takes Aim at Unattended Trains With Hazardous Materials Such as Crude Oil...

Emergency Order Establishing Additional Requirements for Attendance and Securement of Certain Freight Trains and Vehicles on Mainline Track or Mainline Siding Outside of a Yard or Terminal

[This is the actual order issued by the US Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration]

[John Ashworth]

Lac-Mégantic marks Canada’s 7th runaway train since 2006

Almost all involved inadequate braking systems or braking procedures, investigations found...

There was a total of 121 incidents of runaway rolling stock – major and minor – between 2003 and 2012...

[John Ashworth]

Railway in deadly Quebec explosion files for bankruptcy

[John Ashworth]

Canada train blast: Lac-Megantic rail firm sanctioned

Canada to shut down rail firm involved in Quebec town disaster

Canada train crash company shut down

[John Ashworth]

Trucks, Trains, or Pipelines – The Best Way to Transport Petroleum

[John Ashworth]

TORQ to build 168,000 bpd Western Canada crude-by-rail terminal

[John Ashworth]

Quebec demands CP Railway help pay for disaster clean-up

[John Ashworth]

Canada lets Quebec rail disaster company operate through Oct. 1

[John Ashworth]

Goldman Sachs' inside track on the U.S. oil-by-rail boom

[John Ashworth]

Crude-by-rail terminal planned for Texas City, Texas

[John Ashworth]

Shale by Rail: A Lasting Phenomenon

[John Ashworth]

U.S. Regulators Start Oil-by-Rail Probe

[John Ashworth]

Crude in deadly Canadian crash was 'violently' explosive - newspaper

[Ian Roberts]

Crude oil can be as volatile as gasoline (petrol) and should be treated as such.
Just because crude looks like heavy fuel oil, which is a residual product produced from the heavy oil remaining after the lighter components have been refined out, doesn't mean that it behaves like heavy fuel oil.
Ian