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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]

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...

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

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