the number of large explosions from oil being transported by rail is increasing and all incidents involve oil from the Bakken shale formation. Fracking chemicals used may be increasing the ...

Rail cars hauling crude oil have had a bumpy ride over the past few years. From Quebec to Virginia, the extreme forces of crude-laden tank car collisions in ...

Rail car at risk for catastrophic failure and explosion after train derailment in East Palestine EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (KDKA) — Over 48 hours after a train derailed near the Ohio-Pennsylvania ...

Rail company cleaning up Cannon Falls after molasses explosion A rail car of molasses spewed the food ingredient over several square miles of Cannon Falls on Monday.

LINCOLN, Calif. - Thousands of evacuees began returning home Thursday after fire crews allowed a burning propane rail tanker to burn itself out, ending the threat of a major explosion, authorities ...

No one was injured after a rail car exploded in Cannon Falls, spewing molasses and causing damage to a Progressive Rail facility.

Between 16 and 17 other employees were working at the rail car services facility at the time of the explosion. The area they were working in is where rail cars are stripped before they are painted.

RIVERTON (WNE) — Workforce safety officials say their investigation into last month’s fatal rail car explosion in Shoshoni could continue for several months. Until then, the Occupational ...

DOT-111s carry hazardous materials like ethanol and crude oil, but the NTSB warns the majority operate with design flaws.

ELMENDORF, Texas – Two people were killed when a rail car tanker caught fire and exploded Friday afternoon at the Alamo Junction Rail Park outside of Elmendorf. A crew at CRU Railcar Services ...

When some rail cars carrying oil went astray this week, witnesses saw huge fire balls -- mushroom clouds eerily similar to those of atomic blasts. That mammoth explosion is now being felt beyond ...