Transportation Department pushes tough oil train standards: sources
Source: Reuters
Transportation Department pushes tough oil train standards: sources
BY PATRICK RUCKER AND DAVID LJUNGGREN
WASHINGTON/OTTAWA Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:15pm EST
(Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department has recommended crude oil trains be reinforced and have advanced braking systems installed to prevent accidents from becoming fiery disasters, according to sources familiar with the plan.
The proposal, which now faces a White House review, envisions safety improvements that public advocates endorse but oil and rail leaders have said would mean high costs for modest safety gains.
The plan would require adding an extra 1/8th inch of steel to most existing oil train tank shells, while new models would have the thicker hull installed on the factory floor.
Future tank cars would also be fitted with electronically controlled pneumatic brakes, or ECP brakes, which would trigger all axles simultaneously rather than one at a time in current design.
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