Officials call for improved rail safety after trains derail in N.D.
North Dakota officials are renewing calls for improved rail safety after another derailment just west of Fargo-Moorhead.
The Cass County Sheriff's office said two trains traveling at very low speeds in opposite directions derailed late Thursday in rural Casselton, near the site where a fiery oil train crash occurred last year.
On Friday, North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple said BNSF Railway CEO Matt Rose has promised the company will perform a complete analysis of rail track near Casselton.
On Thursday, 21 cars of an eastbound train carrying lumber and paper products derailed. The derailed cars struck a passing empty oil train and 12 cars derailed. There were no injuries.
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Casselton was the scene of another derailment last year, when a train carrying soybeans derailed and caused a train carrying crude oil to jump the tracks.
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/11/13/another-derailment
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I was trying to find what caused the last one but just seem to come across general reporting on the incident
http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304137304579290853022332572
Odd it happened the same spot but both in the winter so you could be right. I remember VICE video saying the rails in ND weren't built for the kind heavy crude traffic but for grain.
the CEO of the rail company has promised a thorough investigation and at this time he's talking to Don Blankenship
about how to do it properly
gaud I hope the sarcasm thingy isn't needed here.
