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elleng

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Tue Jun 24, 2014, 06:37 PM Jun 2014

APNewsBreak: Oil Train Info Shows Heavy Traffic.

BILLINGS, Mont. — Disclosures from railroads about volatile oil shipments from the Northern Plains show dozens of the trains passing weekly through Illinois and the Midwest and up to 19 a week reaching Washington state on the West Coast.

The Associated Press obtained details on the shipments Tuesday under public records requests filed with state emergency officials.

Details on the shipments were turned over to states under an order from the U.S. Department of Transportation. That came after fiery accidents including an oil train derailment last July in Quebec that killed 47 people.

Railroads have sought to prevent the public disclosure of the information, citing security concerns. Some states have agreed to requests from BNSF Railway, CSX and Union Pacific to keep the information confidential. Those include California, New Jersey, Minnesota and Colorado.

But the Federal Railroad Administration determined the information is not sensitive information that must be withheld from the public to protect security.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/06/24/us/ap-us-oil-trains-emergency-order.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=WireFeed&module=pocket-region&region=pocket-region&WT.nav=pocket-region

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APNewsBreak: Oil Train Info Shows Heavy Traffic. (Original Post) elleng Jun 2014 OP
"Railroads have sought to prevent the public disclosure of the information,..." mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2014 #1

mahatmakanejeeves

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1. "Railroads have sought to prevent the public disclosure of the information,..."
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 09:33 AM
Jun 2014

Due to the miracle of scanners and Yahoo! groups, that won't work.

Railroad frequencies

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