White House Considering Oil Train Safety Upgrades

[eridani]

http://www.manufacturing.net/news/2015/02/white-house-considering-oil-train-safety-upgrades?et_cid=4421882&et_rid=54679148&type=cta


he oil train that exploded in West Virginia met the industry's voluntary 2011 safety standards, but a growing number of accidents has the Obama administration considering tougher rules for tank cars. A look at what's rolling on U.S. rails:

"Legacy" tank cars have a shell that is seven-sixteenths of an inch thick, and no shields to protect their front and back from ruptures. They also lack protective fittings on top where oil is loaded, although some older cars do have an outer jacket, seven-sixteenths of an inch thick, for extra protection. The government wants to phase out these "legacy DOT-111 cars." The Railway Supply Institute said 28,300 of the cars were carrying crude oil and 29,300 were carrying ethanol last year.

[williesgirl]

1. Considering??? It's time to outlaw those trains!

[AtomicKitten]

2. The WH had better do more than consider it.

The entire industry operates with virtually no regulation and oversight.

[pansypoo53219]

3. i understand the WV tankers WERE upgrades.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

4. Yeah, but that would be

TYRANNY!!