Oil-by-rail shipments are playing Russian roulette- and other links

After Oil Train Derailment, Will West Virginia Finally Protect Its Water Supply?

Why bitumen isn’t necessarily safer than Bakken- Railway Age

Oil-train records public, Texas attorney general says -    Oil-train records held by the Texas Department of Public Safety are not exempt from state open records law, the state attorney general ruled last week, and must be released in full to news organizations.

Government, industry needs to get rid of exploding oil tank cars-  San Francisco Chronicle editorial

Oil-by-rail shipments are playing Russian roulette: Kemp

Derailment involving North Dakota crude sparks complaints-

  BISMARCK, N.D. — The derailment in West Virginia of a train carrying oil from North Dakota is prompting complaints that state and federal governments aren't doing enough to ensure the safe transport of crude by rail.