U.S. rail industry pushes White House to ease oil train safety rules

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. rail industry pushes White House to ease oil train safety rules

BY VALERIE VOLCOVICI AND PATRICK RUCKER
WASHINGTON Tue Mar 10, 2015 2:25pm EDT

(Reuters) - The U.S. rail industry is pushing the White House to drop a requirement that oil trains adopt an advanced braking system, a cornerstone of a national safety plan that will soon govern shipments of crude oil across the country.

Representatives of large rail operators met with White House officials last week to argue against the need for electronically controlled pneumatic brakes, or ECP brakes, saying they "would not have significant safety benefits" and "would be extremely costly," according to a handout from the meeting.

ECP brakes trigger all axles simultaneously rather than one at a time in current design.

More than a dozen industry representatives made their case at the Washington meeting last Friday, a day after a crude oil train derailed in Illinois.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/10/us-usa-rail-crude-idUSKBN0M620N20150310

[Demeter]

1. Your nation, too, can run train bombs through any settlement with rails!

Mother of God, preserve us from these greedy, selfish idiots.

I would have thought ONE Canada was sufficient as an object lesson.

[williesgirl]

2. Just how many more daily explosions are ok w these jerks?