Not every train moving big black tank cars is hauling oil. Here's a quick guide to tell whether you're looking at an oil train or not and whether its cars are newer models or outdated ones. First ...

It's a dark, rainy Tuesday night, and Smith waits for an oil train to come through town. These trains are distinctive: A mile long, they haul 100 or so black, pill-shaped cars that each carry ...

Secrecy has cloaked the rapidly expanding business of shipping crude by rail, leaving local officials from Portland, Ore., to Toronto struggling to obtain details about oil shipments.

MOSIER, Ore. --At least one broken bolt holding the rail in place caused the fiery derailment of a Union Pacific train moving volatile crude oil through the Columbia River Gorge on the Oregon ...

The 2025 train show and sale hosted by Black Warrior Model Railroad Club and Smokey City Rails Railroad Club is happening ...

CALGARY—The deadly explosion of a crude-carrying train in Quebec puts a spotlight on a niche business that is booming amid North America's energy revolution: tank-car leasing. Trains of black ...

With more crude oil moving across the U.S. by rail, and some fiery accidents drawing... Oil train rules target old tank cars Houston Chronicle Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

Oil trains are getting stronger tank cars, better brakes, slower speed limits and  possibly new routes. Many in the Northwest say that’s still not enough.

Yesterday a train carrying crude oil derailed in Lynchburg, Va., and erupted in flames. Search. Pop Mech Pro; ... Still, most DOT-111 on the rails are the old model and have never been retrofitted.