FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Despite public concern, expert warnings and a Local 10 News investigation exposing hazardous rail tankers parked just beyond the perimeter of a major commercial runway at Fort ...

This meeting is a complete closed session, open to the Safe Transportation of Liquefied Natural Gas by Railroad Tank Car study committee members and TRB staff only. This meeting is a complete closed ...

A specialized plane equipped with advanced sensors that the government deploys to chemical disasters could have helped authorities avoid needlessly blowing open five rail tank cars and burning their ...

But a 30,000-gallon rail tanker has more appeal as a target because it carries nearly three times the hazardous material and because a rail wreck promises more news coverage, said Capt. Frank Duarte, ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Bureau of Statistics (BTS) recently released its Progress Towards Safer Rail Tank Cars Transporting Flammable Liquids: 2025 Report, highlighting the ...

A police helicopter helps to extinguish a fire of a defective railroad tank car leaking benzene flammable liquid. Peøina Ludìk/CTK/dpa Authorities in the Czech Republic announced Saturday that a fire ...

Decatur – Federal safety officials say progress has been slow in efforts to upgrade rupture prone railroad tankers transporting ethanol and oil. The WAND News I-TEAM has reported on the tankers that ...