Latest Derailment Draws New Attention to Amount of Oil Now Transported by Train
November 11, 2013 at 16:08 PM EST
Another major accident involving a train carrying crude oil from North Dakota is drawing attention to the vulnerabilities of transporting oil by rail. Officials are still trying to determine what caused a 90-car train, reportedly carrying 2.7 million gallons of crude oil, to derail and explode in rural western Alabama