Bakken crude oil loaded in tank cars in North Dakota travels east on CSX track once it enters New York in the west. The oil trains head south from Albany through Rockland to their final destinations to terminals and refineries all along the East Coast.
Quick Glossary1 carload = between 25,000 - 30,000 gallons
Dec. 30, 2013
A train hauling grain derails and hits a train with crude oil in near Casselton and Fargo, N.D. About 2,400 people are evacuated; no one was injured. About 400,000 gallons of oil spilled.
Jan. 7, 2014
About 150 people are evacuated from Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, after 19 cars on a 122-car oil train derails. A large fire burned for 21/2 days. Controlled explosions were used to vent and burn liquefied petroleum gas from three of the tankers.
Jan. 31, 2014
Canadian National Railway train cars are covered in fuel oil after derailing along U.S. 98 in New Augusta, Miss. The derailment sparked a small evacuation and highway closure after rail cars began leaking fuel oil.