Alabama crash may revive oil by rail debate

The second explosive oil-train derailment this year, which has finally burned out in rural Alabama, may raise new questions about the safety of the crude-by-rail boom, pointing to problems beyond those that surfaced following the earlier tragedy in Quebec.

Oil derailed: Ninety-car train carrying crude runs off track
Oil derailed: Ninety-car train carrying crude runs off track
Published 12 November 2013, 19:15Updated 11 October 2016, 13:21