Rail companies form new safety guidelines

Leading US oil-by-rail carriers have put together a list of voluntary safety standards in the wake of a spate of fiery derailments of trains carrying light crude from the prolific Bakken shale play.

Crude by rail: Explosion in Quebec destroyed town centre
Crude by rail: Explosion in Quebec destroyed town centre
Published 24 February 2014, 20:44Updated 11 October 2016, 16:33