Pougkeepsie (NY) Journal, 12/17:
Inspectors find 100 defects on crude oil trains, tracks
A broken rail, defective train car wheels and missing bolts on the tracks were among some of the problems state and federal teams found during its most recent round of statewide inspections of oil trains and the rail lines they use.
They identified 100 defects, including eight safety defects that require immediate action, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office said in a release.
Inspection teams from the state Department of Transportation and the Federal Railroad Administration on Dec. 9 examined 704 crude oil tank cars and about 95 miles of track as part of the state’s ongoing response to a surge in rail shipments of Bakken crude across nearly 1,000 miles of New York.
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