If you travel I 94 between Allen Park and Metro Airport you may have noticed a lot of tank cars on the Norfolk Southern rail line. According to Trains Magazine, crude oil shipments on Canadian Pacific rose 20 fold from 2,800 carloads in 2010 to 53,500 carloads in 2012. A lot of this is coming through the rail tunnel under the Detroit River and through Detroit and the suberbs via CP's trackage rights with NS. After last weekends derailment of oil in Quebec near the Maine border, I'm wondering if local fire departments even know about this increase. This could be a disaster waiting to happen.
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July-12-13, 08:02 PM #1
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Crude Oil Rail Shipments On The Rise In Detroit/Suberbs
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