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   On Thu,  5 Feb 2015 12:17:00 +0100 (CET), "A Pipeline Could Have   
   Prevented This"  wrote:   
      
   >(Updates with confirmation from railway, adds background)   
   >   
   >Feb 4 (Reuters) - Six railway cars carrying ethanol fuel   
   >derailed on Wednesday in a remote location north of Dubuque,   
   >Iowa, and at least one of them caught on fire, Canadian Pacific   
   >railway said.   
   >   
   >There were no injuries or fatalities in the 11:20 a.m. accident   
   >involving an eastbound 81-car freight train, said Jeremy Berry,   
   >spokesman for the railway.   
   >   
   >Berry said information on the crash was still preliminary as   
   >access to the location was difficult. He could not confirm   
   >reports in the Dubuque Telegraph Herald that three cars had   
   >caught on fire and three had fallen into the Mississippi River.   
   >   
   >The incident is likely to add to the debate about transporting   
   >flammable goods by train after a series of fiery accidents   
   >involving crude oil cargoes in recent years.   
   >   
   >The U.S. Department of Transportation has proposed new safety   
   >features for new tank cars transporting fuel and called for the   
   >phasing out of older cars considered unsafe.   
   >   
   >The U.S. ethanol industry has pushed back on the new rules,   
   >saying regulators should distinguish between corn-based biofuel   
   >and crude oil.   
   >   
   >Ethanol is less volatile than crude oil, is biodegradable and   
   >has a 99.997 percent rail safety record, according to the   
   >national Renewable Fuels Association.   
   >   
   >Iowa Renewable Fuels Association Executive Director Monte Shaw   
   >was not immediately available to comment on Wednesday's accident.   
   >   
   >Last summer, he told Reuters his group supports additional   
   >regulations to strengthen railcar safety, especially measures   
   >that would help prevent accidents, but that new rules should   
   >take into account the differences between ethanol and crude oil.   
   >   
   >Canadian Pacific's Berry said hazardous materials teams from the   
   >railway were going to the scene and would coordinate with local   
   >and state officials in investigating the incident.   
   >   
   >The area around the accident was evacuated as a precaution, but   
   >there were no homes close by, the Telegraph Herald said, citing   
   >fire and emergency personnel.   
   >   
   >Earlier reports had said the train was 11 cars long, but Berry   
   >said it was a much longer freight train.   
   >   
   >That section of the Mississippi is frozen or near-frozen and   
   >there is no river traffic in the area. (Reporting by Fiona Ortiz   
   >in Chicago and Josephine Mason in New York City; Editing by   
   >Peter Cooney and Sandra Maler)   
   >   
   >http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/05/usa-iowa-train-derail-   
   >idUSL1N0VE34U20150205   
      
   WTF has this got to do with Obama?  Read this and you might understand   
   why ethanol is transported by train.   
   http://www.agmrc.org/media/cms/ksupipelineethl_8BA5CDF1FD179.pdf   
   Bryan Flint, Houston, TX   
      
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