From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net   
      
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   AFter the WVa accident, politicians are calling for tighter regulations on   
   oil trains, especially those passing through populated areas.  They want   
   more inspectors and stronger cars (the recent accident had the newest   
   stronger design, and the train was moving slow).   
      
   The Bakun oil has highly flammable gases that are more present in this oil   
   than in other types of crudes.  It seems that the best solution would be to   
   pre-process the oil to remove those gases.  Several months ago Trains   
   Magazine did a detailed report on this.   
      
      
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   There has been a new derailment of an oil train:   
      
   Six cars of a 105-car train carrying crude oil derailed near Galena,   
   Illinois, Thursday. Two cars caught fire and burned throughout the night.   
   The train was carrying gassy oil from the Bakken Shale formation of North   
   Dakota   
      
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