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   dpeltier@my-deja.com to Glen Labah   
   Re: Oil Trains Trigger Local Warning   
   02 Jun 14 03:34:14   
   
   Glen Labah  wrote:   
   > In article   
   > <1804240393423280418.462843dpeltier-my-deja.com@news.aioe.org>,   
   >   wrote:   
   >   
   >> Anyhow, to my naive way of thinking, separating out these substances just   
   >> raises the question of, how would you then get them to market? At the   
   >> moment, the obvious answer would probably be, ship them by rail, but maybe   
   >> I'm missing something...   
   >   
   >   
   > Probably, yes.   
   >   
   > However, tank cars for movement of pressurized liquids such as propane   
   > fall under a different set of safety standards.   
      
   True... but that doesn't imply that such commodities are any safer to   
   transport by rail than Bakken crude. LPG has produced huge explosions on   
   more than one occasion, including last fall near Edmonton.   
      
   Dan   
      
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