From: Star Tribune
Article by: DAVID SHAFFER
, Star Tribune
Newly released details show trains pass close to state’s populated areas
Fifty oil trains, each loaded with more than 1 million gallons of
North Dakota crude oil, pass through Minnesota each week, and almost all
of them go through the Twin Cities, according to the first detailed
reports on the state’s crude-by-rail traffic obtained by the Star
Tribune.
The reports,
submitted to state officials by railroads and stamped “confidential,’’
say that oil trains can be more than 100 tank cars long as they pass
through 39 of the state’s 87 counties. The greatest concentration is on
the BNSF Railway main line between Moorhead and the Twin Cities.
Canadian Pacific, another railroad serving North Dakota’s Bakken region,
sends far fewer oil trains through the state, the data show.
Almost all of the oil trains pass through populated areas.
Ramsey County and Clay County, which borders Fargo, N.D., have the most
traffic — 45 per week on average. In the seven-county metro area, every
county except Scott and Carver sees at least 40 oil trains per week. MORE
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