Series: What Do Oil Train Explosions Cost?
Bakken oil trains, passing the Middle Fork of the Flathead River in Glacier National Park by World Wide Film Expedition, Missoula, MT (Used with permission.)
Oil trains are severely dangerous and radically under-insured. An explosion could cost several billion dollars of damage, sums far in excess of railroad insurance coverage, which means that cities and towns would have to pay the cleanup costs. Find out the financial risks of oil train explosions in this Sightline series.
