{"id":37037,"date":"2014-03-10T12:51:19","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T16:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/bnsf-crude-cars-spur-5-billion-safety-spat\/"},"modified":"2014-03-10T12:51:19","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T16:51:19","slug":"bnsf-crude-cars-spur-5-billion-safety-spat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/bnsf-crude-cars-spur-5-billion-safety-spat\/","title":{"rendered":"BNSF crude cars spur $5 billion safety spat","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-20786\" style=\"margin-top: 4px;margin-bottom: 4px;margin-left: 12px;margin-right: 12px;border-width: 1px;border-color: black;border-style: solid\" alt=\"oil-train-rail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/oil-train-rail.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"136\" \/>A push by Warren Buffett\u2019s railroad to boost oil-shipment safety is meeting resistance from Hess Corp. and other companies that say the plan would mean a surge in costs and force them to scrap thousands of tank cars.<\/p>\n<p>A series of accidents including a Quebec crash that killed 47 spurred Buffett\u2019s BNSF Railway Co. along with Union Pacific Corp. to back new standards requiring older cars to be modified or junked. Shippers and railcar lessors balk at the potential cost of more than $5 billion and say carriers\u2019 operating errors are to blame for fiery derailments like BNSF\u2019s in December.<\/p>\n<p>Read the complete story at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2014-03-08\/buffett-s-bnsf-crude-cars-spur-5-billion-safety-spat-freight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg Businessweek<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A push by Warren Buffett\u2019s railroad to boost oil-shipment safety is meeting resistance from Hess Corp. and other companies that say the plan would mean a surge in costs and force them to scrap thousands of tank cars. 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