Quebec expoldes again

[RedRider2k2]

This train would have eventually crossed through Maine and then here to New Brunswick.

A few days before this happened I was in Bangor and they were showing protests all over the news. People didnt want these trains passing through their towns. Their concerns were justified in a hurry.

I guess this is just one more reason to have this Alberta to N.B pipeline done.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by RedRider2k2

This train would have eventually crossed through Maine and then here to New Brunswick.

A few days before this happened I was in Bangor and they were showing protests all over the news. People didnt want these trains passing through their towns. Their concerns were justified in a hurry.

I guess this is just one more reason to have this Alberta to N.B pipeline done.

Some people are asking if this might not have been sabotage, but they aren't asking very loudly.

[Gas Man]

Pipelines are the way to go. I'm in that industry and our issue of failure is far less than other methods of transportation. However, that being said, even we are into rail transportation due to the bakken boom in the Dakotas and lack of pipeline out of that area.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

Pipelines are the way to go. I'm in that industry and our issue of failure is far less than other methods of transportation. However, that being said, even we are into rail transportation due to the bakken boom in the Dakotas and lack of pipeline out of that area.

The primary issue with rail transport seems to be that there's no real standard for the rail cars used. We've got multi-hulled tankers, redundant shells on pipelines, but no standards for rail car safety? Duh. Pipelines tend to go across open country. Rail lines frequently run right the hell through the centre of major cities.