{"id":16007,"date":"2015-06-05T16:24:36","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T21:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=16007"},"modified":"2015-06-06T16:46:18","modified_gmt":"2015-06-06T21:46:18","slug":"video-concerns-over-safety-of-fuel-carrying-trains-in-the-wake-of-galena-derailment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-concerns-over-safety-of-fuel-carrying-trains-in-the-wake-of-galena-derailment\/","title":{"rendered":"PETRO PERIL VIDEO: Concerns over safety of fuel-carrying trains in wake of Galena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Andrew Fowler<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 260px; margin-left: 10px;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/06\/petro-250.jpg\" width=\"250px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>RELATED STORIES<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 15px;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5dTAg-4bT\">Three months after derailment, Bakken crude still fuels concerns in town<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/petro-peril-the-cross-country-odyssey-of-bakken-crude\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bakken crude&#8217;s cross-country odyssey.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5dTAg-4fw\" target=\"_blank\">Oil by rail: a changing landscape<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On March 5, a train carrying crude oil from North Dakota derailed just south of Galena, Illinois adding it to a growing list of towns where similar accidents have happened. Twenty-one tank cars of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe train derailed and five caught on fire, which set a blaze that burned for a several days.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When the train derailed it was the talk of the town, but for only a few days according to residents. Reporters and crews from several agencies swarmed into the city to report on and respond to\u00a0the derailment. The sheer number of people that\u00a0descended on the tourist town in the aftermath of the derailment actually gave the city an economic boost. But despite that silver lining, in addition to the fact that no one was injured or killed and that oil was prevented\u00a0from reaching the Mississippi River, some are worried that a more tragic accident is bound to happen in this part of the country where fuel-carrying trains roll through on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>[field name=&#8221;petrovid1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/129709648\">VIDEO: Concerns over safety of fuel-carrying trains in the wake of Galena derailment<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user33062839\">Medill Reports<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[field name=&#8221;galenamap&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div id=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Tank cars carrying crude oil travel on these tracks that run through Galena, Illinois daily (Andrew Fowler\/Medill)<\/div>\n<p><br \\><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid gray; padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; background-color: #EFEFEF; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-top: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/06\/petro-250.jpg\" alt=\"petro peril 250\" width=\"250\" height=\"142\" class=\"alignright\" \/><em>One in <a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/category\/topics\/petro-peril\/\" target=\"_blank\">an ongoing series of stories<\/a> examining the impact of millions of gallons of volatile crude oil as it passes in rail tanker cars through densely populated Chicagoland each day.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \\><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/cantv.org\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8953\" src=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/CAN-TV-logo.jpg\" alt=\"CAN TV logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/cantv.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">MEDILL REPORTS<br \/>\nON CAN TV<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>In Chicago, watch Medill Reports video stories on CAN-TV channel 27<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Andrew Fowler RELATED STORIES Three months after derailment, Bakken crude still fuels concerns in town Bakken crude&#8217;s cross-country odyssey. 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