At times, ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ The image below is a link to the first video in a playlist of news reports and presentations focusing on the issue of transporting hazardous substances by rail. Also included are reports on the related issues of fracking, silica sand mining, ‘salt water’ disposal facilities, and pipeline.
Video Playlist

Fossil Fuel Trains Presentation (January 16, 2020)
Rachel Maddow: Bomb Trains (Part 1) – The Cars
Rachel Maddow: Bomb Trains (Part 2) – Bad Cars and Explosive Crude
Rachel Maddow: Bomb Trains (Part 3) – The Denial
The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster – 5 Years Later
Shipping Bakken Crude Oil By Train Unsafe at Any Speed
60 Minutes: Shale Gas Drilling – Pros & Cons
Sand Mining Controversy in LaSalle County, IL
America’s 39 Dangerous Pipelines
Water Quality Press Conference
Anhydrous Ammonia Gas Tank Incident
Communities at Risk: Hazards of LNG
Watford City White Owl ‘Saltwater’ Disposal Explosion
Justin Mikulka DeSmogCast: The Science of Bomb Trains
Bruce Campbell Discusses New Book on Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster
Fritz Edler (RWU): Oil Execs Try to Blame Workers for Tragic Accident
Fritz Edler (RWU): Lessons of the Lac-Mégantic Rail Workers Defense
Jim Appleton (Former Fire Chief): Mosier, Oregon Oil Train Derailment
Oil Trains: Are Profits Worth Our Risk?
IL Congressman Brad Schneider
Shale Cowboys: Fracking Under Trump | VPRO Documentary – 2017
The Problem with Transporting Radioactive Waste
Kevin Kamps (Beyond Nuclear): Mobile Chernobyl