Train Derailments and Hazardous Cargoes

Train Derailments and Hazardous Cargoes - House Oversight Committee - 1991-10-03 - Product 21811-1-DVD - House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on Government Activities and Transportation. The subcommittee heard testimony from rail industry, administration officials, environmental groups and concerned citizens on the issue of train derailments and their potentially harmful effects on the environment. Witnesses in the hearing testified on regulations of the rail industry concerning hazardous cargoes, and on the July derailment of a train near Dunsmuir, California, in which released hazardous chemicals eliminated all life in the Sacramento River for several miles downstream from the derailments. The hearing also sought to determine the cause for cancellation of an investigation into Southern Pacific trains, one of which was involved in the July derailment, by the Federal Railroad Administration. Filmed by C-SPAN. Non-commercial use only. For more information see http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/21...