"CSX Moves Crude Oil Through Heart of Baltimore, Documents Show"

"CSX Transportation moves up to five trains, each carrying 1 million gallons or more of a kind of crude oil, through Baltimore weekly, according to records released Wednesday by the Maryland Department of the Environment.

The CSX trains also move through eight other counties in Maryland. Competitor Norfolk Southern Railway runs as many as 16 trains carrying 1 million gallons or more of the crude oil each week through Cecil County, the records show.

The federal government began requiring companies that ship large quantities of so-called Bakken crude oil to notify state emergency officials about their movements in May 2014, after several rail accidents involving the highly flammable fuel. Several media outlets, including The Baltimore Sun, filed public information requests for the documents submitted in Maryland by CSX and Norfolk Southern."

Kevin Rector reports for the Baltimore Sun September 9, 2015.

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