Economy, uncertainty: dogging tank car standards upgrade: all parties--government, railroads, suppliers, and shippers--want to bolster the safety and security of tank car movements. But fiscal stress has complicated matters, and interim solutions remain elusive

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If America habitually demands and expects railroads to set the bar for safety--often with very little acknowledgement of the industry's stellar safety record--it also seems to […]